| Objective
Experienced multimedia production/graphic artist seeking
a challenging collaborative position.
Professional Profile
* 10+ years of experience
in the graphic arts/multimedia production industries including entertainment,
legal, and aerospace.
* Task oriented, independently productive graphic artist/DVD author
with the proven ability to cooperate in team efforts to transform concepts
into successful retail products on and off the web.
*
Extensive experience in all areas of modern graphic, image manipulation,
and new page layout and template designs.
| * Digital graphic
art for the web, print and packaging, DVD and CD-ROM |
| * 2D / 3D computer
graphic design and animation |
| * HTML |
| * Web graphics
and website design |
| * Product packaging
design |
| * DVD Motion
menu creation |
| * DVD/CD-ROM
development |
| * Graphics
digitization and optimisation for CD-ROM, DVD, and Internet delivery |
| * DVD 5, DVD
9 Authoring |
| * Non-linear
digital audio/video editing |
Advanced Computer &
Technology Skills
·* Macintosh and PC/Windows platforms, professional
recording studios, video pre and post production equipment.
| * Adobe Photoshop |
* Dreamweaver |
| * Adobe After
Effects |
* Fireworks |
| * Adobe Premier |
* Poser |
| * Adobe ImageReady |
* Sound Edit
16 |
| * Adobe GoLIVE |
* SoundForge |
| * Adobe Illustrator |
* QuickTime
|
| * Flash MX |
* Deck |
| * 3D Studio
MAX |
* Digital Performer |
| * Media Cleaner
Pro |
* Microsoft
Word |
| * Adobe DVD
Studio Pro |
* Microsoft
Publisher |
Work History
Penury Entertainment-
Santa Clarita, CA
Freelance Graphic Artist/Multimedia Production
June 2003 to current
Create all
packaging designs on the DVD box cover.
First Press/Caballero
- Van Nuys, CA
DVD Author/Graphic Artist/Multimedia Production
June 2002
to June 2003
**Performed all aspects of DVD 5 and DVD 9 authoring, including creation
and preparation of all graphics, motion menu/sub menu creation, non-linear
editing, online/offline MPEG-2 encoding, DVD-R and DLT mastering.
OvniLab
Studios- Simi Valley, CA
Freelance Graphic Artist/Web Designer/Multimedia Production
September
2000 to June 2002
** Performed all tasks to develop individual DVD titles, including:
All graphics, non-linear editing, MPEG conversion, graphic menu and
button creation, sound track creation, DVD authoring and package design.
Products are published and sold in major retail channels.
**Successfully completed conceptual designs, development, programming
and execution of interactive multimedia projects and World Wide Web
sites. Maintain and enhance brand identity in multimedia projects, keeping
consistent focus in order to reach client target audiences.
**Successfully created a series of original DVD titles, published and
sold in international retail markets.
Rockwell Collins World
Headquarters- Pomona, CA
Lead Graphic Artist & Digital Image/HTML
Technical Consultant
May 1999 to
September 2000
·**Key
responsibilities included discovering the best possible solutions for
the digital image and HTML performance and integration as part of the
world’s leading, and most innovative in-flight entertainment systems.
·**Designed and developed the graphical user interface (GUI)
presented “on-screen” within the Total “In-flight”
Entertainment System (TES).
·**Integral member of the technical design team for the Total
“In-flight” Entertainment System (TES).
·**Contributed to design and testing of system for major airlines
including British Airways, Japan Air, Air France, United Airlines, American
Airlines, and others.
·**Presented final “multi-million dollar” project
at the 1999 World Airline Entertainment Association (WAEA) Promotional
Exposition. Now currently marketed and sold to various major airlines.
Dreamland Interactive,
Inc.- Burbank, CA
Freelance Graphic Artist/Director of Art &
Music
June 1996
to May 1999
·**Created and designed all graphics, including
script writing and textural content, as well as all aspect of audio/video
production and direction.
National Travel Exchange-
Canoga Park, CA
Website Developer/Lead Web Graphics Designer
January 1995
to June 1996
**Designed the companies first website from conception to live implementation
on the internet
**Worked closely with the owners to design the graphical user interface,
all graphics and client **links. Successfully transforming preliminary
design concepts into functional interactive reality.
All Pro Graphics- Burbank,
CA
Freelance Desktop Publishing & Graphic Designer
December 1993
to November1995
**Responsible for developing graphics
for technical publications and brochures.
**Generated original ideas for logos and corporate identification packages.
**Created business cards and stationary pertaining to the desktop publishing
industry.
Pitney Bowes Management Systems- Boston, MA
Lead Site Manager
June 1987
to October 1993
** Executed all graphic arts printing used for legal court exhibits
and displays.
**Expedited all types of bookbinding, reprographics and color reproductions.
**Team leader who ran an entire floor of office support, including Internal
mail distribution and facilities management, for 25 attorneys and their
secretarial staff.
Education
UCLA Extension- Los Angeles,
CA
Expected in
Summer 2004
Courses enrolled to complete a Certification in Computer
Graphics & Graphic Design:
*Digital Imaging/Advanced Photoshop *Fundamentals of Digital Motion
The New England School of
Art and Design- Boston, MA
Spring-Summer 1992
Certificate of Completion for: *Illustration *Graphic Art & Computer
Generated Design
*Digital Image Processing *Multimedia Production
Prince George's
Community College- Prince George County, MD Spring 1990
Courses Completed: *Music Theory *Arranging *Composition
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