Collective Finds
The experience and talents available to you as my clients are the collaboration of ideas and creative energies from the various opportunities presented through my work. For a listing of my clients click here.

OBJECTIVE FOR CONNIE SAVAGE THIEWES' WORKING PARTNERS

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

QUALIFICATIONS

• Four years cultivating web clients and their sites to become invaluable working assets.
• Three + years digital photography
• Seven 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.
• Thirty 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.
• Ten 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
Kaski Homes Inc., Rapid City, SD
Westhills Retirement Village, Rapid City, SD
Canyon Lake Veterinary Hospital, Rapid City, SD
Rosemaire Perla Group - Life Coaching, Pittsburgh, PA
Marketing materials and/or design and maintenance 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.