Objective: Graphic Designer
Summary • Experienced with design concepts for product packaging and advertising. • Skilled at evaluating prints for reproduction. • Familiar with a variety of print materials. • Software Experience: Photoshop, InDesign, QuarkXpress, FreeHand, PageMaker, and Illustrator.
Experience
GRAPHIC DESIGN • Created consumer packaging using PMS and four-color processing; prepared designs in collaboration with photo shoots. • Produced product advertisment campaign strategies for a variety of products. - Designed thumbnails, roughs, and final comps for print advertising. • Communicated corporate identity through design of logo and collateral. • Created mechanicals; proofed blue lines and color keys. • Used a wide range of typography to appeal to specific audiences. • Used a wide range of materials (types of paper and plastics) to appeal to specific audiences.
PHOTOGRAPHY • Photographed food compositions in studio settings. • Developed portfolio of color landscape prints from across the U.S. exhibited in over a dozen galleries • Won award in black and white photo contest.
Relevant Work History (Concurrent with Education) 2005-present Freelance Computer Graphic Designer, San Francisco 2004-06 Graphics Assistant, Jones & Co., San Francisco
Education B.F.A., Graphic Design & Marketing, anticipated Summer 2008 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA Marketing Program, summer 2005 Himntor University, Denver, CO — Portfolio Available —