Jay Phillips 1424 Greenland Avenue
Nashville, TN 37216
615.545.6832
jay[at]jayphillipsdesign[dot]com


objective
To have a career in print or electronic media in a creative/design capacity.


experience
Graphic Designer
Freelance, Nashville, TN
December 2002 - Present

  • design brochures, websites, and other materials for local businesses
  • design album covers, flyers, posters, and other promotional material for local bands
  • any other design work that comes my way

Graphic Designer
Williamson A.M., Franklin, TN
April 2005 - December 2005

  • designed full process, spot color, and black and white advertisements for retail and classified sections of the newspaper
  • designed spec ads for clients not yet advertising in the paper
  • designed and did layout for various special publications

Graphic Designer
The Tennessean, Nashville, TN
June 2004 - April 2005

  • designed full process, spot color, and black and white advertisements for retail and classified sections of the newspaper
  • designed spec ads for clients not yet advertising in the paper
  • proofread finished ads, check separations, prepared files for digital transfer to plates for offset press

Graphic Designer
The Review Appeal, Franklin, TN
March 2003 - Present

  • designed full process, spot color, and black and white advertisements for retail and classified sections of the newspaper
  • designed and did layout for various special publications
  • designed rack cards, rate sheets, and other in-house promotional materials for the newspaper

Graphic Designer
Murfreesboro Sun, Murfreesboro, TN
March 2002 - December 2002

  • designed full process, spot color, and black and white advertisements for retail and classified sections of the newspaper
  • designed and did layout for various special publications

Ad Designer
Daily News Journal, Murfreesboro, TN
June 2000 - March 2002

  • designed full process, spot color, and black and white advertisements for retail and classified sections of the newspaper
  • designed and did layout for "Job Solutions," an employment weekly published by Mid-South Publishing

Cassette Duplicator
MCOM, LaVergne, TN
March 2000 - June 2000

  • operated high-speed audio cassette duplication systems
  • monitored quality of finished cassettes

Recording Engineer
American Sector Studio, New Orleans, LA
September 1999 - February 2000

  • engineered multi-track recording sessions
  • acted as staff second engineer


education
Middle Tennessee State University
1995 - 1999
  • B.S., Recording Industry: Production & Technology
  • Mass Communication and Electronics Minors


skills
Macintosh and Windows OS, Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe InDesign Adobe ImageReady, QuarkXPress, Microsoft Office BBEdit, HTML, CSS, PHP, Flash


Portfolio available here.
Print portfolio and references available upon request.