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With over 20 years experience in graphic
design, you can be assured that your project is in the hands of an expert
designer. Whether you need compelling advertising, marketing collateral,
or technical and artistic illustrations, I can execute your concept to
give it maximum visual impact. Call me to discuss your project needs and
discover how chosing an experienced designer will save you time and money,
and give you the quality results you deserve.
RESUME:
EDUCATION
ART INSTITUTE OF FORT LAUDERDALE, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Associate of
Science, Advertising & Design
Undergraduate studies in Advertising Design, Graphic Design, Illustration,
Airbrush, Product Illustration, Package Design, Environmental Design,
Television Graphics & Production, Photography, Computer Graphics,
Mechanical Arts
TECHNICAL APPLICATIONS
Adobe Creative Suite, QuarkXPress, MS Office, Macromedia MX Suite, TypeStyler
3, Adobe Streamline
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Airbrush Illustration, Airbrush Photo-Retouch, Black & White Illustration,
Pencil Illustration, Multi-Media Color Illustration, Mounting, Cutting,
Prop Construction, Sculpture Work, Backdrop Painting, Custom Auto Painting.
EMPLOYMENT
October 2004 – Present
Senior graphic designer on ongoing contract, Wells Fargo Private Client
Services, San Francisco, CA
Senior graphic designer and Adobe Creative Suite specialist.
Daily responsibilities include, but are not limited to, designing within
brand standards established for Private Client Services, appropriate
use of color palettes, maintaining superlative typographical standards
and layout specifications, including extensive PhotoShop editing of in-house
Wells Fargo historical images. Extensive image manipulation
includes applying custom clipping paths, collage assemblage and detailed
shadow work to adhere to the standards and guidelines established for
Private Client Services materials. Photo research, image
selection and purchase of chosen images from various stock photo agencies.
Supervision of other designers in the layout and rendering of assorted
collateral and marketing materials. Training of other designers and performance
of press checks.
Fall 2002 – Fall 2004
Graphic Designer, Freelance, Santa Monica, CA
Graphic Designer for industrial and retail clients. Portfolio and client
list available upon request. Illustration. technical illustration, photo
collage and extensive image manipulation, typography including font
creation. Projects range from printed marketing collateral to book covers,
large format graphics such as billboards, technical illustrations and
signage.
Winter 2002 – Summer 2002
Graphic Designer, Steren Electronics, San Diego, CA
Graphic Designer and Technical Illustrator. Daily responsibilities included
technical illustrations of electronic cable parts/tools, photography scans
and custom photo clipping, product package design and labeling, monthly
sales newsletter, display graphics for trade shows and logo design for
product-specific launches.
Spring 1999 – Fall 2001
Art Director, Carlberg Grafix, Springfield, IL
Art Director for multiple companies, specializing in logo design, annual
reports, brochures, newspaper/trade magazine ads, package design, billboards,
screen-printed apparel/decals, and miscellaneous graphic art projects.
Created, maintained and executed design concepts throughout all phases
of each project. All creative graphics and illustrations
hand-designed. Supervised graphic design staff to include freelance
photographers and designers. Acted as liaison/coordinator between clients,
printers and sign makers. In-house photographer, scanner and designer
of custom photo collages. Additional responsibilities included procuring
advertising representatives for traditional media placement.
Spring 1997 – Spring 1999
Graphic Designer, Sign & Display Studio, Springfield, IL
Created multiple spot-color graphics for silkscreen printing on a variety
of materials and/or applications (decals, vinyl, plastics, paper). Responsibilities
included analysis and correction of client supplied art for silkscreen
printing. Developed and created in-house advertising to include the annual
company catalog.
Fall 1996 – Spring 1997
Graphic Designer, Freelance, Springfield, IL
Graphic Designer for retail clients. Portfolio and client list available
upon request.
Spring 1994 – Fall 1996
Graphic Designer, Sangamon, Inc., Taylorville, IL
Production artist/designer for in-house corporate greeting card division,
specializing in the design and production of greeting cards, envelopes,
labels, seasonal gift packaging (wrapping paper, bows/ribbons). Created
general to complicated mechanical layout of greeting cards to include
black/white illustrations, creative typography, intricate die tracings
for foiling, thermography, embossing, and die-cutting by hand. Lead Graphic
Designer on all point-of-purchase collateral for K-Mart and Wal-Mart department
stores, to include strip signs, danglers, racks, end-cap signs and displays.
Communicated directly with color separators, printers, editorial and marketing
staff and production schedulers. Responsibilities included maintaining
production schedule/timeline and proofreading.
Fall 1985 – Spring 1994
Graphic Designer, Freelance
Graphic Designer/Art Director for industrial and retail clients. Portfolio
and client list available upon request. |
