PURPOSE: To work in a highly creative environment where my artistic ability, innovative ideas, and positive attitude can be utilized to its full potential.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Book Layout Designer/Writer/Editor
March 2008-October 2009
Adco Media/ Encino, CA
• Responsible for lay out, including writing and processing of photos, for three different bi-monthly magazines including: American Home Today, Family Health & Fitness, and Tri-Star Entertainment Previews.
• Responsible for creation and daily revision of several restaurant marketing books.
• Compile approved ads and change files from Illustrator documents to EPS files to be laid out on book templates
• Research articles to place in templates of Home Improvement and Health & Fitness books
• Create original design covers for multiple publications on a monthly basis
• Duties include finding hi-res photos for cover as well as accompanying material for related story. Additional hi-res photos are needed to accompany general release film page, video game screen-grabs for game page, new CD release spotlight as well as Blu-Ray screen grab, showcasing the latest releases
• Research upcoming films: Responsibilities include writing brief behind the scenes stories, cast or crew bios, special effects secrets, and sneak peak segments that focus on films currently in production
• Graphic Artist
May 2007-October 2007
Third Degree Graphics/ Ventura, CA
• Designed and supervised advertising for “The Star Newspaper”
• Created advertising collateral and design professional logos for clients based on individual business needs
• Created original illustrations for use in marketing announcements, pamphlets, and posters in auto advertising department
• Isolated and resolved potential file issues including resizing ads, ensuring images are high quality and CMYK or BW when necessary, and fonts are imbedded in the document
• Graphic Artist
July 2003- May 2007
Ventura County Star, Thousand Oaks, CA
• Designed and constructed all newspaper advertising
• Oversaw entire ad process including processing photos, gathering clip art, setting type, and converting file-types to workable assets for print, etc.
• Designed original “spec” ads for prospective clients
• Upgraded and updated current ads for existing customers
• Edited and re-touched photographs based on concepts provided by sales representatives including color correcting, and grayscale conversion
• Isolated and resolved potential file issues including resizing ads, ensuring images are high quality and CMYK or BW when necessary, and fonts are imbedded in the document
• Graphic Artist
September 2001-December 2002
Affinity Group, Ventura, CA
• Designed and produced all marketing material for use in yearly “Trailer Life” catalogues
• Gathered and organized advertising ele-ments including clip-art, and photos
• Worked closely with salespeople to edit ads based on the clients’ wishes to ensure individual sales goals were met
• Graphic Artist
December 2001-February 2002
Trade Express, Oxnard, CA
• Created professional and contemporary ads and sales material for weekly magazine
• Gathered and organized necessary ad elements, including clip-art and photos
• Processed raw jpegs into hi-resolution ready-to-print tiffs
• Worked closely with salespeople to edit ads based on the clients’ wishes to ensure individual sales goals were met
• Staff Artist
September 2000-July 2001
Carlow Design, Santa Monica, CA
• Solely illustrated and created storyboards for:
• “Space Center Bremen,” a theme park project in Bremen, Germany
• Movie advertisements
• Mattel and Applause Toys (Toy concepts)
• Major footwear retailers including AD-1 footwear
• Video game companies
• “Big Apple” television show (opening credits)
• LA Unified School District’s “Kid Intuition”
EDUCATION & TRAINING:
The Art Institute of Los Angeles, Santa Monica, CA.
Graduate with Honors, Computer Animation (3-D) and Graphic Design, 2000
LACC, Los Angeles, CA
Cinema
SPECIAL SKILLS:
• Accomplished and highly creative artist who specializes in sketching, animation, character design, caricatures, and storyboards
• Responsible, motivated team-player and leader who thrives in a creative environment
• Proficient in Adobe CS4 in an Apple OS X 10.6 environment, Photoshop, Illustrator, In-design, Quark XPress, Acrobat, Final Cut Pro HD, Word, Excel, iLife incl: Pages and Numbers
• Certified -BA, 2-D and 3-D Animation 2000 and Graphic Design
• References available upon request
• Salary history available upon request
• Also available for freelance jobs
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Book Layout Designer/Writer/Editor
March 2008-October 2009
Adco Media/ Encino, CA
• Responsible for lay out, including writing and processing of photos, for three different bi-monthly magazines including: American Home Today, Family Health & Fitness, and Tri-Star Entertainment Previews.
• Responsible for creation and daily revision of several restaurant marketing books.
• Compile approved ads and change files from Illustrator documents to EPS files to be laid out on book templates
• Research articles to place in templates of Home Improvement and Health & Fitness books
• Create original design covers for multiple publications on a monthly basis
• Duties include finding hi-res photos for cover as well as accompanying material for related story. Additional hi-res photos are needed to accompany general release film page, video game screen-grabs for game page, new CD release spotlight as well as Blu-Ray screen grab, showcasing the latest releases
• Research upcoming films: Responsibilities include writing brief behind the scenes stories, cast or crew bios, special effects secrets, and sneak peak segments that focus on films currently in production
• Graphic Artist
May 2007-October 2007
Third Degree Graphics/ Ventura, CA
• Designed and supervised advertising for “The Star Newspaper”
• Created advertising collateral and design professional logos for clients based on individual business needs
• Created original illustrations for use in marketing announcements, pamphlets, and posters in auto advertising department
• Isolated and resolved potential file issues including resizing ads, ensuring images are high quality and CMYK or BW when necessary, and fonts are imbedded in the document
• Graphic Artist
July 2003- May 2007
Ventura County Star, Thousand Oaks, CA
• Designed and constructed all newspaper advertising
• Oversaw entire ad process including processing photos, gathering clip art, setting type, and converting file-types to workable assets for print, etc.
• Designed original “spec” ads for prospective clients
• Upgraded and updated current ads for existing customers
• Edited and re-touched photographs based on concepts provided by sales representatives including color correcting, and grayscale conversion
• Isolated and resolved potential file issues including resizing ads, ensuring images are high quality and CMYK or BW when necessary, and fonts are imbedded in the document
• Graphic Artist
September 2001-December 2002
Affinity Group, Ventura, CA
• Designed and produced all marketing material for use in yearly “Trailer Life” catalogues
• Gathered and organized advertising ele-ments including clip-art, and photos
• Worked closely with salespeople to edit ads based on the clients’ wishes to ensure individual sales goals were met
• Graphic Artist
December 2001-February 2002
Trade Express, Oxnard, CA
• Created professional and contemporary ads and sales material for weekly magazine
• Gathered and organized necessary ad elements, including clip-art and photos
• Processed raw jpegs into hi-resolution ready-to-print tiffs
• Worked closely with salespeople to edit ads based on the clients’ wishes to ensure individual sales goals were met
• Staff Artist
September 2000-July 2001
Carlow Design, Santa Monica, CA
• Solely illustrated and created storyboards for:
• “Space Center Bremen,” a theme park project in Bremen, Germany
• Movie advertisements
• Mattel and Applause Toys (Toy concepts)
• Major footwear retailers including AD-1 footwear
• Video game companies
• “Big Apple” television show (opening credits)
• LA Unified School District’s “Kid Intuition”
EDUCATION & TRAINING:
The Art Institute of Los Angeles, Santa Monica, CA.
Graduate with Honors, Computer Animation (3-D) and Graphic Design, 2000
LACC, Los Angeles, CA
Cinema
SPECIAL SKILLS:
• Accomplished and highly creative artist who specializes in sketching, animation, character design, caricatures, and storyboards
• Responsible, motivated team-player and leader who thrives in a creative environment
• Proficient in Adobe CS4 in an Apple OS X 10.6 environment, Photoshop, Illustrator, In-design, Quark XPress, Acrobat, Final Cut Pro HD, Word, Excel, iLife incl: Pages and Numbers
• Certified -BA, 2-D and 3-D Animation 2000 and Graphic Design
• References available upon request
• Salary history available upon request
• Also available for freelance jobs
