Ashley Bickel has over 6 years of experience in graphic design and administrative work. She currently works as a Graphic Designer and Administrative Assistant for Millennium Marking Company, where she designs marketing materials like catalogs, website content, and packaging. Previously, she held internships doing graphic design for magazines and business journals, and worked as a logo designer for an animal shelter. Bickel studied graphic design at the University of Iowa and is proficient in programs like Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.

1. ashley bickel • 2945 N 77th Ave. • Elmwood Park, IL 60707 • 708.567.4007 • ashleybickel@gmail.com
GRAPHIC DESIGNER/ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, Millennium Marking Company, Elk Grove Village, IL, May 2010 - Present
Design layout for catalogs for customer orders
Design banner ads/greetings for website
Implemented logo to resemble ice cube for winter season
Design promo items, such as postcards; 20th anniversary scratch tickets (for customer benefits)
Create buttons or links on website (http://www.justritestampers.com/gallery/)
Design packaging for stamp sets
Take and edit photos; Design layout for pictures; Color correct pictures
Enter invoices to be paid by MMC
Enter orders made by customers
In charge of mass mailings to customers
LOGO DESIGNER, Wright-Way Rescue, Niles, IL, October 2010
Designed new logo for animal shelter; will be places on T-shirts; website; brochures; in 12 Petcos around chicago-land area
Designed large-scale logo to be placed on outside sign and bus
Designed Facebook logo
GRAPHIC DESIGN INTERN, Today’s Chicago Woman Magazine, Chicago, IL, June 2010 - September 2010
Designed layouts for pages in monthly magazine
Designed print ads for magazine for outside companies
Designed banner ads for website
Designed background for twitter page (http://twitter.com/#!/TCWmag)
Assisted on photo shoots; edited photos
GRAPHIC DESIGN INTERN, Corridor Business Journal, Coralville, IA, January 2010 - May 2010
Designed layouts for newspaper/pamphlets
Designed print ads for outside companies
Designed banner ads for e-blasts
Assisted with event planning
Minor copywriting
E X P E R I E N C E
Regularly updated website
INTERN, Answers Media Inc., Chicago, IL, December 2008 - January 2009
Head of Client Services
Provided clients with needed accommodations
Set up for client meetings
Logged video for production
Regularly updated website
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, Iowa City, IA, August 2006 - May 2010
S K I L L S
Major: Art; Emphasis in Graphic Design
Certificate in Entrepreneurial Management
Supporting Courses: Graphic Design 1&2; Computer Graphic Design 1&2; Web Page Design;
Typography; Photography; Digital Imaging; Art History; Intro to Marketing Strategy; Marketing
Research; Consumer Behavior; Advertising Theory
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Proficient in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel
E D U C A T I O N
Proficient in Adobe Bridge, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop
Experience with Adobe Dreamweaver & Flash, Apple Final Cut Pro, Quark
Goal Oriented, Organized, Perfectionist, Multi-tasker
References available upon request
Online portfolio: www.wix.com/abickel/port (being updated)