WALTER W. WEBB
151 Nelson Drive
Holly Springs, Mississippi 38635
662-252-5934 - Cell 662-252-9745
waltwebb@gmail.com
www.webbgraphic.com

CAREER EXPERIENCE
• Website design and development
• Print media publishing and editing
• Design, development, production of graphic projects
• Advertising and marketing
• Skills in Photoshop, QuarkXpress, Dreamweaver, InDesign, Illustrator, Microsoft Word and other applications
• General management, team leadership
• Business Writing - Proposals, Business Plans, Presentations, RFP Responses, Certificate of Need, Marketing Plan, Market Analysis

EMPLOYMENT HIGHLIGHTS
Rural Healthcare Developers, Inc.
Communications Director
March 2007 - March 2011
Design and production of all marketing materials for a healthcare management company: brochures, flyers, newspaper, radio and television advertisng, website design and development, direct mail and email marketing campaigns, signage, presentation boards, PowerPoint presentations, news releases and video and audio teleconferencing. Wrote Response for Proposal resulting in 50-year management of hospital. Wrote successful Certificate of Need application for a Chemical Dependency unit approved by the Mississippi State Department of Health. Designed and developed seven websites for hospitals and management company.

WebbGraphics
Owner
December 2002 - Present
Consult with businesses, associations and industries in providing marketing solutions. Design, copywriting, photography and production services. Design and produce brochures, advertisements and other print pieces. Design and develop professional websites. Skilled in QuarkXPress, Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Word, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, InDesign, spreadsheet and data base applications

American Family Life Assurance Company (AFLAC)
Sales Associate
February 2003 – May 2004
Presentations to business and industry executives to provide solutions for employee benefit programs utilizing supplemental insurance policies for accident, disability, cancer, intensive care, short and long term health. Provide follow-up services to employers and claims service to policy holders.

Haywood County Newspapers, LLC
Brownsville States-Graphic
Interim Publisher
April 2002 – September 2002
Supervision of the editorial, advertising sales, production and business operations of a community newspaper. Reporting on area news events, writing a opinion column and providing photographic art for publications. Compiled and produced tracking reports on revenue and expenses for corporate office.

The South Reporter, Inc.
Holly Springs, Mississippi
Editor and Publisher
January 1980 – August 2001
Managing editorial, circulation, advertising sales and financial operations for a community newspaper and two free distribution newspapers. Writing news and editorials and weekly personal interest column. Research and implementation of new generation of publishing equipment, Internet newspaper, building expansion, purchase of competing newspaper property.

Mississippi Press Association
Jackson, Mississippi
Executive Director
May 1977 – January 1980
Directed the 125-member association of the daily and weekly newspapers in Mississippi. Created, originated and implemented educational publications, seminars and conferences in financial and editorial management, advertising sales, production, circulation and distribution. Originated Mississippi Press Services, Inc., the advertising arm of the association. Developed, coordinated the annual statewide membership conventions and mid-winter advertising conventions.

EDUCATION
University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi: BA in Business Administration and Journalism. Courses completed for Masters Degree in Journalism.