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Madeleine Montano - senior graphic designer

At the age of 14, I decided that I wanted to be a graphic designer. I didn’t even know that graphic designer was a career choice. I thought teacher or veterinarian were the best options to make money. But looking back on how I spent my free time, it was pretty easy to pin point the budding desire to communicate non-verbally.

My family had lots of subscriptions to magazines and I liked to cut out all the images and different type face words to recreate my own communications. As this became my favorite way to pass time, I experimented with different glues, tapes and staples to adhere everything seamlessly to the walls. My parents had to stop me from destroying there house so I started to buy blank books and continued to experiment on the pages until it was filled from cover to back.

Then it hit me, after I filled my first book, that I wanted to do this for a living. The first time I ever heard the words “GRAPHIC DESIGNER” was on the TV for a Colorado Institute of Art Commercial. I truly thought at 14, I could build a better magazine than what was available to me. Here I was, not even able to drive a car and already had my future job plans determined. I was going to be a graphic designer and never going to look back.

Experience
Presently, I am Gaia Herbs in-house Senior Graphic Designer. I work in the marketing department to build various graphics. I have over 7 years of press check experience, procurement processes and vendor management.

• Excellent graphic design skills demonstrating technical proficiency, an eye for detail and the ability to come up with creative design solutions.
   
• Experience in working with printers and supervising the production of printed materials.
   
• Ability to work well, interact, and communicate effectively as a member of a team and with all levels of the organization.
   
• Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to prioritize and handle multiple projects and tasks.
   
• Ability to work under pressure, deadlines and time constraints.

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press check at Wentworth Print house

Memberships
AIGA, Lynda.com

Mac + PC
CS5.5 design premium, Freeway

Degrees
Associates in Applied Science, Graphic Design

Bachelors Degree in Studio Art, Graphic Design

Awards
Mercedes-Benz
Financial Services Presidents Award

Training
Jogn C. Campbell Folk School Book Binding, Screen Printing Concepts CPCC, HOW Design Conference, The Light Factory Digital SLR Photography, InDesign CS5 Lodgestone Digital, GAIN Conference