About me

Dear Sir or Madam,

after finishing my degree in Communication Design at University of Applied Science in Hamburg, June 2003, I have worked for several different companies where I have been able to refine my graphic and illustration skills.

At the moment I am working as a graphic designer for a print & publishing house in Lancaster. I am designing pages for several club magazines as Microlight, Lacrosse and Rotary. I also prepare all incoming work for print. (Program ApogeeX)

At the 'Ravensburger Verlag', a well-known publishing house in the south of Germany that produces books, games and puzzles, I worked in the Arts & Crafts department, where my main responsibility was developing the autumn 2007/spring 2008 collection for 'Malen nach Zahlen'(painting by numbers), a product range aimed at children.

Other duties included: layout issues, product design, work for the accounts department and foreign correspondence (mainly in English).

Enclosed is a copy of my personal resume that depicts my background and qualifications for you to consider in more detail.

Listed below are some of the skills I can bring to your organisation:

- Graphic programs: Photoshop, Acrobat, Illustrator, Freehand, Indesign, QuarkXpress (MAC and PC), Prepress Workflow, ApogeeX

- Good knowledge in digital and analog photography

- Very Good communication skills in English and German

- Excellent view for composition and colours

- Fast in finding creative ideas and solutions

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