1. Summary
Highlights
Experience
JULIE R LEAKE
8481 Gray St, Arvada, CO 80003 | H: 303.956.1729 | JulieLeake12@gmail.com
Graphic Designer with 25 years of marketing and design experience. Works well in a highly
collaborative, fast-paced team environment or remote location with little supervision. Skills
include design solutions for print and web applications, marketing and product development.
Print Experience:
Logos, business cards, letterhead, trade
show booths, ads, direct mail
Brochures, magazines, newsletters,
books
Website Experience
Website design and maintenance,
including landing pages, email
templates and digital ads
Other Skills
Multi-tasking in a fast-paced
environment
Conceptual thinking and design strategy
Self-motivated, independent
professional able to work remotely
and/or with a team
Ability to be flexible and do whatever it
takes to meet the client's needs
Feb 2003 to CurrentGraphic Designer/Technical Writer
UniFocus, LLP
Graphic Designer (Feb 2003 to Current):
Design unique corporate collateral including business cards, stationary, advertisements,
brochures and fliers
Design and edit internal digital magazine and corporate magazine for print
Develop templates for enewsletters/email blasts, PowerPoint presentations and reports
Design trade show booth signage
Pre-flight and prepare final layouts for printer
Design online sales and marketing collateral including interactive banner ads for Google
AdWords and other social media
Create graphic materials for the company website and develop and maintain landing
pages
Copy edit marketing materials
Prioritize graphic workload and effectively coordinate multiple projects
Contribute ideas during strategic and conceptual brainstorming sessions
Technical Writer (Feb 2003 to Apr 2015)
Created and maintained online Help system
Created eTraining modules
Created training manuals
2. Accomplishments
Education
Portfolio and Recommendations
Skills
Nov 2007 to CurrentWebmaster/Graphic Designer
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Website creation: designed look and feel, built the website in Joomla!, project manager
Currently: Maintain weekly and monthly updates, copy edit text
Create printed monthly newsletter
Create fliers, bulletins, posters
Jan 1995 to CurrentOwner/Designer
AmmaGrafix
Provided services for:
Image development: logos, letterhead, business cards, brochures, fliers
Desktop publishing: newsletters, marketing materials, manuals, advertisements, direct
mail campaigns, PowerPoint Presentations
Website development: design architecture, creative direction, project management,
content creation
Internet marketing/Search Engine Optimization
Sep 1990 to Jun 1994Editor/Publisher/Designer
Local Publishing Co., Inc
Publications: The Cherry Creek Locale (monthly newspaper), Focus on Denver (weekly
newspaper) and Zerkalo-Russian Reflections (bi-lingual Russian-American newsletter)
Generated layout and production for all publications
Assigned stories and edited copy
Designed and created advertisements, fliers, newsletters
Supervised 11 in-house staff, several freelance writers, delivery
UniFocus Award of Excellence for three years
UniFocus Innovator of the Year Award
Communicators Awards for Print Accomplishment: five Awards of Distinction, two
Honorable Mentions, and an Award of Excellence
B.A, Psychology/Communications
Metropolitan State College - Denver, CO
Graphic portfolio: http://ammagrafix.com/portfolio2015.html
Endorsements/Recommendations: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julieleake1
Adobe: Acrobat, PhotoShop, InDesign, Illustrator, Fireworks
Microsoft: MS Office (PowerPoint, Publisher, Word, Excel)
Internet: Html, Joomla!, Drupal, WordPress, Social Media, online Help systems, Search
Engine Optimization
Resume for Julie R Leake (continued)