michelle reed

Professional info​
 

Michelle Reed specializes in Graphic Design and Website Management. With over 15 years of professional experience, she has worked with many clients to help them grow their own businesses by providing them a graphical voice and identity.

Strengths:

• Innovative and imaginative at creating award-winning design solutions
• Diligent and organized managing multiple projects while maintaining budgets
• Highly knowledgeable in areas of print and digital design from concept to completion
• Experienced developing successful marketing campaigns and maintaining brand identity

Industries:
Advertising, Journalism, Construction, Display, Government, Commercial, Oil & Gas, Manufacturing, Non-Profit, Political, Publishing, Retail, Small and Start-Up Business

Work experience
 

Creative Services for:

• Advertisements

• Annual Reports

• Apparel and Commercial Merchandise

• Archiving

• Bid Proposal Layout and Production

• Brochures

• Consulting

• Direct Mail

• Displays

• Document & Publication Layout

• Event Promotions and Planning

• Flyers

• Graphic Design

• Illustration

• Logo Designs and Corporate Branding

• Newsletters

• Niche Marketing

• Packaging and Label Designs

• Photo Restoration & Image Manipulation

• Posters

• Presentations

• Print and Web Graphics

• Print Production

• Promotional Materials

• Publication Layout

• Signage

• Small Business Marketing Consulting

• Social Network Presence

• Trade-show Displays

• Web Design and Management

Recent and Current work:

• Collaborate with Proposal Manager, technical writers, and estimators to design and produce multi-billion dollar construction bid proposals for US military installations, Commercial, and Oil & Gas projects according to RFP requirements

• Leads company in managing company social network media accounts

• Create motivating PowerPoint presentations for future CONUS/OCONUS Federal and Commercial clients

• Develop and maintain efficient cross-reference of archived document files for simplified retrieval

• Initiated design of innovative digital corporate newsletter used worldwide

Education​
 

Software Skills

• Adobe Creative Cloud Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat, UX, Dreamweaver, Flash

• Mac OS & Windows OS

• SharePoint

• Quark Express

• Corel

• Digital Marketing: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Other Online Forums

• WordPress & Joomla CMS

• Mailchimp & Constant Contact

• Website Management

• Microsoft Office 365:
  Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Yammer, Forms, Stream, Video

• Box, DropBox

• Google Products: Drive, Sheets, Docs, Forms, Hangouts

• Browsers: Chrome, IE, Safari, Firefox

• Apple and Android Mobile Devices and Apps

• Quickbooks

• AdTracker

• Ad Layout System (ALS)

• Kodak Publication Software
  Preps / Prinergy Evo
  Edition Builder

• SaxoPress / SaxoHosted

Effective Team Player

Known for creativity, flexibility and positive attitude. Former Manager noted: “Michelle is one of the best designers and employees that I have worked with. She has an uncanny ability to interpret the client’s unspoken wishes and come up with just the right solution. I rated her commendable and superior for her last review.”

~ B. Anliker

2010 - present

2010 - present

Art Institute of Pittsburgh, PA

​2003 - 2005, 2009

Graduated with an Honors - AS in Graphic Design.

1 year completed towards her BA in Graphic Design

Vanguard Sentinel, Tiffin, OH

​2004-2006

Completed the Small Business Management Program.