Gaylen Floy’s career transition

Evolving from graphics editor to copy editor

Pen and ink illustration, 1994

My goal is full-time work as a page designer and copyeditor, either online or in print.

I’m taking online courses with the Poynter Institute and MediaBistro.

Please feel free to give me a call. Let’s discuss how I can contribute to your team.

Building on design-team experience• Assisted in the redesign

of two newspapers:the Santa Barbara News-Press and the Belleville News-Democrat

• Pitched story and graphic ideas• Wrote a style guide for editorial

graphics• Assisted editors and reporters by

finding sources, gathering and verifying information

• Assisted IT in problem solving, training, setting up libraries and computers, testing printers

Above: “Coping with Vision Loss” story \Illustrations—Illustrator and Photoshop,Page design--Quark Express, 2002

• Planned 1A layouts, center packages and special sections with editors, reporters and photographers

• Produced illustrations, maps, informational graphics, also Metro, Lifestyle and Sports section fronts

• Associations:Avant Guild

• Certificate inCommercial Design,UC Santa BarbaraAbove: 3D map, Illustrator, 2002

This graphic was for an investigative report by George Pawlaczyk that exposed drug trafficking near schools north of East St. Louis.

Gaining new skills and connections

• Facilitated panels,discussions and meetings,gave presentations fora volunteer organization

• Managed and editeda quarterly statewide consumer magazine in 2008

• Designed and managed a volunteer organization website

Above: Illustration for a story by Elizabeth Vega on bullying,Photoshop, 2000

Preparation and service

• Liberal arts degree fromBob Jones UniversityGreenville, S.C., May 2009

• Interning with Assistive Technologies, Inc. to teach computer skills and adaptive software, both XP and Vista platforms and the MS Office Suite 2003 and 2007

• Basic proficiency in Word, Excel, Access, IE, PowerPoint and Outlook. On the Mac: InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobats Photoshop, DreamWeaver

This chart was produced in Excel 2003. Source: City of Federal Way

Federal Way 2008 Property Tax Distribution

Port District$1,933,821

2%

Flood Zone, $860,550

1%

City $8,992,267

9%Ferry, $473,786,

0%

EMS$2,600,989

3%

Fire District$12,995,276

13%

State$18,467,989

19%

School District$35,969,068

38%

Library District $3,925,656

4%

King County

$10,471,640 11%

Gaylen Floy253.217.9586

grfloy@gmail.com

Federal Way’sAdvancing Leadership Class of 2008Assisted the marketing/events committee.Our class project was building upon theCommunities In Schools mentoring programand starting an after-school segment withthe senior center

Board Member – Tape Ministries North Westsince 2007

Serving on public relations and legislativecommittees at the state and national level witha consumer organization since 2007