Long Beach, California

562-218-2603

Objective:

To work as a graphic artist and creative problem solver in a fast-paced environment.

Experience:

Freelance Illustrator and Graphic Designer 3/97-present

Self-Employed Seattle, WA & Long Beach, CA

Designed and/or illustrated posters, flyers, logos, business cards, letterhead, brochures, signs, banners, animated characters, vector graphics, display cases, web graphics, etc. Photographed art, jewelry, live music, theatre and comedy and prepared the images for web or print. Performed restoration, color-correction, sharpening, and other adjustments on digital imagery.

Graphic Artist 10/00-12/01

Career Development Center (CDC), CSULB Long Beach, CA

Performed "graphics-makeover" creating new company look, including the design of new logo, letterhead, and inter-company documents. Developed themes and illustrated images for each semester's communications media. Designed brochures, postcards, flyers, ads, banners and other media promoting Career Development Center events and services. Assisted in the creation and editing of content for communications media. Designed and assembled content for display cases showcasing the CDC. Performed basic project management for all creative projects. Designed and implemented new forms and procedures for submissions to graphics department.

Communications Assistant 11/98-8/2000

The Bon Marche, Seattle, WA

Designed Inter-store communications media incorporating the BONlife theme. Assisted in the development of media for seasonal hiring blitz. Developed procedures and training materials for on-line submissions to the communications department and provided technical support to content owners. Organized and edited information for weekly business-driver packet. As a member of the Intranet Steering Committee, assisted in the development of Intranet infrastructure for human resources department and led in development of content, template and theme creation. Supported web developer with the preparation of documents and photos for web. Authored and edited monthly BONresults newsletter. Created and illustrated mascot (BONhero) for employee appreciation program. Maintained network files and assisted in special creative projects.

Marketing Information Specialist 1/98-7/98

Executive Technical Transport Montlake Terrace, WA

Developed marketing information catalogue, reorganized filing system, created promotional brochures and assisted operations with communications.

Education:

CSULB

8/00-present Long Beach, CA

Completing BFA in Printmaking

School of Visual Concepts

1/94-6/95 Seattle, WA

Illustration, Graphic Design

Cornish College of the Arts

8/92-6/93 Seattle, WA

Fine Arts, Design and Music

Four Corners

3/92-8-92 Niigata, Japan

Japanese Language

Yamaha Guitar School

3/92-8/92 Niigata, Japan

Classical Guitar

South Puget Sound Community College

9/90-12/91 Olympia, WA

AA-Degree, Focus on Fine Arts

The Evergreen State College

6/90-9/90 Olympia, WA

Focus on Fine Arts

Application Skills:

PC and MAC wizard

OS9 & OSX

Adobe Photoshop 6

Adobe Illustrator 9

Adobe Pagemaker 6.5

Adobe ImageReady 3

Adobe Streamline 4

Adobe Golive 5

Adobe Acrobat 4

Quark Xpress 4

Macromedia Freehand 9

Macromedia Flash 4

Macromedia Dreamweaver 3

Microsoft Front Page 2000

Office 2000

Microsoft Office X

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Excel

Paint Shop Pro

Basic HTML

Wacom PenTablet

Experience using custom programs

Internet skills: Browser and e-mail

FTP and Newsgroups

Mail Merge

Types 65+ wpm.

10-Key Pad

Personal Assets:

Creative problem solver

Inventive

Works well under pressure

Undaunted by guidelines

Can take lead or follow direction

Dependable, honest and loyal

Independent thinker

Enjoys group dynamics

Quick-learning

Hardworking

Result-driven

Customer Service savvy

Eager to please

Levelheaded

Sense of humor

Awards:

1999 Federated Department Stores National Safety Poster Contest - Grand Prize Winner

1991 Washington State Capital Annual Art Exhibit - Youngest artist ever included in show.

Freelance Clients:

Gibralter Entertainment - Foolproof ~ Poster Design

Urban Witch Design ~ Logo/Vector Illustrations/Web Design

Piece of Meat Theatre ~ Poster/Photography

Sound Express ~ Layouts/Flyers/Brochures

The Trading Musician ~ Hand Illustrated Signs

IBN Productions ~ Animated Character

Jules Arindam ~ Illustration/Design/Business Card/Flyer

Zaffa Hair Design ~ Logo/Business Card

Aaron Andrews ~ Illustration/Design/Business Card

Mike Stone ~ Illustration/Design/Flyer

Charlestone International, Inc. ~ Web-ready Digital Photography

CSULB Women's Resource Center ~ Flyer

Dina Woolums ~ Flyer/Vector Graphics

20 Second Cycle ~ Webready Digital Photography

Lisa Douglass ~ Digital Photography