Edward Priddy was born in Enid, Oklahoma on September 28, 1976. He spent his entire childhood traveling from one base to another with his parents and 3 siblings. In his nearly 26 years of life Edward has lived in Virginia, North Carolina, Kansas, Hawaii and Japan. In 1994 he completed high school and attended the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond, OK. Here he started on the path to a career in graphic design, and met his future wife Brandi. Brandi and Edward were married in Tulsa, OK in July 1998. Upon graduation from UCO, Edward was hired on as the graphic artist for The Oklahoma City Public School system where he faithfully until his position was eliminated in January of 2003. He currently is employed by the USPS as a Desktop Publisher.

Edward D. Priddy, II
405.613.4301
ed@priddy.org

WORK EXPERIENCE

United States Postal Service - Desktop Publisher: Layout training manuals for Postal Classes and provide technical illustrations as needed.
March 2003 - Present

Oklahoma City Public Schools - Graphic Artist: Responsible for designing publications, forms, promotional materials, and maintaining the District web page.
October 1999 - January 2003

America Online - Technical Support Representative: Provided excellent customer service while answering customers' technical questions regarding their Internet service
April 1997 - October 1999

Bright Morning Star - Illustrator/Designer: Provided professional illustrations for a board game
September 1996 - January 1997

COMPUTER SKILLS/SOFTWARE

Familiar with both Macintosh OS and Microsoft Windows

Freehand, ImageReady, Illustrator, FrontPage, Microsoft Office, PageMill,
InDesign, Photoshop, Premiere, Streamline,Sound Edit, Studio Pro. 
PageMaker, Dreamweaver

EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts, Graphic Design
University of Central Oklahoma
Edmond, OK

EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

Digital Art Exhibit: senior art exhibit featuring purely digital works utilizing such programs as Studio Pro and Adobe Photoshop
December 1998

Multimedia film exhibition: Prepared a 30 second animation - "Zanes Planes" and several computer illustrations
December 1998

Project manager for Multimedia Design Class: responsible for coordinating class research into a viable web site
Spring 1999

EXTRACURRICULAR

Boy Scouts of America: member, awarded Eagle Scout in May 1990
May 1987 - September 1993

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