Resumé

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LINDSEY TURNER | Memphis, Tenn. | E-mail

EXPERIENCE
The Commercial Appeal — Memphis, Tenn.
• Page designer, copy editor: January 2005-present
Design live pages throughout the paper. Edit stories for grammar, clarity, balance and style. Write catchy headlines and teasers. Post stories to the CA’s website.

• Assistant art director: June 2008-July 2011
Conceptualized, art directed, and helped execute illustrations and graphics. Created identity graphics as needed for commercialappeal.com. Art directed and designed showcase pages and sections, including Sunday A1 and Sunday Viewpoint, as well as periodic special sections. Helped manage staff of eight designers and a graphic artist through daily production and design issues and scheduling matters.

• CA blogger and Digital Task Force member: April 2009-present
Aggregate interesting local Web content and cultivate original content for thememphisblog.com. Write book news, reviews, and author interviews for theshelflifeblog.com. Conceptualize digital products and design wireframes and proposals.

EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Mass Communication
Emphasis on media design; minors in English and Women’s Studies
Middle Tennessee State University — Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Graduated cum laude, December 2004

SKILLS
• Graphic design: Design with emphasis on cleanliness and sophistication. Knack for presenting complex ideas in easy-to-understand ways. Good understanding of type, color, and white space.
• Writing/editing: Able to write with ease and edit with precision.
• Photography: Good eye for composition. Can shoot and edit photos and video.
• Internet and social media: A longtime love for self-publishing on the Web across many platforms. HTML-, PHP-, and CSS-literate.
• Community building: For six years have organized the Memphis Zombie Walk, a public art spectacle and fundraiser for the Mid-South Food Bank. Yearly participation has reached roughly 1,000, with hundreds of pounds of food donated to charity.
• Software: Comfortable in Mac and PC environments. Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, Quark, Adobe CS5, GN3 Tera Digital Publishing, Ellington, Blogger, Tumblr, WordPress, Movable Type, iMovie.

AWARDS AND HONORS
20 Under 30 (named by the Memphis Flyer, February 2011)
Scripps third quarter 2010 design award
Society for News Design Award of Excellence 2009
Scripps third quarter 2009 design award
Voted Memphis’ best Twitterer (@theogeo) by readers of the Memphis Flyer, fall 2009
Scripps first quarter 2008 design award

REFERENCES
Available upon request.