Michael W. Stanton
745 Hiawatha Trail
Waterloo, WI 53594-1069

Home 920.478.3706
stanton@jefnet.com
www.michaelstanton.com


QUALIFICATIONS PROFILE
Highly Creative and multitalented Graphic Designer with extensive experience in print design, 
multimedia design,  and marketing. Exceptional collaborative and interpersonal skills; 
dynamic team player with well-developed written and verbal skills. Skilled in vendor relations 
in addition to building and maintaining "win-win" partnerships. Excellent reputation as a 
passionate, multifaceted designer capable of delivering innovative work and campaigns. 
Accustomed to performing in deadline-driven environments with an emphasis on working within 
budget requirements. Never tied to a certain design genre and always striving to further my 
skills. Creative experience in the following:

	ILLUSTRATIONS			PRINT			WEB & MULTIMEDIA
	- Custom Artwork		- Advertisements	- Company e-Mailers
	- Posters			- Brochures & Postcards	- e-Magazines & Reports
	- Technical Drawings (Cutaways)	- Magazines & Reports	- Flash Designs (Light)
	- Tradeshow Booth Panel/Signs	- User Manuals		- Web Site Designs
 
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Graphic Designer, Corporation Service Company (CSC): Madison, WI - 2000 to Present
Formerly NameProtect Inc. Successfully translated subject matter, from multiple in-house and 
external clients, into concrete design for E-Magazines and reports, promotional materials, sales 
collateral and jumbo-sized tradeshow booth panels. Create design themes and graphics for marketing 
and sales presentations as well as corporate Web sites.

Key Achievements:
- Created original, digital artwork that matches unique marketing messages. Frequently, this saved 
companies thousands of dollars versus purchasing commercial artwork from online vendors.

- Created the print version of the Trademark Insider Report in 2002, and subsequently, the online 
edition in 2006. A quar-terly publication on the trademark industry, the report provides the 
business and legal communities with insights into overall trademark filing activity, as well as 
rankings of the leading trademark law firms, companies and individual trademark filers in the 
United States.

- Establishes trusting relationships with fellow designers and print vendors.

Graphic Designer, Solvepoint Corporation; West Chester, PA - 2006-Present
Freelance, contract design work. Created postcards, report covers and other print collateral.

Multimedia Graphic Designer, The Gessert Group; Milwaukee, WI - 1999-2000
Assigned to the Multimedia Services Division. Created custom anatomical illustrations and animations 
for pharmaceutical companies and hospital medical training using Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop 
and Macromedia Director. Animations depicted interaction of drugs, such as ACE inhibitors, on the 
body's blood stream and critical organs.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Stratton College; 1992, Milwaukee, WI - Computer Programming

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY
Operating System Platforms: Mac OS X, Windows XP/2000

Applications: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat, QuarkXPress,  Macromedia Dreamweaver, 
Macromedia Fireworks, Macromedia Flash, Macromedia Director, Microsoft PowerPoint, Apple Keynote, 
Apple Pages, iPost e-Mailer Software, HTML, DHTML, and CSS. Currently learning Adobe InDesign.