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SKILLS
Extensive experience with Mac OS and Microsoft Windows.
Proficient in: Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, Pagemaker; QuarkXPress and Corel Draw. Familiar with Dreamweaver, Lightwave, Director, Premiere, and Flash.

Excellent sketching and comping skills. Thorough understanding of four color and spot color printing process.

EMPLOYMENT
The Marcom Group • Oct. 2005 - Current
Graphic Designer
Identity and collateral design for real estate developers such as Pacifica and DeNova Homes. Projects include multi-page brochures, sales office artwork, freeway-side billboards, full-page and cover ads in New Homes Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, and other publications. Creation of brochures, quarterly newsletters, and concert programs for local wineries such as Wente and Hannah Nicole. Banners with concert announcements appeared in BART stations. Competition research, interaction with clients and printers, stock photography and clip art purchase, contribution to marketing decisions.
Mac OS X applications: Adobe CS2

Goodguys, Rod & Custom Association • Aug. 2004 - Oct. 2005
Graphic Designer
Creating advertisements for publication in major magazines and newspapers as a member of the in-house creative department. Creating promotional materials: catalogues, posters, annual brochures, flyers. Interfacing with printers and publishers.
Mac OS X applications: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign & Acrobat; QuarkXPress

GA Communications • Dec. 2003 - Aug. 2004
Jr. Graphic Designer
Creating advertisements for publication in Safeway and Orchard Supply Hardware mailers. Designing promotional brochures and in-store signage. Position required designing and utilizing templates, image selection and enhancement, type treatment, individual initiative and team work, interaction with customers and printers.
Mac OS 9 applications: QuarkXPress with XPertTools, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator & Acrobat, FileMaker Pro.

Dolphin Graphic Designs • May 2000 - Aug. 2003
Graphic Artist
Responsible for all aspects of the creative process and decision making. Created graphics for apparel and vehicle decals. Design and improvement of corporate identity. Film and vinyl output.

EDUCATION
Silicon Valley College • Winter 2001 - Summer 2002
BA in Graphic Design Course work in page layout, video editing, web design, and 3-D graphics.

Academy of Art University • Fall 1997 - Winter 2001
Course work in fundamentals of graphic design, typography, page layout, identity design, comping and drawing techniques, presentation, art history, photography, and English composition.