James M. Lord | email: jlord1@umbc.edu

C a r e e r   O b j e c t i v e

Position as Graphic Designer

Q u a l i f i c a t i o n s

Proficient in QuarkXpress, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe PageMaker, and MS Word on both PC and Mac platforms.

Proficient in web related areas including HTML and Adobe Acrobat/Distiller, and experience with Smart Site CMS, JAVAScript, Macromedia Flash, Dreamweaver, Perl, PHP, and ColdFusion.


W o r k   E x p e r i e n c e

Sept 2001 - Present
Lead Designer, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD.

Print Duties: Design high-profile institutional brochures, posters, programs, invitations, folders, mailers, catalogs, and logos. Follow each project from conception to delivery. Team with content developers to creatively meet the needs of a wide assortment of university clients.

Web Duties: Maintenance of UMBC's web site. Implemented a new university wide Content Management System. Development of new websites for Undergraduate Admissions and The Graduate School.


Jan 2000 - Aug 2001
Graphic Designer, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD.

Print Duties: Design institutional brochures, posters, programs, invitations, folders, mailers, catalogs, and logos. Follow each project from conception to delivery. Team with content developers to creatively meet the needs of a wide assortment of university clients.

Web Duties: Maintenance of UMBC's web site. Development of new department sites for such University clients as Residential Life, College of Engineering, The Alex. Brown Center, and The Division of Professional Education & Training.


Sept 1999 - Dec 1999
Web Assistant, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD.

Web Duties: Designed and maintained university web sites.

Print Duties: Designed 1999 UMBC holiday card.


Jan 1999 - Aug 1999
Graphic Designer, Computer Applications Specialists, Laurel, MD.

Print Duties: Developed new corporate identity. Designed in-house brochures, folders, logos, catalogs, and mouse-pads. Team with content developers to creatively meet the needs of the company.

Web Duties: Created web graphics for company website.

Summer 1998
Internship at Sparkman and Associates, Washington, D.C.

Assisted senior designers in regards to icon/logo design, chart production, redraws, scans, photography, and illustration research, mounting, tiling, and presentations.


E d u c a t i o n

1997 - 1999
University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore., MD.
B.A. Degree; Visual and Performance Arts; Graphic Design emphasis. GPA: 3.49.

1994 - 1997
Charles County Community College, LaPlata, MD.
A.A. Degree; Arts and Humanities Major. GPA: 3.58.


** References and PDF resume available upon request **