Sue Murray

Helena, MT USA
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Professional Experience

As a graphic designer and layout artist for the last twenty-four years, my focus has been on delivering a clean, professional final product quickly and efficiently. I have designed books and series, but also work with templates provided by publishers. My body of work includes complicated outdoor recreation guides, nonfiction, fiction, cookbooks, and educational books. I am well versed in graphic design applications on the Mac platform, and I currently work in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Acrobat), Quark, and Microsoft Office.

Expertise

Production (print)
24 Years
Photographer
23 Years
Graphic Designer
24 Years

Specialty

Books & Literature
23 Years
Outdoors
23 Years
Education
15 Years

Industries


Book publishing - all
23 Years
Book Publishing Consumer
23 Years
Association publication
14 Years

Total Media Industry Experience

24 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Carson-Dellosa (10+), Falcon Publishing (10+), Globe Pequot Press (10+), Presbyterian Publishing (10+), Rowman & Littlefield (10+), The Research Masters (10+), Wildcat Canyon Press (10+), Ideals Publications (1-2), Cleis Press (1-2), Northern Publishing, Inc. (3-5), The Franklin Report (1-2), Cognella Academic Publishing (10+), CBS Interactive - Tech Republic (10+), Self Publishing (10+)

Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Montana Audubon (1-2), National Parks and Conservation Association (3-5), CBS Interactive - Tech Republic (10+)

Technical Skills

Ebook conversions

Computer Skills

Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat), Microsoft Office, QuarkXpress

Equipment

Macintosh

References

Upon request

Work Samples

Outdoor Recreation

Vince Wilcox's Naturally Artificial Signature Flies
(Lyons Press 11/14/2016)
How-to fly-tying guide that I designed and paged.
Insider's Guide to Nashville
(Rowman & Littlefield 4/18/2019)
Guidebook that I paged using a publisher's template.
Paddling America
(Rowman & Littlefield 7/23/2019)
Guidebook that I paged using the publisher's template.

Cookbook

Keep Cookin' Cowgirl
(Globe Pequot PRess 11/14/2016)
Cookbook that I designed and paged.
A Cowboy Christmas
(Rowman & Littlefield 6/10/2019)
A cookbook I paged using the publisher's template. I helped finish the design.

Cartography

Coastal Trails of Northern California
(Rowman & Littlefield 11/14/2016)
Map that I create from scrap using a publisher provided template.
Scenic Drive
(TBD 11/14/2016)
Map that I created as a sample for a publisher.

Textbooks

Instant Assessments Language Arts
(Carson-Dellosa 11/14/2016)
Language Arts textbook that I paged using a template provided by the publisher.
Instant Assessments Math
(Carson-Dellosa 11/14/2016)
Kindergarten textbook that I paged using a template provided by the publisher.

Publications

National Park Service
(National Parks and Conservation Association 11/29/2010)
Leasing Program Assessment