Graphic Designer Resume

Title
Graphic Designer

Primary Skills
To manage the development and design of a variety of print and web-based mate...

Location
US-MD-Temple Hills

Posted
Oct-17-08

Software:
* InDesign
* Illustrator
* Photoshop
* QuarkXpress
* Dreamweaver
* Flash
* Flightcheck
* Fireworks
* Mac OS X
* Microsoft Office (Word, Entourage)
* Multi-ad Creator,
* Outlook
* Preflight Pro
* Strata 3D Pro
* Trackit
* Windows XP, and many other software packages

Skills:
* Animation (multimedia & web)
* Art creation
* Attention to detail
* Color correction
* Computer 3D modeling
* Computer illustration
* Conceptualization
* Design creation
* Desktop publishing
*
Determination to complete projects
*
Editorial (includes knowledge of editorial marks)
* Effective verbal communication
* Image manipulation
* Money conscious
* Organizational
* Proofing
* Sketching
* Template creation
* Web design
* Working efficiently
* Working well with others
* Writing

Computers:
Macintosh & Windows Platforms

"
JC is the best contractor
we have." -
The Corporate Executive Board Company

Experience:

01-Present
Boitcet Design, LLC, Graphic Designer / illustrator / Consultant

Duties:
Work with museums, design firms, marketing and advertisement agencies; use knowledge of print, web and exhibit industry concepts, practices and procedures; use a wide degree of creativity and expertise to:
* Produce graphic design
* Determine layout based on available space
*
Use knowledge of design principles and concepts
*
Determine size and arrangement of graphic material, typography and copy
* Select typefaces
* Design advertising and promotional material
*
Develop communications material for public relations, marketing and sales
*
Use paint (or other media) to create original graphic material and original typography used in titles, backgrounds, video, web, advertising, logos, props and other media
*

Rely on experience and judgment to plan, prioritize, and accomplish goals
* Direct and lead the work of others
* Perform a variety of tasks and successfully manage, create, design, develop, and execute the following:
* advertisement
* annual reports
* banners
* books
* book jackets
* booklets
* brochures
* business cards
* catalogs
* charts
* certificates
* CD / DVD jackets
* communiques
* company documents
* conference material
* direct mailers
* exhibits
* flyers
* forms
* graphs
* illustration
* logos
* manuals
* maps
* magazines
* newsletters
* posters
* postcards
* presentations
* promotional material
* proposals
* reports
* slides
* signage
* stationary
* technical illustration
* tags
* tickets
* t-shirt design
* web design

Used Adobe InDesign, QuarkXpress, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Flash, Adobe Fireworks, Strata 3D Pro, Microsoft Word, and others to complete primary work.

"
JC really saved our project!" -
The National Zoo


98-01
Li'l Bean Productions, Inc., (multimedia agency specializing in the music industry), Graphic Designer: priced, supervised and executed graphics projects, including: web site design, CD covers & insert design, identity packages, brochure design and copy writing (from initial concept to print)

97-98
Siquis Limited, (advertisement agency), Graphic Design Internship: responsible for the completion of catalog layout, computer illustration, web site development, advertisement, prop building for photo shoots, assembling comprehensives and mock-ups for presentation, print production, scanning & image correction, and project archiving

Clientele:


Adworks Inc, American Council on Education, America's Community Bankers, Betah and Associates, Blattner Brunner Inc, BOMI Institute, Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Beyer Binder Belle - Architects & Planners LLP, Crabtree + Co, Carter Cosgrove + Co, Department of Health & Human Services, Datatel Inc, Department of Transportation, ENC Marketing, Export-Import Bank, Feld Entertainment Inc, Fixation Marketing Inc, Fuszion Collaborative, Grafik Marketing Communications, Greater Washington Publishing, Government Technology Group, Federal Computer Week, Hoon Designs LLC, IBM, Mastercraft Interiors, Merrick + Towle and Associates, MSHC + Partners, Office of the Inspector General, PVI Business Products, Sport & Health Clubs, Siquis Limited, Society of Human Resource Management, The Corporate Executive Board Company, The Hill Group, The Lukens Company, The National Zoological Park, The Smithsonian Institute, The United States Postal Service, The Ventures Group, The Washington Post, The Washington Opera, U.S. Pharmacopeia, Vanguard Communications, and Verizon Wireless

Education:

96-00. Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD / Scholarship / Dean's List, B.F.A., Graduated: 2000, Major: Graphic Design, Minor: Computer Illustration

Honors:

Winner of the United States Postal Service Safety Poster Contest,
Certificate of Appreciation. Presented by Postmaster Judy E. Walker of Silver Spring, MD, for designing United States Postal Service safety posters,
Most Outstanding Visual Artist, presented by Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Washington, D.C.

References furnished upon request
PDF samples furnished upon request

Certifications
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