RESUME OVERVIEW
RESUME OVERVIEW
• Graphic Design and Illustration
May 2008 to current, Ranchos de Taos, NM
Established business practice after moving from CA. Offering graphic design and illustration services.
• Illustration
2001 to 2007, Pasadena CA
Specialties: wildlife and landscape paintings. Other: domestic animals, fantasy, abstract, cartoon-like characters.
• Graphic Design/Web Design/Illustration
1984 through 2000, Pasadena CA and Milford CT
--20+ years of mixed design and production experiences for print and multimedia
--Specialties: digital imaging/photo montage, logo illustration, publications, advertisements, catalogues, brochures, newsletters, product labels, business cards, stationery, direct mail and web design/programming.
• Computer Graphics Instructor
1993 to 1996
I have taught computer graphics classes in Los Angeles, New York and Connecticut.
Past Clients:
• The Balance Center CT— Brochure and stationery.
• Twin Painting, CT— Complete marketing package of printed materials, signage and website.
• Cory Advertising, Trumbull, CT— Collateral materials for community clients. Webmaster for GE intranet projects.
• Close To The Edge, Milford, CT— Label Illustration, advertisements and flyers.
• WeddingHair.com, Milford, CT— Logo Design and product sheets. Web logo and navigational buttons.
• Trinity Spice Corp., Midland, TX— Spice and BBQ labels.
• Marketing Corp. of America, Westport, CT— Varied media--print and web.
• CD Squared, Fairfield, CT— Catalog production for Scholastic Books.
• Copper Development, Manhattan, NY— Web master for intranet site.
• Riss Design, Norwalk, CT— Web storyboarding, direct mail production and graphic elements. HTML programming.
• U. S. Games Systems, Stamford, CT— Proto-type board game design, and the 1999 Tarot Calendar.
• International Masters Publishing, Stamford, CT— Cooking cards for recipe clubs.
• Reach Marketing, Westport, CT— Coupons for circulars.
• Mirbach and Associates, Westport, CT— Direct mail. photomontage, photo touch-ups.
• Barry Blau, Wilton, CT— Direct mail, packaging and photo touch up.
• Sierra Club, Fairfield CT— Special event flyers.
• Clarion Marketing and Communications, Greenwich, CT— Product promotions; labels, point of purchase displays.
• Micro Warehouse, Norwalk, CT— Page layout for color catalogues.
• Pasadena Weekly—Pasadena; Display ads
• Seiniger Advertising—Los Angeles; Redrew graphics from ‘The Simpsons’ for digital use
• Sierra Madre Graphics and Printing—Sierra Madre; Logo designs and collateral material
• Investigative Group Inc.—Los Angeles; Corporate brochure design and collateral materials
• Page Group Magazines—West Los Angeles; Publication layout
• Wilson Scott Associates—Los Angeles; Advertising design and layout
• City of Pasadena—Pasadena; Illustration of Police badge for foil decals
• Russ Reid Company—Pasadena; World Vision: Direct mail layouts
Private Tutoring Clients Included:
• Bank of America; Adobe Illustrator tutoring, one on one
• ReGain; QuarkXpress tutoring, one on one
• Guerro and Associates; QuarkXpress tutoring, one on one
Related Employment History:
• 7-1995 to 12-1996 MicroTraining Plus, Norwalk, CT—
Corporate Trainer, Computer Graphics-Mac platform. Software programs taught were Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Director, Adobe Illustrator, QuarkXpress, Adobe Pagemaker, Pagemill and basic HTML. Included Macintosh Essentials classes, curriculum development, reference manual content development, and phone support.
Clients Included: ViaCom (MTV, Simon and Schuster, MacMillan Publishing, VH1), Golf Digest, Newsday, Lennox, Ames Department Store, Sikorsky, ITT Hartford, North Castle, Time Warner, New York Times, SNET
• 2-1993 to 7-1994 Platt College of Design, Los Angeles, CA—
Instructor and teacher’s assistant, Computer Graphics Division. Required extensive knowledge in QuarkXpress, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Aldus Freehand, and Aldus Pagemaker. Prepared and presented lectures and demonstrations for students, provided project critiquing and final grading of finished projects.
• 10-1985 to 6-1986 Badger Paper Company, Los Angeles, CA—
Press Department Supervisor. Planning and scheduling for plate making and printing of food labels (frozen and butter wraps), plus gross inventory and purchasing of major production materials from paper rolls to inks, alcohol and petroleum products. Required understanding of Web Presses (5 running for 2 shifts), waxing vats and cutters. Included meeting with new clientele to establish artwork needs for production and PR work with outside vendors.
Higher Education:
• Platt College of Design, Los Angeles, CA—
Computer Graphics Certificate of Completion, Mac Platform 1991
Graphic Design Certificate of Completion 1990
--Updated courses in typography, design, layout and paste-up for print production
• Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA—
AA Degrees 1975
Commercial Art
Medical Assistant