Michael Duntz

About Michael Duntz

Communication is paramount in spreading information about a specific topic. A good graphic designer understands how to meld pieces together for the end-user for better accessibility. Graphic designers need to stay abreast of industry design practices. Graphic design is my ultimate skill set. I taught myself graphic design and design software programs in high school while working for the yearbook staff. A month before I graduated high school, I interviewed for and earned a paid page designer position with the Tower yearbook at Northwest Missouri State University. I worked through college as a designer for the yearbook and then as the Advertising Department Manager for Northwest Student Media. Since college, I have garnered 10+ years of professional graphic design experience. I have worked on daily newspapers both in page layout and advertising. I have built special event publications such as Top 40 under 40, plus multiple Top Project magazines. Some of those event publications required event collateral. I have aided in the creation of yearbook covers. An animated mobile ad is the smallest digital piece I have created. The largest digital asset was a wrap-around animated banner displayed at an NCAA D1 Men’s basketball arena. I have built brand guidelines from scratch. Furthermore, I can extrapolate existing brand guidelines across a comprehensive advertising campaign. A brand guideline for me is the designer\'s bible. With that and established policy and procedures, there are no design problems I can not find a solution for. In April 2017, I completed my Graphic Design Specialist continuing education in-person training course earning the Adobe Design Essential Certificate from Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, KS. By completing these courses, the design instructors certified me in Adobe Creative Cloud including Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Acrobat.I am currently seeking full-time employment. Check out my digital portfolio at Reach out to me today at m••••••••@gmail.com. Specialties- Advertising - Art Direction - Branding- Digital Marketing - Email Marketing / Newsletters- Graphics- Page Layout- Typography

Experience

1. Print Production Manager

   Bridgetower Media

   May 2024 — Present

   Formulated and executed daily, weekly, and bi-monthly newspaper advertising dummies using the most current advertising manifest.• Created special annual event-based publication advertising dummies with the guidance and assistancefrom the client/newspaper representatives.• Directed quality control assessments on all published materials, working closely with print vendors touphold rigorous standards and brand integrity.

Education

• Northwest Missouri State University

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Applied Advertising

  2008 — 2013

• Shawnee Mission North High School

  High School Diploma

  2004 — 2008

Skills

• Wordpress
• Public Relations
• Media Relations
• Publications
• Graphic Design
• Online Advertising
• Social Networking
• Social Media Marketing
• Layout
• Ap Style
• Marketing
• Copy Editing
• Email Marketing
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Publishing
• Event Planning
• Newspaper
• Creative Direction
• Editing
• Broadcast
• Typography
• Mac
• SEO
• Art Direction
• Newsletters
• Photoshop
• Editorial
• Photography
• Social Media
• Newspapers
• Press Releases
• Marketing Communications
• Facebook
• Illustrator
• Copywriting
• Journalism
• Graphics
• Advertising
• Magazines
• Indesign