Coroflot

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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

July 2011 – PRESENT
Nordic Naturals, Watsonville
Graphic Designer (Full-time)
In-house designer on a wide variety of print and digital media for the global brand of Omega 3s Fish Oils. Projects spanned from initial concept to collaborating, to final execution including magazine advertisements, billboards, in-store signage, branding, packaging, catalog layout, logo variations, trade show displays, promotional materials for events and attended press-checks.

February 2011 – July 2011
Phoenix Productions, Santa Clara
Graphic Designer (Contract)
Created a Guitar Lessons Children's Book for Beginners: pagination, estimates, proof, print production and press check for printing and binding.

December 2010 – January 2011
Sandisk, Milpitas
Graphic Designer (Contract)
Created brand and identity comps for new technology packaging.

June 2010 – December 2010
Timothy Harris Design, San Francisco
Web Production Designer (Contract)
Photo retouch and image presentation and styling for the reworked re-launch of Glad Bag Company’s website and Liquid Plumber's Facebook application advertisement.

June 2010 – December 2010
Freewaters, LLC, Marin
Graphic Designer (Contract)
Created final design files for new retail footwear client’s premier catalog: pagination, estimates, proof, print production and press check for printing and binding.

May 2010 - October 2010
Thomas Burke & Others, Santa Cruz
Post Production Designer for commercial product photographer (Contract)
High-end digital image retouching and compositing in a color-managed workflow for post-production and SWOP certified proofing specifically for Motorola Mobile Devices.

July 2010 – July 2010
Santa Cruz Bicycles, Santa Cruz
Post Production Designer (Contract)
Highly detailed digital image post production of bicycles and accessories for product catalog and related collateral projects.

February 2009 - May 2010
O'Neill International, Amsterdam
Graphic Designer (Contract)
Archival Project: Scanned old photos of the O’Neill Wetsuit legacy: historical personal and business photos from the early 1950s. Digitized the Historical Pictorial Collection, labeled and created Archival Image Bank.

July 2009 - September 2009
Factery, Palo Alto
Visual User Interface Designer (Contract)
Worked closely with client to create iPhone Application and Web UI graphics from wire-frames provided by engineers.

February 2009 - July 2009
Vertical Product Design, Palo Alto
Visual User Interface Designer (Contract)
Created Mobile Application UI graphics from wire-frames provided by engineers.
- Intuit: Curve and Pearl Application
- Savaje: Dual Soft Key Application
- mig33: Nokia N95 Application
- LocalLite: iPhone Application

July 2005 - January 2009
O'Neill Wetsuits, LLC, Santa Cruz
Graphic Designer/ Production Designer (Full-time)
In-house designer on a wide variety of print and digital media for the global brand. Projects spanned from initial concept to collaborating, to final execution including magazine advertisements, billboards, in-store signage, branding, packaging, catalog layout, logo variations, trade show displays, promotional materials for events and contests, product tags, photo shoots, and attended press-checks.

January 1997 - July 2009
MS Designs, Santa Cruz
Graphic Designer (Self-Employed)
Worked with many clients on a large variety of projects, including brand identities, signage, package design, advertisements, annual reports, collateral and corporate standards manuals for clients in high-tech, financial, retail, and other industries. Responsible for all levels of design, from conceptualization through production.
- Bascom Northwest Ventures, LLC
- Blu Emursion
- Bucci Inc.
- ColorONE
- Cutting Edge Graphics
- Factory
- Hansen Medical
- Hellriser Customs Bikes
- Holk Doll Inc.
- Hotline Wetsuits
- Humboldt Surf Company
- IntraHealth
- ProTech Voltage Systems, Inc.
- Qualdeval International
- Reliant Medical
- Santa Cruz Surf Shop
- Screwball Industries
- Specialized Bicycle Components
- Stretch Boards
- Window, Walls, & Falls
- Valley Construction

September 2007 - March 2008
Cabrillo Community College, Aptos
Digital Imaging Instructor (Part-time)
Taught students how to apply tricks and techniques to images using Adobe (CS3) Photoshop and Illustrator.

October 2002 - March 2004
West Marine, Watsonville
Junior Graphic Designer (Full-time)
In-house designer created retail flyers, seasonal catalogs, direct mail pieces, in-store signage and apparel design.

December 1999 - June 2002
Aquent Partners, Santa Clara
Creative staffing agency (Contract)

- Easton Bell Sports, San Jose
Graphic Designer
Designed packaging for bicycles and accessories and other retain promotional materials.

- Professional Graphics and Exhibits, Sunnyvale
Graphic Designer
Designed print collateral and trade show graphics.

- New Focus, San Jose
Graphic Designer
Designed promotional materials: data sheets, web banners, brochures, and retail catalogs.

- Siemens, San Jose
Graphic Designer
Worked one-on-one with Art Director creating annual reports, and other print collateral.

- Phoenix Productions, Santa Clara
Graphic Designer
High-end digital image retouching and compositing in a color-managed workflow for post-production and SWOP certified proofing.

- Stardust.com/Penton Media, Los Gatos
Graphic Designer
Developed brand identities, flyers, annual reports, and other print collateral.

June 1997 - December 2002
University of California Extension, Cupertino/Santa Cruz
Teacher's Assistant (Part-time)
Worked one-on-one with students to teach how graphic applications can be applied in the real world of Design and Photography using Adobe Photoshop 7.0 and Illustrator 7.0.

EDUCATION
January 1996 - June 1999
Cabrillo College, Aptos, Ca
AS Degree in Desktop Publishing/Multimedia

January 1994 - June 1996
College of the Redwoods, Eureka, Ca
Graphic Communication

SKILLS AND ABILITIES
- Proficient using Macintosh OSX, Adobe (CS4) Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Acrobat, PhaseOne, FileMaker Pro, large format printers.
- Able to quickly understand and translate the unique voices of different brands into all marketing communications.
- Able to work independently or as part of a design team; give and receive constructive criticism on layouts and artwork with other members of the team.
- Able to prioritize multiple projects and meet all deadlines.