Coroflot

Resume

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
•Extensive experience and a working knowledge of advertising design, typography, printing and graphic reproduction techniques, pre-press production, and customer service.
•Highly skilled in Adobe CS3 PhotoShop, Illustrator, ImageReady, InDesign, Acrobat, QuarkXPress and Microsoft office suite.
•Proven ability to work independently and think creatively to design solutions to client's needs.
•Strong communication skills with clients, management, vendors and printers.
•Organize, prioritize, and coordinate multiple work activities and meet critical deadlines.
•Creatively interpret and translate ideas and concepts into visual presentations.
•Exceptional teambuilding, planning, and problem solving skills.
•Install and operate design and graphics software at an advanced level, including page layout, illustration, slide presentation, and image manipulation applications.


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS


RcD Creative Solutions
2004 to present
Freelance Graphic Designer

As a freelance designer, I have designed, developed, and implemented graphic design solutions for corporate clients and private individuals. I have produced and designed various 4-color brochures, advertisements, identity, websites and CD inserts. Partial list of clients includes: Davis Financial, Corner-of-the-Room Productions, Hard Currency Headquarters, Dynasty Cleaning, Delectables Catering, Aircom, The Home Church, Lifechurch, Creative Concepts Hair Salon and Una Mas.


Fujitsu Compound Semiconductor 1994 to 2002
Graphic Designer

Major Accomplishments:
•Earned award for Best Designed Advertisement from Noble Publishing for most effective promotional
campaign.
•Provided safe method for material backup and retrieval with design and setup of new computer graphic design system
•Implemented time-saving FTP site transferring large catalog files to printing facility. In so doing, saved delivery and postal fees and increased productivity by 10 to 15%
•Aided customer design applications and improved sales by allowing the customer to interactively download design data in ASCII format from the Fujitsu web site to their design software thereby increasing sales by 5%

Also managed production of computer graphics and technical publications for marketing, created 4-color materials and engineering catalogs for microwave/lightwave divisions, technical data sheets, prepared tradeshow art, brochures, advertisements, and other collateral materials, and directed design projects through all life cycle phases to timely and successful completion.


EDUCATION

CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF ARTS & CRAFTS, Oakland, California
Bachelor of Fine Arts, General Fine Arts

COLLEGE OF SAN MATEO, San Mateo, California
Associate of Arts, Technical Arts & Graphics



COMPUTER SKILLS

MacOS /Windows OS
Adobe CS2 PhotoShop, Illustrator,
InDesign, Acrobat, & ImageReady
Microsoft Office Suite
QuarkXPress



PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Graphic Artists Guild of San Francisco



REFERENCES

Available upon request.