Focus
Web and Graphic Design
Production
Online Marketing
Project
Coordination
Creative Development
Education
Miami Dade Community College Arts-Broadcasting, 1991
Computer Skills
Hardware, Operating systems, & Programming languages: Any and all IBM Compatible PCs, Macintosh, EPOC 32 (PSION Palmtops), Light Unix, Windows NT Workstation, Windows NT Server, HTML, Windows ME, Windows XP, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 3.1, Windows 3.11, Macintosh OS, Javascript, Light Visual Basic 5, Cascading Style Sheets, DHTML, CGI, Perl
Rainbow Advertising Sales Corporation October 1999-Present
Desktop
Publisher/Production Assistant
Responsible for all desktop publishing
assignments in Powerpoint, Word, Quark Xpress (business cards, Powerpoint
presentations, letterhead) and programming and web design of all incoming sites,
as well as inventory of stationery/paper and printing supplies.
Websites built and/or maintained by Raquel while at Rainbow:
Cablevision
Advertising Sales
Seasons
Wishes
New York Interconnect
Alphabet City Design April 1996-Present
Principal
Freelance
website and graphic designer. Featured on http://www.blackplanet.com/ in April 2000.
Working URLS (in which Raquel coded or aided in design as freelancer):
Alphabet
City Design
Wepa! (personal page)
Mixtape
Sessions
Akasha
Entertainment
Gotta Have
House (logo design)
Deephouse Page (tshirt design)
Theglobe.com July 1998-July 1999
Project
Coordinator
Responsible for ordering hardware and software for company,
which was comprised of seven locations at the time. Duties also included
allocating hardware for new hires, inventory of all hardware, maintaining
software licensing, ordering of all technical supplies, and maintenance.
PC Consultants of New York, LLC March 1998-June 1998
Creative
Director
Responsible for creation of client and company websites,
graphics, flyers, brochures, and business cards. Company folded.
Jupiter Communications August 1997-January 1998
Research Assistant,
Data Research Group
Position responsibilities included researching
advertising on the Web and entering research data using Excel worksheet.
Position required detailed eye. Results were published in Jupiter
Communications' monthly report, Ad Spend.
The Net Café May 1997-April 1998
Director of
Administration/Manager
Worked with the Marketing Director and
Entertainment Director as well as the administrative staff in designing flyers,
websites, and marketing campaigns, WWW research, mailing list management,
planning events, and booking acts. Supervised six employees, assisted users
logging onto networked computers, troubleshooting, configuration, and software
& hardware installations of ten computers. Instructed classes of two to
three individuals in Windows 95 and the Internet.
Payback Promotions November 1991-April 1996
Independent Record
Promoter/Principal
At the time, Payback Promotions was Miami’s oldest and
biggest record promotion company. Marketed records for recording companies to
all available local outlets (video shows, retail, radio, et cetera) and to the
Internet. Clients included Warner Brothers, Tommy Boy Records, Elektra,
Atlantic, Priority Records, Flavor Unit Records, H.O.L.A. Records, and many
others. Managed ten employees.
References provided by request.