Rick Ellis

Rick Ellis EXPERIENCE Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI, Dumfries, VA — Desktop Publisher 2018 - PRESENT Primarily responsible for all desktop publishing and graphic design functions for the Former Agents of the FBI Society and Foundation. Responsible for the design and layout of the Grapevine magazine. Develop the concept, design and layout of the Society’s Annual Report. Develop all annual conference graphic designs (logos, programs, forms etc.) Design and prepare layout for the biannual membership directory and annual professional directory. Design and layout of Foundation annual calendar. Interface with printer and other vendors as needed. Observer Newspapers, Manassas, VA — Graphic Designer 2003 - 2018 Head of design department. Created advertisements for print/web for the Observer publications (Bull Run Observer, Manassas Observer, and Old Bridge Observer). Pre-press production of Observer publications. Resolved pre- and postpress difficulties. Managed company website. Troubleshooted computer and technical issues in the office. Illustrated and/or wrote: “Enamel the Camel” (I), “Flossopher and the Brushing Tree” (I), “There’s a Thing in My Closet” (I), “Don’t Burp at The Table” (I&W), and “Jacko the Mischievous Monkey” (I&W), “Going to the Zoo” (I &W). 11514 Bradley Forest Road Manassas, VA 20112 -- SKILLS Photoshop Illustrator Word AMDG Solutions, Manassas, VA — UX/UI (Contract Work) January 2017 - March 2017 Worked on the Proposability Project (UX/UI ). Proposability is a Government Proposal management software program. McCabe’s Minuteman Press, Fairfax, VA — Graphic Designer- Pre-press design of all print material in a fast-paced commercial printing environment. EDUCATION Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA — B.A. Liberal Arts PROJECTS Illustrator/Cartoonist, Manassas, VA — Independent Creator of “Half Baked”, a single panel family-friendly comic strip, formerly syndicated by Ink Bottle Syndicate and Funnies Extra. Acrobat InDesign Pagemaker Dreamweaver Wordpress Basic HTML Sound Editing Book Illustration