OBJECTIVE

• Web and/or Graphic Design Projects
• Fine Art Commissions or Projects

QUALIFICATIONS

• Three years as creative director using the Internet, Dreamweaver, Photoshop 6, Image
  Ready, Fireworks 4, Illustrator 9, Pagemaker, and Flash 4,
  Premiere, Power Point and Live Motion.
• Twenty-five years of customer service experience gained in retail, tourism, print
  shop, web design and marketing positions including proficient telephone skills, high
  volume workload, creative concepts and direct sales.
• Six years of experience with Windows and Macintosh OS, Microsoft Works, Corel
  Draw, Quick Books and Word 6.0, together with excellent written and oral
  communication skills.

WORK HISTORY

1977-present Self-employed Artist, www.savagethiewes.com, Rapid City

Marketing/Sales of web/graphic design, original drawings, paintings, and sculptures in bronze for one-person showings, art galleries, direct mailings or tourism-related events.

1998-present Subcontractor for Creative, Graphic & Web Design Projects

Dark Canyon Coffee Company, Rapid City, SD
Marketing materials and design of their web site.

1998-present Subcontractor for Creative, Graphic & Web Design Projects

Frankenfeld Associates Interactive, Rapid City, SD
In-house marketing materials, press releases, design and
redesign of web sites for FAI, personal injury attorneys nationwide and various
other sites and web interactive projects.
Client-related graphic projects, billboards, newspaper ads and icon creation.

1997-1998 Account/Office Manager; Culey Marketing Services, Rapid City

Create, advise and manage small business accounts.
Receptionist, bookkeeping, photography and design layout.

1995-1996 Front Desk, Customer Service; Simpson’s Printing, Rapid City

EDUCATION

• 2001 Falling Awake Three-day Workshop by Dave Ellis
• 1998-1999 Web workshop one-day Photoshop and one-day Illustrator,
• CompuServe two-day hands-on workshop for Photoshop
• 1996-1997 Training in Quick Books.
• National College, Rapid City, Microsoft Word 6.0.
• Conferences & Workshops from the Governor’s Dept. of Economic Development/Tourism.
• 1975-1977 Stenotype Institute of South Dakota, Sioux Falls, Legal Secretarial Degree.
• 1974-1975 South Dakota State University, Brookings, courses included: Design,
• Drawing, Freshman Composition, Interior Design, Family Nutrition, Entomology I, Psychology, and Sociology.