Rugged Peak Design, a design and editorial services company specializing in Graphic and Web Design, Writing and Editing, is staffed by Dawn Garcia, a freelance graphic and Web designer, writer and editor with more than eight years of professional experience. Dawn will design a custom-made logo, business card, brochure, postcard and Web site for your business at an affordable price. Rugged Peak Design was founded in March, 2003.

Dawn's writing experience includes the Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce, Fort Collins' Forum, Colorado Business Journal, Images Fort Collins Magazine and Inside Sports. Along with her writing talent, she designs business cards, brochures, logos, letterheads, and postcards, as well as Web sites. She has designed more than two dozen Web sites through her company, Rugged Peak Design. 

During her employment at the Idaho State Tax Commission, she accumulated a vast knowledge of creative design skills for print and the Web - creating, designing, writing, editing, proofreading and researching information for advertisements, logos, flyers, brochures, pamphlets, newsletters, trade show displays, and annual reports for internal and external use. She gained a working knowledge of the production, proofing, and printing process, as well. While at Micron Electronics, Inc. she attained experience in writing, revising, editing, and researching information for technical manuals and getting started guides, as well as graphic design for manual covers, box toppers, and Web design of the departments internal Web site. To compliment her career history, she has a list of accomplishments, including these:

• Former member of the Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce

• Experience in organizing, facilitating, and managing meetings and activities of projects

• Experience converting Quark Xpress, MS Word, Adobe PageMaker and Acrobat documents into HTML

• High level of understanding of computer and systems architecture

• Keen eye for detail of different styles for a marketing and written piece

• Acquired valuable experience in computer programs such as Quark Xpress, Dreamweaver, and an extensive knowledge of Adobe (InDesign, Photoshop, PageMaker, Illustrator, ImageReady) and Microsoft (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, FrontPage) products for Macintosh and PC

• Excellent Internet research skills; researching information for manuals and documents, and purchasing opportunities, such as computer software and hardware

• Attended numerous training courses and workshops in Technical Writing, Graphic and Web Design

• Assisted at community and fundraising events such as Paint the Town, See Spot Walk, Idaho State Tax Commission Christmas Families, and Idaho State Employee Charitable Giving Campaign

• Volunteer Secretary for First United Methodist Church Co-op Preschool
• Volunteer Administrative Vice President for Fort Collins Moms Club 
• Volunteer on Compass Advisory Board
• Volunteer Newsletter Editor and previously Hospitality Coordinator for The Mothers’ Center of Fort Collins

Dawn received her Associate of Arts (1993) from Kirkwood Community College and her Bachelor of Arts (1996) in English/Creative Writing and a minor in Psychology from The University of Iowa.

For detailed information about past clients, staff positions, skills and experience, please read Dawn's resume.