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Education

2002 – 2004 Bachelors Degree in Communication Technology, University of Texas at Arlington (Arlington, Texas)

Classes in graphics, writing for mass media, web communication and design, e-commerce, communication law, Internet marketing, and web authoring tools. Selected as the 2004 Outstanding Senior in Communication Technology. 3.88 GPA.

2000 – 2002 Associate of Arts in Communications, Austin Community College (Austin, Texas)

1995 – 1997 Digital Publishing and Graphics Technology courses, 15 hours, Austin Community College (Austin, Texas)

Classes in traditional prepress and offset press techniques, desktop publishing.


Experience

5/04 - 8/04 Summer Internship, UTA Center for Distance Education (Arlington, Texas)

Gathered and reviewed information on GILT (Globalization, Internationalization, Localization, and Translation), researched procedures and tools used in translation and terminology management, project management, and writing for translation, and used that knowledge to create a preliminary Spanish version of web content.

6/01 – 9/01 Assistant Manager, Ginny’s Printing & Copying (Austin, Texas)

Worked with managers in consolidation of two separate retail locations, supervised and trained employees, provided bids and estimates, scheduled production of copying and printing jobs, resolved customer and production problems.

7/97– 6/01 Customer Consultant, Ginny’s Printing & Copying (Austin, Texas)

Assisted customers with planning and ordering printing, copying and bindery projects, provided bids and estimates, found creative solutions to meet customers’ requirements, planned and scheduled production of customer projects, operated copying and bindery equipment, maintained inventory and purchased supplies, maintained customer files.

8/95 – 5/96 Bookseller, Bookstop, Austin, TX

Processed magazine orders and returns, shelved inventory, answered calls and assisted customers.


Skills

Excellent written communication and customer relationship skills. Organizational, multi-tasking, job planning and scheduling experience in a time-sensitive environment.

Technical skills: Web graphics and design, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, DHTML, SQL, and PHP.
Microsoft Word, Powerpoint; Adobe Pagemaker, Photoshop; Macromedia Director, Flash, Dreamweaver.


Contact

Laura Kathleen Brashear
Denver, Colorado
laura_brashear@yahoo.com


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