Roland T.

Hamner III
2317 Armstrong Park Rd
Gastoina, NC 28054
Phone: 704.914.6996
828.266.3890
email: rh67171a@westpost.net

SUMMARY:
A seasoned professional with over 35 years experience in design, merchandising,
advertising, in store promotions and sales
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Lowe's of Belmont, Belmont NC October 2007 to May 2010
* Hardware CSA IV
* Flooring Sales Specialist
* Hardware CSA II
The Hamner Gallery - J&S Beaumont Pottery, Boone, NC July 1998 to October 2007
Owner and operator
Responsibilities:
* Direct and manage a production pottery studio along with a contemporary art ga
llery.
* Handle the daily production of pottery studio, starting with mixing clay, thro
wing, firing, making glazes, glazing, glaze firing and finishing.
* Design and production of sculpture using both sand and lost wax casting method
s.
* Teach pottery skills to students mostly adults wanting to learn or further the
ir education.
Mountain Air Publishing - Minors Printing, Boone, NC * September 1996 to July 19
98
Marketing Director
Responsibilities:
* Develop magazine from a 28 page full color publication covering 3 counties, to
a 60 to 80 page magazine covering 22 North Carolina mountain counties increasin
g circulation from 10,000 to 45,000 bimonthly
* Direct marketing to increase sales, manage sales of ads and production of publ
ication
Dinger Publications, Shallotte, NC * November 1995 to May 1996
Director of Operations,
Responsibilities:
* Manage design and production of company publications
* Directed work flow through shop by coordinating with sales staff and art depar
tment to produce projects in a timely manner
Topsail Sportswear, Hampstead, NC * October 1994 to May 1995
Publishing Director,
Responsibilities:
* Design publications and catalogs
* Direction of outside resources, computer artists, service bureaus, illustrator
s, and photographers as needed for projects
Raven Type, Wilmington, NC * November 1993 to October 1994
Director of Operations,
Responsibilities:
* Developed plan of operations for satellite pre-press studio by directing all a
spects of the shop with special attention to sales, scheduling, production and f
ollowing through on all projects to final billing
Daniel & Cusic Advertising * Marketing, Charlotte, NC * October, 1990 to October
, 1993
Director of Production, May, 1993 to October, 1993
Responsibilities:
* Maintained agency production by directing all aspects of work through the shop
with special attention to scheduling, production and budgets by getting quotes
and following all projects to final billing
* Developed company resources, talents, and time, with special attention on comp
uter systems for design and art production
Art Director and Computer Coordinator, October, 1990 to May, 1993
Alphagraphics, Charlotte, NC * November 1989 to October 1990
Outside Salesperson,
AccentonDESIGN, Inc. Charlotte, NC * November 1988 to August 1989
Director of Graphic Design,
Holland Typographics, Lenoir, NC * February 1988 to June 1988
Creative Director,
Belk Stores Services Inc., Charlotte, NC * July 1973 to January 1988
Packaging Design Coordinator, Packaging and Labeling Department, December 1982 t
o January 1988
Packaging Artist, 1980 to 1982
Artist, Catalog and Bulletins Department, 1977 to 1980
Production Artist, Visual Merchandising Department, 1973 to 1977

COMPUTER EQUIPMENT:
* Macintosh and PC Computers and software
* DTP image equipment and support programs
EDUCATION:
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
Bachelor of Creative Arts, Graduation: May 1973
Gaston College, Dallas, NC
Fall 1970 - Spring 1971
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Fall 1968 - 1970
OTHER ACTIVITIES:
Bicycling, Running, Swimming, Scuba Diving and Fly Fishing