About the Artist:

Allison Hancock is a native Memphian. She and her husband of 11 years, John, had their first child, Lucas, in June of 2006. After realizing he was too cute to commute away from full-time, she made the decision to offer her talents to the public as a freelance artist. When she is not chasing her four-year-old or working, she likes to sing along to Ella Fitzgerald while making mixed-media collage or sewing weird dolls and stuffed animals. Allison is a Leo, on the Cancer cusp.

Employment History:

Software Skills:

Graphic Art and Design
Strong knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator, In Design, Quark Express, PageMaker, PowerPoint, Acrobat, various scanning and video editing software packages.

Web Design
Strong knowledge of Dreamweaver and working knowledge of Flash.

Operating Systems
Strong knowledge of Windows and Mac operating systems. Expereinced in sharing of files between the two platforms.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Freelance Artist
March 1999 to present
Various freelance work including large format design, web sites, flyers, newsletters, business cards, logos, letterhead, CD art, ads, posters, etc.

Pink Palace Family of Museums
Part-time Membership Department Office Assistant
August 2008- December 2009
Various office tasks including database entry and management.

LSI
Art Director
September 2005 to July 2006
Served as the most senior ‘hands-on' creative source for design projects and creative campaigns. Prepared and supervised projects for sales, marketing, and promotions departments. Specialties included identification materials, t-shirts, banners, backlit displays and signage for numerous "high profile" local and national companies. Also managed and reported status of all outsourced jobs for sales department.

Pink Palace Family of Museums
Graphic Artist and Web Coordinator
March 1999 to September 2005
Graphic Artist duties included all Marketing Art, such as banners, rack cards, brochures, ads, invitations, for the Pink Palace Museum, IMAX theater, Lichterman Nature Center, and Mallory-Neely historic home. As Web Coordinator, I created and updated the 50+ page web site.

Graphics and Motion
Graphic Artist
November 1999 to January 2000
Worked as a full time consultant until status changed to freelance artist in late January. Duties included mostly web design, some print design. Created graphics in Photoshop and Illustrator, built and modified web pages. Specialized in collage work, Illustrator work and print design.