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Thank you for your time, Please accept this amended resume which includes approximate dates of employ. On the last page you will find a list of references, all previous colleagues in print production, graphic design, or otherwise my professional associates as clients or former employers (some local)as indicated. An experienced professional, I welcome every opportunity to learn, take to new systems well, and respect what is established. I am especially keen on efficienct production technique. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely,
Objective:
To always take my profession seriously and to strive for excellence within my craft. Produce high standard Graphic Design & Presentation Materials to the satisfaction of my employer, and (as time allows) continue enhancement of skills, abilities, portfolio & education.
Education:
V i r g i n i a C o m m o n w e a l t h Un i v e r s i t y School of Communication Arts & Design
Emphasis in Illustration, Electronic Media & Graphic Design.
Experience:
Resolution Graphics Albuquerque, NM - 8/11-Present Alphagraphics Albuquerque, NM - 8/10-8/11 Boss Staffing Philadelphia, PA - 8/08-9/09
Primary staff Graphic Designer and Pre-press technician in a busy large format digital output shop. As a key staff member, I perform technical file prep and produce design solutions using primarily the Adobe CS Suite.
Primary staff Graphic Designer and Pre-press technician in a busy shop offering both traditional offset and digital output. Daily and professional problem solving using primarily the Adobe CS Suite.
As a temp agent of Boss Staffing, I was contracted with Design Production houses specializing in the Pharma Sector.
Digital output center/retail print shop. Duties included; prepress and preflight, scanning, retouching, QA, and occasional graphic design. Located in Metro Santa Fe, Paper Tiger typically had high volume and specialty clients from the gallery community. Paper Tiger made a transition to the lastest HP Indigo specialty system just prior to my year with the company.
Nomad Media Group, LLC New York, NY 5/01-2/03 Prepress Technician/Graphic Designer
Industry leading, digital output resource. World renowned clientele with international exposure and placement. Clients include; GAP, Viacom, Old Navy, Banana Republic, Ann Taylor, Coca-Cola, Showtime, Seagrams 7, Apple Computer, and Hewlett Packard among others. Nomads giant facility housed; Four Vutek 5300s, Four HP5000s and Four NUR Blueboards. With output ranging from skyscraper sides to backlit subway ads, absolute care was required to provide consistent high quality output for Nomads wide range of devices and demanding clientele. Duties included preflight, prepress, retouching and meticulous attention to detail.
Virginia based billboard company serving the continental US. Duties included; preflight, scanning, retouching, prepress, QA, and occasional graphic design.
As a graphic temp with Techead, I contracted with various corporate marketing departments including; General Electric, Circuit City, and First Union Securities. Duties included; typesetting, prepress, updating, scanning, archiving, and occasional design.
Large format hi-rez digital output company specializing in corporate trade show displays. Duties included; preflight, prepress, scanning, QA, and occasional graphic design.
Duties included; outputting, copying, graphic design, document creation, scanning, customer output and assisting customers at rental computer stations and network maintenance.
Skillset:
Comprehensive understanding of industry standard platforms and software applications with a refined sense of design and typography. Including; page layout, illustration, comps, logos, scanning, retouching, and expert type manipulation. Skilled illustrator, electronic and traditional. Well experienced and knowledgeable as a pre-press technician, whether strictly digital or traditional offset printing. To some extent familiar with time based media formats and execution; Video, Audio, non-linear. Capable photographer. I have satisfied diverse clientelle needs from Corporate I.D. to high impact trade show displays and everything in-between.
Software:
2D Graphics: Quark, Adobe CS3, CS4, Indesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Freehand, Pagemaker, etc., etc. Print: (excellent error diagnosis and solution) Poster Works, Various RIP software/hardware, ICC workflow exposure. 3D Illustration: limited capabilities (illustration & basic contructions) in Bryce 3D, Strata Studio Pro, exposure to Softimage, Lightwave Video/ Kinetic: Adobe Premiere & After Effects, Flash, digital/traditonal video editing experience, titles, motion graphics, key framing, etc.
References:
Kent Cravens Friend, former employer Co-owner of Alphagraphics on Osuna design020@alphagraphics.com Derek Armstrong Friend, former employer/collaborator Production Designer, Event Lighting Tech., Stage Manager dereklotek@yahoo.com Ken Burkard Friend, former manager Colleague and supervisor at Nomad Media, LLC kenburkard@gmail.com Daniel Goldman Friend, former manager Colleague and supervisor at Big Image Graphics dgoldman@osmosisinc.com Rob Mack Friend, professional peer Production Artist, Graphic Designer, Illustrator robphilistine@gmail.com Eric Bennet Friend, professional peer/collaborator 57interest@gmail.com Lorelei Novak Associate, former colleague 8lorelei8@gmail.com 505-888-2679
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