- Hamden, United States of America
- May 19, 2023
DENISE VOSBURGH
Wildly Creative Artist and Copywriter
Hamden, CT 06514
DeniseVosburgh1@gmail.com
719-310-9786
https://truart-infusion.site123.me
#readytowork Seeking remote position
Willing to relocate to: New York, NY -- San Francisco, CA -- Denver, CO – Boston, MA
Authorized to work in the US for any employer
WORK EXPERIENCE
Custom Picture Framer (Assistant)
North Haven, CT
September 18, 2022 - present
Michaels, 170 Universal Drive, North Haven, CT 06473
205-985-0302 (Grissela Rosario) (Please ask me first before contacting)
Muralist and Gallery Artist truArt Infusion - New Haven, CT March 2020 to Present
Custom portraiture, figure drawings/paintings, landscapes/still life realistic renderings, research of the collective imagination, and concept fantasy art. Sizes from miniatures to 8 by 20 feet.
Layout Designer and Copywriter
LofTowerBooks, LLC - Providence, RI 2007 to April 2020
Freelance part -time: LofTowerBooks, LLC book design and publishing
Liberté ILLUSTRATIONS, Cover Design, Layout and Marketing on a children’s book about the original theme of the statue of liberty, based upon an African model.
Illustration. Book Layout and Design and DESKTOP PUBLISHING in Microsoft Word, InDesign, and Photoshop. Typesetting / graphics integration / charts / TOC / indexing / captioning / section Header /Footer / style -sheets) DoD RFPs, Reference Books, Novels and Children's Picture Books / Macintosh and PC (dual platform). Worked with Beverly Crespo and Matt Meyer, authors, CU professors, and online publications:
Fiction WRITING: DONUT by Denise Rodger Vosburgh WRITING
Garden Associate
Home Depot – Middletown, RI
February 2017 to November 2017
Customer Service to landscape professionals. Cultivation of a wide variety and huge number of plants, annuals and perennials, as well as equipment, additives for soil, soils, seeds, fertilizers, anti-fungals -bacterial -pest -mold remedies. Natural nutrients, root stimulators, fuels (wood to propane, etc.) and patio furniture.
Custom Picture Framer
Colorado Springs, CO
July 2011 to January 2012
Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft, # 2062, 3795 Bloomington St, Colorado
Springs, CO 80922 -3201, 719-596-4640
MS Office, Reception, Insurance Customer Service
Spherion
January 2004 to 2009
Temporary positions: including Kaiser Permanente; Bank of America Credit
Card Customer Service Call Center; and El Paso Gas Company, 2 North Nevada,
Administrative Assistant and Copywriter
Spherion – Colorado Springs, CO 2002 to 2009
Consultancy Placement Agency for high -tech firms / 1901 North Union Boulevard, Suite 105, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80909, (now forwards to (303) 239 -6105 )
Administrative Assistant
Kelly Services – DESKTOP PUBLISHING – Colorado Springs, CO 2003 to December 2004
DESKTOP PUBLISHING via Temporary Placement Agency for high-tech including ITT / Worked in DESKTOP
PUBLISHING in Microsoft Word and administrative assistance / 6760 Corporate Drive Suite 310, Colorado Springs, CO
80919, (719) 528-5811 (Mary Ellen Anderson) 02/2003 — 12/2004
Clerk
Pacific Gas & Electric Mail – San Francisco, CA 1999 to 2002
(Utilities) Services Front Desk and Billing, Environmental
Protection, Mail and Overnight package tracking via barcodes/email.
Communications, tracking of Priority packages, out oing billing and special circulars, using computerized equipment by
Pitney Bowes (large scale equipment: “Arrival, Inserters, Paragon”)
Addressograph Database longmont. Trainer of co -workers in Microsoft Word. 77 Beale St, San
Powerpoint Specialist
Consultant Agency – San Francisco, CA February 1997 to 2002
369 Pine St., San
Francisco, CA 94103 Nancy Devlin (415 -966 -4844) (Part -time after 1999)
Graphic Designer
Devlin Partners – San Francisco, CA
1998 to 2000
Administrative Assistant (including for Danielle Steel, author) Microsoft Word and Photoshop.
Advertising Secretary and Copywriter – Slides in Powerpoint -Vice President Stephen
Jordan, McGrath, Case and Taylor – New York, NY 1995 to 1998
Bandenhop -International travel planning and appointment. Scheduling -Letter composition in Microsoft Word and distribution (pre -Internet). Storyboards for Nestle (Chocolate) campaign. (Contract work $36/hr) http://www.jmcp. com 110 5th Ave, New York, 10011
Scheduler, Office Manager, and DESKTOP PUBLISHER -1500 Garden of the Gods Rd
United Airlines Services Corporation and KAMAN Sciences – Colorado Springs, CO 1989 to 1995
Proposal work in Interleaf and Microsoft Word, Graphics Design Department Schedule Clerk, Introduced the first. Apple
Lisa Computer support to the staff and trained them, Dave Beach, Manager (moved to New York, NY after 6 years)
EDUCATION
Bachelor’s in Liberal Arts
U of the State of New York – New York, NY 1995
San Francisco Art Institute
800 Chestnut St, San Francisco, CA
SKILLS
- Photoshop (7 years)
- Desktop Publishing (7 years)
- Sketch Up 3D Architectural Modeling (2 years)
- Illustrator (1+ years)
- Fine Art Painting and Sculpture
- Chicago Manual of Style
- Prepress
- Proofreading
- Adobe InDesign
- Photography
- Adobe Acrobat
- Branding
- Graphic Design
- Adobe Creative Suite
- FileMaker Pro
- Video Editing
- Video Production
- Illustration (10+ years)
- Design Patterns (3 years)
LINKS
http://truart-infusion.site123.me
https://www.facebook.com/pg/justfinestart/photos/?ref=page_internal
https://www.instagram.com/denisevosburgh1/
CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENSES
Editor
Proofreading, illustration, index, chapter headings.
SPECIALTY SKILLS
Proofreading — Completed
January 2019
Proofreading written texts. Full results: Completed
Graphic Design — Proficient
June 2020
Using graphic design techniques and producing visual media to communicate concepts.
Full results: Proficient
Early Childhood Development — Familiar
August 2020
Knowledge of the development of children ages 0-3 and of ways to foster that development.
Full results: Familiar
(Indeed Assessments provides skills tests that are not indicative of a license or certification, or continued development in any professional field.)
GROUPS
National Society of Illustrators
August 2003 to Present
Illustrators and artistic support.
PUBLICATIONS
Liberté https://www.amazon.com/D.-Arlene-R.-Vosburgh/e/B006FKARTS/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_2 November 2008
Full color painted illustrations to accompany a poem by the late Beverly Crespo about the original African American themed model for the Statue of Liberty
Experience
Design and build matting, framing, and presentation of fine art, photographs, and memorabilia. I attended San Francisco Art Institute and graduated from the University of the State of NY with a BA in 1995.