Summary
- Four years professional experience in design and technology.
- Self-motivated
- Video and design skills for broadcast, print, and web sites.
- Always willing to learn, and takes constructive critism from other professionals in the field well.
- Works well in high-stress and tight deadline situations.
- Detail Oriented
Education
2004-2008
Dixie State College St. George, UT
Bachelor of Science: Communications in New Media:Digital Film
2002-2004
Everett Community College Everett, WA
Associates in Fine Arts: Multimedia and Web Design
Work Experience
KCSG-TV St. George, UT
Production, Graphic Artist, Master Control (Jan. 2010 - Present)
- Responsible for editing video news stories for KCSG.com
- Creating banner ads for KCSG.com
- Editing together weekly sponsored "Hometown Happenings" for on-air.
- Setting up and creating custom banners for KCSG's Business Directory businesses.
- Any other duties as assigned, as well as editing commercials for on-air.
- Master Control: Taking feeds, making sure station stays on-air, writing the schedule so the system runs, ingesting commercials, infomercials, etc.
KCSG-TV St. George, UT
Graphic Artist (June 2005 - Aug. 2009)
- Responsible for creating graphics for both live newscasts, including but not limited too: Fullscreens, Over the Shoulders, Phoners, Maps, contest graphics, lower-thirds, sports score graphics and swooshers as needed.
- Created and updated the KCSG weather page for the local newspaper each day, working closely with the Weather Department for
temperatures and forecasts.
- In charge of updating the on-air look for the News every year or two, including new lower-thirds, over-the-shoulders, fullscreens and sports graphics.
- Responsible for creating Press Passes, including taking all the photos, and any print ads as assigned by the PR Department.
- Other jobs upon request including photography, editing, playback or teleprompter.
Born Free Documentary St. George, UT
Director, Producer, Editor, Graphic Designer
(Feb. 2008 - Sept. 2008)
- Wrote treatment and created film schedule.
- Researched information in regards to Wild Horses.
- Interviewed experts on camera.
- Edited Documentary in Final Cut Pro.
- Designed lower-thirds for the Documentary.
Desert Sunshine St. George, UT
Web Designer (July 2007 - Sept. 2007)
- Responsible for visualizing the client's ideas on the overall look of the company with logo design and website design and functionality.
Dixie State College St. George, UT
Assistant Graphic Designer (Jan. 2005 - June 2005)
- Worked closely with the Graphic Designer for the College by designing certain parts of print media, including their Alumni Magazine.
- Designed ads for the College Bookstore for publication.
- Responsible for the College Graduation Booklet.
- Created College Ads for the local Newspaper as assigned.
Skills
Software
- Adobe Photoshop CS-CS3
- Adobe Illustrator
- Quark XPress
- Adobe After Effects
- Final Cut Pro
- HTML, CSS
- Maya (learning)
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Sarah McGarr
435.669.2975
smcgarr77@gmail.com
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