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collin venuto { freelance graphic artist }
collin@etnuvo.com // 215-939-6684 // www.etnuvo.com

P R O P O S A L :

Possessing more than seven years of professional and freelance experience in logo, print, web + illustration, I offer a variety of unique, design solutions to individuals, businesses, and non-profit organizations with communications problems. I am adept, creative, meticulous, and punctual.

S K I L L :

Advanced in drawing, graphic design, layout, page composition, printing, and typography.
(•) Mac OSX (Tiger / Leopard) + Windows Platforms (XP Professional / Vista x64)
(•) Adobe CS2/CS3 > Acrobat, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign
(•) Quark Xpress, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, + Flash 8, Toon Boom Studio

E X P E R I E N C E :

FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGNER + ILLUSTRATOR / Horsham, PA > 1999 - present
(•) Designed and produced album art, book covers, logo + identity, package design, posters, t-shirts, web icons + web layouts

CLIENT LIST INCLUDES:
 TJG Engineering, Co. (nyc) - Completed 32-page Look Book (visual product catalog)

 HAYES Skateboards (brooklyn, ny) - Completed two vector Illustrations for skateboards (to be laser-etched on wood)

 Keith Bedford :: Photojournalist (nyc) - Completed monogram, business card + tri-fold promotional card

 Dolton Basketball Camps - Completed logo + business card

 estetiks™ (doylestown, pa) - Completed logo + business card (concepts)

 KicDrum Products™ - Completed vector Illustrations for t-shirt clothing line

 Maddy’s on Main (café) - Completed logo, business card + store-front signage / window graphics

 The RING magazine - Oscar De La Hoya - Golden Boy Enterprises (Kappa Publishing Group, Inc.)
Designed the Cover for April 2008 issue – Floyd Mayweather; Designed Two Features in April 2008 issue

 Zenji Web Development, LLC (los Angeles, ca) - Completed Illustrations + Web Animations for Website – www.zenjiweb.com

 QVC - Completed product ads for the iQVC.com Design Team, Assisting with Classic + Beta Websites – www.qvc.com

 Tri-County Concerts Association - Completed Beta Homepage Revisions + Web Site Redesign
 Epiphany Arts Creative Consulting, LLC - Completed Illustrations for Children’s Apparel + Accessories

 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins - Completed Clinical Guide Cover Designs for Rheumatoid Arthritis, Bipolar Disorder; Designed Book Cover for Peripheral Vascular Interventions; Designed various Web/Book Symbols, Logos + Icons

 Egress Media, Inc. - Completed various Identity Systems + Signage Layouts

 IBM Deep Blue project - Completed Logo Design Concepts + Shirt Design

LEAD GRAPHIC DESIGNER - FASTSIGNS / Willow Grove, PA > 1999 - 2008
(•) Designed and produced over 3,500 successful layouts: ads, banners, directional signage, posters, and trade-show graphics
(•) Impacted product + design service sales by $155,000.00 USD - over the last 4 years
(•) Managed and operated 90% of print / vinyl output using a 63-inch, 8-cartridge (CMYKx2), wide format printer + 30-inch plotter

E D U C A T I O N :

Montgomery County Community College • August 2007
3.758 // Summa Cum Laude - Earned degree in Digital Design: Computer Graphics (AAS)
Bucks County Community College • Spring 2001-2002
3.490 // Completed courses in Drawing/Anatomy + 2d/3d Computer Graphics
The University of the Arts • Fall semester 1995
Completed courses in 2D + 3D design, Life Drawing, + Illustration

M E R I T :

(+) Awarded 1st place > Comcast, US Indoor Tennis Poster Design Competition
(+) Awarded 1st place > Thrift Drug, Billboard Design Competition for Drug Prevention
(+) Awarded 1st place > CoreStates Bank (Wachovia), Amateur Bike Race Poster Design Competition
(+) Awarded 1st place > Philadelphia Fire Department, Fire Prevention Billboard Design Competition

M E M B E R S H I P :

(+) AIGA, Philadelphia Chapter – www.aiga.org
(+) HEYA, Toyota of America – heya.toyota.com