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The Personal Résumé of

BARBARA J. MILLER

70 Magnolia Street, Mosheim, Tennessee 37818

Phone: 423.823.1446  •  E-mail: barbara@stardustart.com

Graphic artist, fine artist, design specialist.

• Graphic Design and Composition - (Digital and mechanical) 25 years 

• Desktop Publishing - (PageMaker, Quark, Illustrator, Corel Draw, Photoshop,

   PowerPoint,  Adobe Acrobat, and various word processor, data base and spreadsheet

   programs) 15+ years 

• Fine Arts - (Acrylics, watercolor, oil, pencil, pen & ink, charcoal) 25+ years 

• Public Speaking - (Writing and presentation) 15+ years 

• Business Management and Employee Supervision - 14 years 

• Prepress - (Offset and Leterflex - web and sheet fed) 12 years 

• Computers - (Windows® environment, advanced - software & hardware) 15 years

• Macintosh Computers - (Advanced - software and some hardware) 3 years 

• Real Estate Brokerage - 7 years experience (Tennessee Brokers License)

• Internet (Microsoft FrontPage web page design, Web-based E-Mail) 6 years 

• Outside and Inside Sales - 7 years 

• Silk Screen - (Design, mechanicals, screen prep and printing) 5 years 

March 2003 - Present
Free Lance Graphic Artist/Writer
Package Express Centers, Greeneville, TN
• Design, write and edit monthly newsletter

• Design promotional materials such as direct mail, CD Presentations, etc.

• Write copy and proofread various materials

 

September 1998 - 2003
Principal Broker (through 12/01) and co-owner (Co-owner since August, 2000)
Century 21 Pro-Service Realtors, Greeneville, TN
• Responsible for opening the Greeneville office of Pro-Service Realtors in 1998. 
• Maintained all files, moneys (escrow and company funds) and scheduling
• Directly responsible and liable for all contracts and advertising of associates
• Recruiting, Managing, and evaluating  employees and associates
• Prepared, implemented, and evaluated short & long range company goals and plans
• Prepared and evaluated company expense reports and accounts
• Designed and supervised company web site

June 2000 - May 2001
Developer and Co-owner
Custom Data Management (div. of Excalibur Data Solutions), Greeneville, TN
• Helped develop, test and market web-based software for Multiple Listing Services

December 1995 - August 1998
Affiliate Broker
Andrew Johnson Real Estate and Auction Co., Greeneville, TN
• Represented clients and customers in the sale and/or purchase of real property

December 1994 - November 1995 
Sales Associate
WSMG Radio, Greeneville, TN
• Outside advertising sales
• Wrote and scheduled commercials
• Assisted in station conversion to FM with computer maintained control booth

 

September 1993 -September 1994 
Digital Composition
Superior Business Associates, Greeneville, TN
• Digital composition - Macintosh: industry specific software, Rip 4 imagesetter
• Scanned and cleaned up logos and other artwork
• Produced proofs, film composites, proofread and performed darkroom work
• Customer service/relations: type setting, cross-platform questions, proofs & production
• Maintenance and troubleshooting of 3 networked Macintosh computers
• Daily and weekly data back-up and data retrieval (tape and removable HD)

January 1984 -September 1994 
Prepress Supervisor
American Calendar Company, Greeneville, TN
• Supervised and evaluated 7 to 9 employees. (Digital and mechanical prepress.)
• Network manager of seven networked computers (LAN)
• Graphic design of calendars, ads, logos, and brochures (multiple and process color) 
• Created and produced original art renderings in watercolor and pen & ink
• Trained department employees
• Prepared weekly production reports, QA reports
• Assisted in lead-time estimations for custom orders
• Maintenance and repair of all department equipment 

• Assisted in troubleshooting printing problems related to plates, blankets, water & ink

• Real Estate Brokers license, Tennessee Real Estate Commission, 

   Johnson City, TN

• Commercial Art, certificate; Drafting, focus on Architecture, certificate, 

   Greeneville-Greene County Center for Technology, Greeneville, TN 

• Double major in Art, minor in science, highest class score 

   Armed Forces Battery Test, North Greene High School, Baileyton, TN

• Numerous courses, seminars and training in computers (PC and Mac), 

   statistical analysis control,  supervision and management, advertising, 

   ethics, and contract law.

•  1/00-1/04 -Notary Public (Greeneville, Tennessee)

•  2/99-Present - Kiwanis Club of Greeneville 

•  6/79-Present - Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church

•  5/96-12/01 - Tennessee & National Associations of Realtors 

•  5/96-12/01 - Northeast TN Assoc. of Realtors 

•  5/96-12/01 - TN/VA Multiple Listing Service 

•  10/95-10/99 - Boy Scouts of America (Merit badge counselor)

•  10/88-10/96 - Girl Scouts of the USA 

   (Troop leader, day camp director)