Trisha B Rafacz

Trisha Rafacz Design

2005 to 2000
Graphic Designer
The Business Ledger
Naperville, IL
2004 to 2010
Production Manager
The Business Ledger
Oak Brook, IL
2002 to 2004
Research/Marketing Coordinator

College of DuPage
Glen Ellyn, IL
2004 to 2005
Certificate in Graphic Arts Technology
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO
1998 to 2002
Bachelor of Journalism in Magazine, Minor in English Writing

Highly proficient at Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Distiller, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, DataJoe web-based database software, Extensis Suitcase, Font Book, Mac OS X, Microsoft Entourage, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, QuarkXPress and Windows 7. Knowledge of CSS and HTML. Very adept at concept development, digital illustration/graph generation, managing multiple projects simultaneously, multi-page editorial design, multi-page marketing design, photograph retouching, photograph selection, prioritizing tasks and typography. Experienced with AP style, compiling data, copy/stylistic editing, editorial research, fact checking, newspaper writing, project editing and proofreading.

Greater Chicago Area

Newspapers

The Business Ledger (Newspapers industry): Production Manager,  (-) 

Trisha Rafacz Design

Jun 2005 to 2000
Graphic Designer
The Business Ledger

Nov 2004 to Nov 2010
Production Manager
The Business Ledger

Jun 2002 to Nov 2004
Research/Marketing Coordinator

College of DuPage
May 2005
Certificate in Graphic Arts Technology
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO
May 2002
Bachelor of Journalism in English Writing