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LYNN PELKEY is a professional graphic artist with over 15 years experience. She has won numerous NJ Press Association and AJPA Rockower awards for her work with the New Jersey Jewish News. She is a proven Art Director  who can direct a team of graphic artists as well as perform hands on design. She is highly skilled in InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Quark Xpress.

Lynn recently completed a contract position with Westside Today – a monthly 4-color gloss magazine that serves Beverly Hills, Brentwood,  Malibu, Pacific Palisades, Santa Monica,  and Westwood – as creative director overseeing the magazine’s redesign.

She is currently Art Director at the Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, a weekly newspaper serving a community of 600,000. The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angles is the largest Jewish weekly outside New York City and reaches over 150,000 readers each week.

E lynn@lpelkey.net

PROFILE
Creative, hands on, motivated art director with a proven record of accomplishment in
exceeding publishing objectives and building a dynamic design team which enhance
productivity and profits.

EXPERIENCE

Art Director, Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles; Los Angeles, CA   |   March 2008 – Present
Serving a community of 600,000, The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles is the largest Jewish weekly outside of New York City
Design and layout for newspaper,  advertising supplements and 4-C magazines.
Create promotional and collateral material for the marketing department.

Art Director, New Jersey Jewish News; Whippany, NJ   |   March 1994 – July 2007
Art Director since August 1998
5 editions with a subscription of over 54,000
Oversaw expansion from one edition to five; hired and managed five graphic designers; directly supported Editor in Chief and Executive Editor; designed layouts for newspaper, advertising supplements and 4-C magazines; executed page layouts, logos, charts, illustrations; communicated with outside vendors

FREELANCE

Creative Director, Westside Today Magazine; Brentwood, CA   |   January – March 2008
March – May 2009
Redesigned entire magazine; worked closely with Managing Editor to raise quality of the magazine; responsible for entire redesign of magazine and then complete design
and layout  of issue

Comcast Cable
Designed monthly corporate newsletter; print ads; quarterly newsletter; promotional posters.

Jewish Family and Life
Designed seasonal 12 page publications

National Foundation for Jewish Culture
Designed 24-page literary supplement to be distributed nationwide; designed 12-page newsletter; created display advertisements
Website design

Design and maintain websites for entertainment professionals
www.robinweigert.com   |   www.davidgarrison.com

EDUCATION

William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ
Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in Graphic Design   |   January, 1993

SKILLS |  Project Management • Design implementation • Designer development
Production processes • Software/hardware support • Vendor contact

COMPUTER SKILLS |   Adobe InDesign  • Adobe Photoshop • Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Acrobat • QuarkXpress • Adobe GoLive • Microsoft Word • Basic HTML
Macintosh-based platform

For samples please visit: www.lpelkey.net

References available.

Please email lynn@lpelkey.net for a PDF resume

 
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