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1434 BERKELEY ST APT 6 • SANTA MONICA, CA 90404
951-310-6410 • GENKIMON@GMAIL.COM • PORTFOLIO: www.atomicboogaloo.com

JOHN WOODROW EARICKSON

QUALIFICATIONS PROFILE

Highly creative and multi-talented Graphic Designer with experience in multimedia, marketing, web design, print design, vector illustration and comic book production. Exceptional collaborative and a dynamic team player that works well with others.
SKILLS

Adobe Creative Suite CS5 (Strong with Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign and Dreamweaver. Basic experience with After Effects and Premiere) on PC and Mac Computers), Pre-press, Digital SLR Photography experience, Microsoft Office, basic hand coding of HTML with CSS, Quark Xpress, Digital Vector Illustration and Basic Flash skills( has never animated, but I can edit and take apart elements, script). Have basic use and knowledge of Final Cut Pro on Mac, Quick Books and can learn almost any program quickly.
EMPLOYMENT

Atomic Boogaloo (www.atomicboogaloo.com)
10/2008 - Present

Freelance work for hire. Currently I build webpages for Small Business.
• Design flyers, brochures, magazine layouts and web productions for clients using Adobe Creative Suite CS4
• Design and host websites for clients using Dreamweaver CS4 and some Hand Coding
• Setup and maintain Content Management Systems and Blogs such as Wordpress, Drupal and Joomla
• Setup and maintain open source ecommerce sites such as OS Commerce
• Create original illustrations for books, T-shirts and other merchandise using Adobe Illustrator
• Created a brand of T-shirts under the “Atomic Boogaloo” brand, featuring original character illustrations
• With Smorgasbord Productions, Curate and Produce Rivets and Rockets Art Show at Galleries in L.A. and Long Beach
• Opened online store to sell artwork and collectible toys under a side business called Anime Playground.
• Using Digital SLR equipment, would take product photographs and photograph events for websites
• Attend Trade Shows, setup and display products and artwork to promote business
• Compensation: Roughly $30 per hour, I often charge per job.


Graphic Designer - Care1st Health plan | Monterey Park, CA
4/2007 – 1/2009

Worked as a Graphic Designer in the medical insurance field, creating and building marketing material for Senior and Low Income families. Working with marketing directors, would build and design:
• Direct Mail postcards
• Provider Newsletters for Doctor Offices
• Community event flyers
• Magazine and Newspaper Ads
• Pamphlets for Doctor Offices
• Designed the Care1st Medicare line look for 2007 and 2008
• Created Care1st Medicare insurance Coverage Directories
• Working with marketing directors, would build and design marketing material
• Compensation: $20 per hour


Lead Designer - Smorgasbord Productions | Hollywood, CA (www.smorgasbordproductions.com)
7/ 2004 - present

Head Designer at Small Animation studio. Since it’s a small studio, all work is freelance; I also work closely with owner on projects
• Designed all aspects of Smorgasbord Productions identity, including logo, Website and promotional materials.
• Setup and maintain their website and blogs
• As the companies head designer, produced all design work for company, from marketing material such as flyers and brochures to Magazine design and web productions.
• Developed DVD productions of Smorgasbord animated titles, conversion of flash video to mpeg format
• Designed Websites and Comic Book Covers for Smorgasbord Production’s comic book and Animation productions
• Produced Magazine Layouts and designs for several local Magazines.
• Created character models in Illustrator for use in Flash based animated short for G4 television.
• Compensation: $25.00 - $30 per hour depending on project.



Graphic Technician - The Press Enterprise | Riverside, CA
7/1996 – 4/2007
Journeyman Pre-press, Color Lab, Page layout and Platemaker at one of the largest newspapers in the Inland Empire
• Started as Plate Maker Apprentice
• Operate Kodak Creo Trendsetter News Computer to Plate system for output plates for the printing press.
• Manual Plate Exposure with Vacuum Frames and development
• Moved to Pre-Press and Color Lab
• Output to Film
• Manual Striping of film and color proof
• Provide high quality color correction for CMYK color separations, drop outs and edits using Adobe Photoshop in both Windows and Macintosh platforms.
• Working directly with editors, built page layouts and typeset daily newspaper pages using Quark Xpress on tight deadlines
• Compensation: $17.50 per hour