Seames O'Grady
Galveston,TX
Summary
Design Editor with extensive experience at The Galveston County Daily News, specializing in graphic design and layout. Proficient in QuarkXPress and Adobe Suite, with a focus on creative storytelling and team training. Strong problem-solving abilities contribute to the delivery of high-quality publications.
Overview
37
37
years of professional experience
Work History
Design Editor
The Galveston County Daily News
Galveston, Texas
11.2015 - Current
- Designed engaging layouts for news articles and special features.
- Collaborated with writers to improve visual storytelling techniques.
- Reviewed proofs to ensure accuracy and style consistency.
- Trained junior staff on design software and editorial standards.
- Edited images and graphics for both print and digital formats.
Copy Editor/Page Designer
Daytona Beach News-Journal
Daytona Beach, Florida
10.2013 - 10.2014
- Copy editing, designing pages for various sections, including 1A, Local, Features and Business.
- Helped maintained website with content and breaking news; also posted content to Facebook.
Web Producer, Copy Editor/Page Designer and Editorial Cartoonist
Tyler Morning Telegraph
Tyler, Texas
02.2011 - 04.2013
- Maintained website - TylerPaper.com - with content and breaking news; also posted content to app and to Facebook and Twitter accounts.
- Copy editing, designing pages for various sections, including Sunday Business.
- Creating, from concept to completion, style and content for 'Page Two' - a quirky and informative collection of news, reviews and opinion, which also featured newsroom tweets and readers' Facebook comments.
- Part of five-member team to improve newsroom communication and discussion.
Copy Editor/Page Designer
The Examiner Corporation
Beaumont, Texas
08.2010 - 01.2011
- Copy editing, designing pages and building ads for Beaumont Business Journal, Port Arthur Business Journal and Jobs Today.
- Updating and uploading content and advertising Jobs Today website.
Copy Editor/Page Designer and Assistant Online Producer
The Beaumont Enterprise
Beaumont, Texas
12.1999 - 10.2009
- Copy editing and designing pages for features, sports and news sections.
- Creating style of The Enterprise's youth-oriented section 'The Edge' from concept to completion.
- Responsible for designing special sections and creating illustrations for all sections in the newspaper.
- Updating and maintaining The Enterprise's online edition.
- Worked out of the Houston Chronicle with a four-person team to maintain The Enterprise's online and print editions during Hurricane Rita.
- Helped maintain The Enterprise's news coverage during Hurricane Ike.
- Created and coordinate Web content for the features and sports sections of The Enterprise's website.
- A 60,000-circulation daily newspaper within the Hearst Newspapers family.
Copy Editor/Page Designer
The Orange Leader
Orange, Texas
02.1998 - 12.1999
- Assume total responsibility for the design and layout of daily newspaper (14-24 pages).
- Oversaw the design and layout of sister newspaper, Opportunity Valley News, an 8-to-16-page weekly newspaper.
- Highly involved in pre-press production to ensure newspaper meets company standards and audience's expectations.
Copy Editor/Page Designer
The Examiner
Beaumont, Texas
04.1996 - 01.1998
- Independently handled layout and design for this 35-plus page weekly newspaper.
- Created and designed numerous cover illustrations.
Various Positions
University Press
Beaumont, Texas
02.1989 - 12.1994
- Diverse positions at the university's newspaper included cartoonist, entertainment editor, and film and book critic.
- Created editorial cartoons and comic strips; wrote a mixture of articles focusing on local and national news events as well as opinions pieces on a variety of subjects.
Education
Post Graduate Classes - Copy Editing, Flash based website Design
Lamar University
Beaumont, Texas06.2005
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Graphic Art Designer, Communications and Creative Writing
Lamar University
Beaumont, Texas05.1995
Skills
- QuarkXPress and Adobe Suite
- Graphic design and layout
- Video and online editing
- Copywriting and headline creation
- Ad design and illustrations
- Pre-press and printing production
- Problem solving and organization
- Time management and planning
- Creative thinking and imagination
- Interpersonal communication skills
- Crisis management strategies
Awards
- Press Club of Dallas Katie Award, 2003, Headline Portfolio Medium Market Newspaper
- Southwest Associated Press Sports Editors, 2006, First & Second place Daily/Sunday Section Front
- Press Club of Southeast Texas, 2006, First place Best Headline
- Texas Associated Press Managing Editors, 2005, Best Team Page Design
- Press Club of Southeast Texas, 2000 & 2001, Best Newspaper Page Design/Layout
- Numerous Hearst Honors and Enterprise honors, headlines, illustrations and page designs
- Numerous college newspaper awards, Best cartoon, best critical review, best feature page design, best headline writing and radio opinion/review
Timeline
Design Editor
The Galveston County Daily News
11.2015 - Current
Copy Editor/Page Designer
Daytona Beach News-Journal
10.2013 - 10.2014
Web Producer, Copy Editor/Page Designer and Editorial Cartoonist
Tyler Morning Telegraph
02.2011 - 04.2013
Copy Editor/Page Designer
The Examiner Corporation
08.2010 - 01.2011
Copy Editor/Page Designer and Assistant Online Producer
The Beaumont Enterprise
12.1999 - 10.2009
Copy Editor/Page Designer
The Orange Leader
02.1998 - 12.1999
Copy Editor/Page Designer
The Examiner
04.1996 - 01.1998
Various Positions
University Press
02.1989 - 12.1994
Post Graduate Classes - Copy Editing, Flash based website Design
Lamar University
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Graphic Art Designer, Communications and Creative Writing
Lamar University