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Resume

ALAN BEADLE

beadle.alan@gmail.com


EDUCATION
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Laguna College of Art and Design, Laguna Beach, CA
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration, May 2005
Magna cum laude


GRAPHIC DESIGN EXPERIENCE
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Aquent
Houston, TX
February 2009 - May 2009
Graphic Designer

Contracted with a diverse range of companies to develop and deliver marketing items.

- Produced direct mail pieces, newsletters, brochures, posters, flyers, web banners and media screen graphics under quick time deadlines.

- Adapted easily to new and changing team and work environments.


Alan Beadle Design & Illustration
Los Angeles, CA and Houston, TX
March 2006 - Present
Freelance Graphic Designer and Illustrator

Manage own freelance company and perform satisfaction-guaranteed graphic designs and illustrations.

- Work examples: cover and interior illustrations for the film magazine “Release Print”; poster illustrations; children’s book illustrations; trademark logos; business cards.


EC Group Inc., Los Angeles, CA
November 2006 - August 2008
Graphic Design Coordinator

Oversaw all design work for EC Group Inc.'s nationwide expansion of its Dennis & Leen and Formations furniture lines.

- Projects included producing comprehensive color catalogs for each furniture line for distribution to interior designers, designing an easy-to-use and illustrated inventory price list for showroom sales representatives, and creating print advertisements for industry directories.

- Conducted all product photography, photo retouching, pre-press and press checking.

- Formulated project budgets, collaborated directly with director-owners on project development, trained and supervised graphic design assistant in Photoshop and Indesign.


American Red Cross, Pasadena, CA
October 2005 - November 2006
Graphic Designer

Directed all design projects for a marketing strategy to increase brand recognition of the San Gabriel Pomona Valley Chapter of the American
Red Cross.

- Print assignments included redesigning the Chapter's community newsletter and designing the annual report,fundraising programs and
direct mail pieces.

- Led restructuring of Chapter website using a streamlined navigation
bar and a user-friendly format. Created website graphics and
maintained content.

- Responsible for all event photography, photo corrections and coordinating with outside print shops.


SKILLS
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Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Quark Xpress
Dreamweaver
HTML coding
Mac and PC literate
Analog Painting and Drawing


INTERESTS
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Drawing, graphic novels, independent music, restaurants

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