John Earickson

Graphic Designer and Artist at Atomic Boogaloo

Inglewood, CA

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OBJECTIVE

To obtain a challenging and creative job in Graphic Design that will further enhance my knowledge and skills

Training:

I am self taught artist and designer. Constantly trying to learn and gaining new skills and abilities. I have a lot of experience working in the printing business with over 10 years of experience in pre-press and page layout at a major newspaper.

Over 5 years of experience in graphic design, providing design and branding services for Smorgrasbord Productions.

Currently I run Atomic Boogaloo, a illustration and design studio wear I create illustrations for my T-shirt designs and provide design services for clients.
Education
- Certificate Desktop Publishing
  
  R.O.P
  
  1995 - 1996
Experience
- CEO
  
  Anime Playground
  
  Aug 2009 - Present (11 years 8 months)
  
  Online Retail store.
- Vector Illustratior, Graphic Designer, CEO
  
  Atomic Boogaloo
  
  Oct 2008 - Present (12 years 6 months)
  
  Cartoon Illustrator and Graphic Design Studio. Work for hire illustration and Graphic Design.
  * Design flyers, brochures, magazine layout and web productions for clients using Adobe Creative Suite CS4.
  * Design and host websites for clients using Dreamweaver CS4 and some Hand Coding.
  * Create original illustrations for books, T-shirts and other merchandise using Illustrator CS4.
  * Created a brand of T-shirts under the "Atomic Boogaloo" brand, featuring original character illustrations.
- CEO
  
  Atomic Boogaloo
  
  Apr 2008 - Present (13 years)
  
  Atomic Boogaloo is an Art and Design Studio in Los Angeles. Created in 2008 buy artist John Earickson as a brand for his illustrations, Atomic Boogaloo has branched out to perfom Graphic Design services to small business.
  
  Atomic Boogaloo also produces:
  Illustration
  T-shirt Design
  Web Design
- Vice President / Lead Designer
  
  Smorgasbord Productions
  
  Jul 2004 - Present (16 years 9 months)
  
  My work can be seen on; Designed all aspects of Smorgasbord Productions identity, including logo, Website and promotional materials.
  * 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, converting from Macromedia Flash to video, producing DVD.
  * 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.
- VP / Graphic Design
  
  Smorgasbord Productions
  
  Jan 2003 - Present (18 years 3 months)
  
  Branding
  Web Design
  Illustration
  graphic design
- Graphic Designer - Care
  
  Care1st Health plan
  
  Apr 2006 - Jan 2009 (2 years 9 months)
  
  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 Ads
  * Newspaper ads
  * Pamphlets for Doctor Offices
  * Designed the Care1st Medicare line look for 2007 and 2008
  * Created Care1st Medicare insurance Coverage Directories
  * worked with marketing directors, would build and design marketing material
  * Compensation: $20 per hour
- Graphic Technician
  
  The Press Enterprise
  
  Jul 1996 - Apr 2007 (10 years 9 months)
  
  * Operate Kodak Creo Trendsetter News Computer To Plate system for output of daily newspaper.
  * 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 pages using Quark Xpress for the daily newspaper.
  * Compensation: $17.50 per hour
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