Work Experience

Manager of Media Production Services
   Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX)
    A Member of The Texas A&M University System
    College Station, Texas

Publications Manager
   Emergency Services Training Institute
    Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX)
    A Member of The Texas A&M University System
    College Station, Texas

Communications Specialist
   Fire Protection Training Division / Emergency Services Training Institute
    Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX)
    A Member of The Texas A&M University System
    College Station, Texas

Creative Director
   Ottaway Newspapers, Inc.
    The community newspaper subsidiary of Dow Jones & Co.
    Campbell Hall, New York

Promotion / Research Director
   Ottaway Newspapers, Inc.
    The community newspaper subsidiary of Dow Jones & Co.
    Campbell Hall, New York

Marketing Manager
   The Times (newspaper)
    Shreveport, Louisiana

Marketing Manager
   The Pueblo Chieftain (newspaper) 
    Pueblo, Colorado

Art Director
   Absolute Advertising (advertising agency)
    College Station, Texas

Additional Work Experience
   * Syndicated Cartoonist, "The Goforth's"
   * Chief Photographer (newspaper)
   * Editorial Illustrator and Cartoonist (newspaper)
   * Art Director (newspaper)

 

Education

Corpus Christi State University, Bachelor of Arts Degree 
Maryland Institute College of Art -- Baltimore, Maryland
The Kansas City Art Institute -- Kansas City, Missouri
Del Mar Junior College -- Corpus Christi, Texas

Specialized Training

* Beginning, intermediate and advanced web publishing courses, Texas A&M University
* Software course in PhotoShop, Texas A&M University
* Software course in PageMaker, Texas A&M University
* Software courses in Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Word),  Texas A&M University
* Dream Weaver, Illustrator, InDesign, XPress, and FrontPage

Computer and Software Experience

* Work experience with Mac and PC computers
* Work experience with PageMaker, Quark XPress, Freehand, PhotoShop, Microsoft Office (Excel and Access) & MS Works

Awards and Honors

BEST OF SHOW, International Circulation Managers Association, ICMA
SHEEPDIP, Southern Colorado Press Club, Excellence in Advertising
FIRST PLACE, ICMA, Circulation Promotion
FIRST PLACE, Editor & Publisher/International Newspaper Marketing Association (E&P/INMA), Radio Commercials
FIRST PLACE, E&P/INMA, Direct Mail
FIRST PLACE, E&P/INMA, Outdoor Advertising
FIRST PLACE, American Association of Advertising Agencies (AAAA), Newspaper Advertising (campaign)
FIRST PLACE, Associated Press Managing Editors (APME), Photojournalism
FIRST PLACE, Texas Press Association (TPA), Feature Photography
FIRST PLACE, APME, Color Photography
FIRST PLACE, APME, Team Coverage (spot news)
FIRST PLACE, TPA, Feature Photography

Have won many more newspaper and advertising industry awards. Awarded ribbons, certificates and plaques in art contests and shows.