the Resume of Ben Lymer @ blurr media | the personal portfolio of ben lymer

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objective |

To continue a career in the graphic design field, further my knowledge of print, motion graphics, and web design

qualifications |

Have worked for KAKE-TV in Wichita, KS for over 4 years, as well as maintained a freelance business (blurr media) for over 5 years.

employment history |

2007 - Present Norris E-Commerce Management, Inc.
{Web/Graphic Designer & Site Development }: • Create Banners & Logos for Web Stores; • Create & Manage our CSS stylesheets; • Create & Manage our list of Web Sites; • Create & Manage eMail campaigns; • Shoot Product Pictures & Video
2002 - Present blurrMEDIA (also know as: blurr media, bL graphics & Design)
{Freelance Graphic Artist, Video Editor & Website Designer }: • Created Websites for local companies, as well as outsourced work from AD agencies; • Created motion graphics animations for other local artists; • Authored DVD′s for local artists; • Captured and edited video for local artists; • Created identity for Morning Star Christian Academy; • Designed yearbook for Morning Star Christian Academy
2006 - 2007 One Hour Picture Perfect
{Graphic Designer & Photo Editor }: • Create Logos, Business Cards, Flyers, and more for customers; • Restore Old photographs; • Touchup photographs; • Develop & Process Black & White Film; • Color Correct Color Prints
2003 - 2007 KAKE-TV
{Graphic Designer }: • Responsible for creating graphics for Good Morning Kansas (local morning show); • Running Chyron/ImageStore for shows; • Was chosen several times to help jump start new programing; • Designed/Maintain the KAKE Shop for the station to sell merchandise (on-line from 2006 - 2008); • Editied Video on occasions for broadcast (Including 2 BTK Journey to Justice videos, subtitles & motion tracking)
2001 - 2003 Friends University Edmund Stanley Library
{Head of Media Services }: • Responsible for Purchasing New Equipment; • Maintaining New and Pre-Existing Equipment; • Created a new and easier to maintain database for all equipment.; • Created an on-line database for instructors to use to check out equipment, and also included guides for equipment usage. (on-line from 2006 - 2008)

education |

2001-2005 Friends University
{Bachelors Degree in Art emphasis Graphics Design/Computer Graphics & Video }: • Computer Graphics/Graphic Design 1 thru 4 (plus Advanced Studies); • Animation (plus Advanced Animation); • Video (plus Advanced Video); • Drawing 1 & 2; • Painting; • Sculpture; • Sculpture; • Plus: Gen. Eds.
1996 - 2001 Derby Christian School
{High School Diploma }: • Graduated 4.0; • Valedictorian

awards |

2002 Art Scholarship @ Friends University
2002 Davis Scholarship @ Friends University
2001 Imagine the Difference Scholarship @ Friends University
2001 Christian Leadership Award @ Pensacola Christian College
1996 - 2001 Who′s Who of American High School Students

proficiencies |

[software]: • Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, InDesign, Premire & Flash; • Apple Final Cut Pro, LiveType & DVD Studio Pro; • Avid; • Maxon Cinema 4D XL; • Quark Xpress; • Macromedia Freehand, Fireworks & Dreamweaver (all under Adobe now) | Prefer Text Editors over Dreamweaver (such as SubEthaEdit, Text Mate, Text Wrangler & Coda); • Bryce, Maya & Lightwave
[skills@code]: • HTML & xhtml; • CSS; • Currenlty Learning: Javascript & PHP | already do some minor PHP/Javascript @ work; • Know some Flash | Not a fan of Flash as it isn't web standards friendly; • UNIX & SVN commands; • Understanding of AppleScript
[hardware]: • Macintosh/Apple platform (preferred); • Windows platform; • Unix; • Linux; • Silicon Graphics Machines; • Chyron; • Avid