Andrea Kellie

179 Cedar Knoll Road

Coatesville, PA, 19320
484-784-5124
ak8dc554@westpost.net

Work Experience
Graphic Designer
The Vanguard Group, Malvern, PA 2/2001 - 6/2010
1. eLearning Designer: 6/2002 - 6/2010
Created professional eLearning courses for Vanguard staff using Photoshop, Flash
, Word and XML templates, PowerPoint, Articulate, and Illustrator. Consulted wit
h instructional designers and internal business clients during the design and st
oryboard phases. Brainstormed ideas and concepts for course interface designs, p
age
layouts, graphics, and interactivity. Implemented and communicated new Vanguard
brand templates for eLearning. Presented new templates in brown bag sessions to
design management and instructional designers.Built course components including:
client/staff phone call scenarios, drag and drop exercises, multiple choice que
stions, animated graphics and charts, true/false questions and static pages in F
lash and PowerPoint. Recorded and edited audio for courses in Audition. Elevated
courses to production server. Documented and designed standards for our courses
. Ensured project deliverables remained on track.
Planned Developing Consulting Skills workshop for team. Presented program detail
s, learning objectives, and Strategy to upper management. Co-created scenario-ba
sed exercises around different consulting opportunities. Conducted training sess
ions on Word and XML templates for instructional designers and new team members.
Taught basic design and layout principles and color theory to instructional desi
gners in brown bag sessions.
Co-led bulletin board campaign promoting our capabilities. Designed poster displ
ayed on board. Led our team's Six Sigma initiative. This included identifying br
oken windows in our design and workflow processes. Enabled team to generate solu
tions. Presented solutions and next steps to Vanguard University management
and staff. Created new statement of work document for all future projects. This
document defined and tracked project scope.
Volunteered as a United Way campaigner and as a member of the Sponsor a Child do
nation program.
2. Intranet Graphic Designer: 2/2001 - 6/2002
Redesigned Vanguard's intranet site using Photoshop and Illustrator. Created Fla
sh movies for company initiatives. Envisioned and implemented future portals for
the intranet. Completed and updated the intranet's visual design standards. Des
igned interactive stock market chart to display up-to-date market information on
the site's portal page. Developed icons used within the intranet and business su
b sites in Illustrator. Assisted with conducting focus groups for future strateg
ies.
Graphic Designer
CB Technologies, West Chester, PA 11/1999 - 11/2000
Interacted with software developers and salespeople to create web site designs f
or a diversified clientele using Photoshop and Illustrator. Created layout and g
raphics for our intranet site. Redesigned our recruiting site.Composed multimedi
a proposals using PowerPoint to familiarize clients with our services and produc
ts.
Promotion Coordinator
Cahners Business Information, Radnor, PA 2/1999 - 11/1999
Coordinated with Director of Marketing and publishers to create printed promotio
nal materials for Product Design and Development (PD&D), Industrial Maintenance
and Plant Operation (IMPO), Manufactura and Plant Engineering trade magazines us
ing Quark Xpress, Photoshop, and Illustrator. Planned and implemented our Year 2
000 campaign for PD&D and IMPO magazines' media kit books. Determined concepts a
nd themes for flyers, graphs, bookmarks, brochures, and labels. Produced four-co
lor mailer cards highlighting upcoming feature articles.
Graphic Designer
Environ Products, Inc. / Interon Corp., Exton, PA 1/1998 - 1/1999
Interacted with CEO, Vice President, and engineers to design printed promotional
materials using Quark Xpress, Photoshop, and Illustrator. Produced company's ne
w cd-rom design. Developed and prepared tradeshow materials. Composed flyers and
illustrations for new products. Designed new logos for products. Designed owner
's manual for technical products.
Graphic Designer
Main Line Times, Ardmore, PA 8/1996 - 1/1998
Created retail and classified advertisements with Quark Xpress and Photoshop. Co
nsulted with salespeople and pressmen to build advertisements for various client
s. Designed full-page spreads for fashion tabloid inserts. Re-drew and enhanced
clip art and photographs used in advertisements.
Education
Lynda.com 4/2010 - Present
Coursework: Flash CS4 Professional Essentials Training, ActionScript 3.0 in Flas
h CS4 Professional for Designers, Photoshop CS5 Top 5, and Photoshop CS5 New Fea
tures.
Sessions.edu 6/2010
Coursework: Information Design.
Springhouse, Exton, PA 3/2010
Coursework: Adobe InDesign CS4 Level 1.
Millersville University, Millersville, PA 8/1992 - 5/1996
Bachelor of Arts degree. GPA: 3.24. Dean's list: Fall 1994, Fall 1995, and Sprin
g 1996.
Recipient of Robert G. Hustead award in Art History.