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Ann Needham

Multimedia Instructional Technologist

Office #: D1440
Phone #: 708.235.7373
Fax#: 708.534.8956
email: aneedham@govst.edu 
Experience | Professional Skills | Honors/Awards | Education 

Experience

Governors State University, University Park, IL, 10/03-present
Multimedia Instructional Technologist, 10/08-present
Graphic Designer III, 10/03-10/08

Design for GSU multimedia projects – advertising (print/indoor/outdoor), marketing, web, and DVD/television, packaging, interactive

30 Years Experience in Advertising/Media
Freelance design for ad agencies; newspaper design for advertising, marketing, special niche publications; magazine art direction; book publishing; mural painting; oil and watercolor painting

Design Workshop
Advertising Design Workshop for Illinois Press Association

 

Professional Skills

  • Focus on marketing objectives while creating award-winning concepts and designs
  • Create branded, results-oriented cross-media strategies —
    print, web, multimedia CD, DVD, outdoor
  • Analyze, select and master software applications based on project needs
  • Research editorial/image sources for editorial projects
  • Magazine art direction
  • Customize market research data to sales needs
 

Honors/Awards

GSU Civil Service Employee of the Month – April, 2006

National and International Awards – 1996-2012

 

Education

Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
Bachelor of Science
Major: Promotional Graphics

Associate in Art
Major: Commercial Graphics/Design

University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
School of Art and Architecture