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JL Jessica L. Latimer
graphic design portfolio l InDesign CS3 l Illustrator CS3 l Photoshop CS3
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JL point of view
As a designer my approach is to create a clean and modern aesthetic while implementing
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visual interest. I always try and adhere to the integrity of the client and their vision.
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JL restaurant menu
InDesign CS3 l Illustrator CS3
Haruki: 4-color, double-sided food
and dessert & drink menus using
illustrator for the logo.
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JL logos and icons Illustrator CS3
Logos and Icons: Various 4-color
logos and icons designed for identity
purposes and signage.
DernierCri. DC.
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JL promotional materials InDesign CS3 l Illustrator CS3
DernierCri.: 4-color, letterhead and
envelope using illustrator for the
logo.
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Tuesday, June 11, 2008 Tracy B. Freedman
DernierCri.
POSTAGE
45 Mullen Street IS NOT
Cumberland, RI 02864 REQUIRED
Mel Courtemanche IN U.S.
Director of Marketing, Avco, Inc.
51 Smith Avenue
Greenville, RI 02917
Dear Ms. Courtmeanche:
Mel Courtemanche
I read about Avco's retail management training program in College Graduate 51 Smith Avenue
Magazine and I would like to inquire about the possibility of openings. I am Greenville, RI 02917
interested in a career in retail management and am planning to relocate to the
New York City area in the near future. I would be interested in learning more
about the company and about available opportunities.
I have a Bachelor of Science degree in Management and Business, as well as
retail experience as a Sales Associate and Key Holder. In addition, I completed
two internships focusing on retail management.
My resume, which is enclosed, contains additional information on my experience
and skills. I would appreciate the opportunity to discuss the training program with
you and to provide further information on my candidacy. I can be reached via my
45 Mullen Street l Cumberland, RI 02864 l 401.954.1011
info@derniercrionline.com l www.derniercrionline.com
cell phone, 401.413.1904.
Thank you for your time and consideration. I look forward to speaking with you
about this exciting opportunity.
Sincerely,
DernierCri.
Tracy B. Freedman
Tracy B. Freedman
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JL educational brochure InDesign CS3
A Checking Account Sponsored by
l Illustrator CS3
Watertown Savings Bank: 4-color,
22-page brochure created for high
a checking account school students with diagrams
created in illustrator.
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Most banks offer access to your account via the Internet,
the power which usually includes an option to pay bills online offering
a terrific tool for managing your expenses. Simply enter the
address and account numbers for all the companies that
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send you bills to pay and the system will lead you through
setting up the accounts.
This keeps records of your payments so that you can
banking. easily check back to see how much you’ve been paying over
a certain time period. You can also schedule payments in
advance.
Many of the advantages of online banking allow you to:
• Check your account at any time of day and as often as
you need to
• See all transactions with your account
• Review as much as two months of activity
• Transfer funds from one account to another
• Save you the cost of postage and the bother of getting
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to a mailbox
my notes:
YOUR NAME
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ADDRESS 8 79-123/759
CITY, STATE ZIP
1 DATE
Jan. 13, 2099
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PAY TO THE
Dr. Strauss 3 $ 50.00
ORDER OF
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fifty follars and 00/100
DOLLARS
BANK NAME
ADDRESS
CITY, STATE ZIP
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doctor’s appointment Your Signature
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bank routing number bank account number check number
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JL wedding invitation InDesign CS3 l Illustrator CS3
Nicole Leveille and Mike Nexon
Wedding Invitation: 4-color invitation
suite with engraved typography and
an embossed pattern trim created
using illustrator.
Directions
From Providence:
Take 95 North to 146 North. From 146 North
take the Slatersville/Forestdale exit. Bear Mr. & Mrs. Richard Leveille
right at the top, proceed to the stop lights and Request the Honour of Your Presence
take a left onto 146A North. 146A North leads at the Marriage of Their Daughter
straight into route 102 South. Follow straight
through lights keeping the Cumberland Farms
on your right. The course is 10 miles from the
set of lights on the right. Cocktails, Dinner and Dancing
Immediately Following the Ceremony
Crystal Lake Golf Club Nicole Leveille
From Worcester:
Take 146 South to the second 146A exit. Take
and
a left at the off ramp. Drive one and one-
quarter miles to the set of lights. Take a
right at the intersection with Cumberland
Farms. Drive 7 miles and the course will be
Mike Nexon
on the right.
100 Bronco Highway
Harrisville, Rhode Island
From Warwick:
y is requested on or
Take 295 North to Exit 7B for Route 44 West of your repl
The favor rst of July
toward Greenville. Follow for about 10 miles
before th e Thirty-Fi
and bear right on Route 102 North after the
Rhode Island State Police Barracks. After
to attend
Citizens Bank bear right again staying on Route will be able le to attend
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102 North. The course is approximately 1 mile will not be on Sunday, the Twenty-Fourth of August
on the left. Two Thousand and Eight
at Three O’Clock in the Afternoon
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Stuffed Chi
Casserole
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JL trifold brochure InDesign CS3 l
Docordova Museum and Sculpture
Illustrator CS3
Park: 4-color, double-sided trifold
brochure designed as a self mailer
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using illustrator for the logo.
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JL takeaway postcard InDesign CS3
Natural Heritage & Endangered
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Species Program: 4-color, double-
sided takeaway postcard using
illustator to update the typography in
their logo.
“Be aware of
turtles on the
main roads
“If possible May through
October.”
do not mow
fields from www.nhesp.org
June through
September.” NATURAL HERITAGE
& ENDANGERED
SPECIES PROGRAM
Massachuestts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife
They travel in the spring to get
to feeding and breeding areas,
females move to nesting areas
during June and they return back
to their overwintering locations in
September and October.
www.nhesp.org
For more information about our native turtles visit the
Natural Heritage & Endangered Species program
turtle webpage at www.nhesp.org (go to rare species
information and look for the Turtle Information link).
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JL magazine article InDesign CS3
Signing On: 4-color, 6-page magazine
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artlce with basic color correction on
the photos.
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... the three most important rules of sound design are:
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(2) support the story
(3) support the story
How do Like an ideal marriage, sound design connects and you will see some of the most sophisticated
The Marriage of Audio and Visual
an audio component to a visual component to technology of that time. In fact, each is a milestone
produce a harmonious, yet beautiful dually-pleasing in both art and technology. The real trick is not to
composition. Elements of visual design determine let the technology get in the way of making art,”
you marry sound to
that of sound and vice versa. A sound designer will Lagent says.
Design Make a Remarkable
often take a visual element of a project, working with
it smoothly, but not without drama and emotion, and Largent will tell you that the three most important
in the end, produce continuity and a great story. rules of sound design are (1) support the story,
Relationship in Boston
(2) support the story, and (3) support the story. In
Through technological advances and access to fact, he’s made it his mantra. And in “Braveheart,”
affordable equipment, the ability to edit and he did just that. “I was responsible for “crowd”
produce sound and effects for music, video, film— sounds in particular, among a team of sound
visuals that have already
any medium—has become democratized. So, what effects editors who were each responsible for
makes a professional sound designer stand out different sounds. I added ambient sounds to every
above all the noise? Six letters: D-E-S-I-G-N. scene in the movie that contained three or more
people. In the battle scenes, I added hoards of [LEFT CLOCKWISE]: Man Exemplifying the Catching of a
Screen Frame, Photography: Christian Knight; Screenshot of
The work of a sound designer is often so good screaming, yelling men. In village scenes, I added
Nova by Jeff Largent; Julia (2001) by Dennis Miller.
as to not be noticed. More so, the audience the murmurs of the people in the background.”
of a sound designer’s work often becomes so
been created?
absorbed by the experience that they suspend any “Meanwhile, there were other professionals
disbelief that they don’t even notice the work of the in sound simultaneously editing the horse
designer because it just makes sense. Here, some effects, weapons, or footsteps, and so forth. Any
professionals working in Boton, who make a living sophisticated sound project, regardless of where
from matching audio sounds to visuals in multiple it’s produced, contains the same elements as a
forms of media, get a little of the attention they feature film—dialog, sound effects, and music—all De Ritis. Particularly, because the barrier between splices of time that are spliced together and need to
deserve and a chance to speak about their craft. mixed together. In many other types of projects definitions of sound design and composition be made linear),” explains De Ritis. “Sound design
(e.g., TV commercials, documentary films, even is breaking down, he says. Beautiful things are enables the given narrative, whether film, TV
Jeff Largent is most notably a film sound designer, music recording), there may only be one “sound” happening on the cusp of that barrier. For example, commercials, radio, animations, websites—gives
having won an Oscar for his work on the movie person. Often that one person ends up doing all the a door slam can turn into a backbeat for a sound them the opportunity to create a more holistic
“Braveheart.” Kemal Amarasingham specializes same work as a feature film team,” he added. track; vice versa, as in a nightclub scene in, “The whole.” Design involves a creative plan and often
in games. Anthony De Ritis has a Ph.D. in music Matrix.” As the scene begins to change, ambient requires invention. “Before ‘Star Wars,’ no one
composition, but he has also worked on interactive In addition to his film credits, Largent also worked sounds get morphed, allowing the evolution of time knew what a light saber sounded like because we
websites. Dennis Miller is more of a lone ranger on shows for PBS like “Nova” or “Frontline.” He across scenes in a continuous way. The backbeat never had that sound before,” he added.
who is particularly adept at creating abstract says that these are equally engaging in terms of of the nightclub music becomes the sound of an
compositions of audio plus visual elements. creativity, but it has been TV programs that really alarm clock in the next scene. Sound is used to inform the viewer how to interpret
grabbed him for the strong narrative elements. what they are seeing. The most famous example is
“Humans making sound has always been about “Sound design enables a linear storyline to come in the movie “Jaws.” A combination of tones played
technology. Look at any musical instrument from Good sound design or music composition must to life in cinema, which is inherently a non-linear slow at first and then at a higher volume and faster
any era—the saxophone, piano, synthesizer— be a collaborative process, according to Anthony medium (e.g., a shot here, a shot there, different conveys the danger involved what would otherwise
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JL product look book InDesign CS3 l Photoshop CS3
Celine, Spring/Summer 2009: 4-color,
28-page product look book with
multiple gatefolds and a die cut on the
inside back cover for a press CD with
basic color correction on the photos.
CELINE
646186, black calfskin nappa pumps; 852130,
ame red patent leather pumps.
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“I travel a lot, observe and look around me. I closely follow general change in
things, changes in rhythm of life. One has to stick to reality to make fashion
which truly meets a woman’s needs, meaning one which changes with her.”
— Madame Céline Vipiana, 1979, L’Officiel
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JL product look book
InDesign CS3 l Photoshop CS3
Celine, Spring/Summer 2009: 4-color,
28-page product look book with
multiple gatefolds and a die cut on the
inside back cover for a press CD with
basic color correction on the photos.
908430, seashell goatskin double tote lady bag;
646186, black calfskin nappa pumps.
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JL rendered illustration Illustrator CS3
DeLonghi Espresso Machine: 4-color,
hand-rendered illustration designed
to replicate an actual photo and then
manipulated to create a sense of
placement.
DēLonghi
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Jessica@JessicaLatimer.com l mobile 401.954.1011
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