Professional Objective
Seeking entry level position in Graphic Arts/Graphic Design
Requested Salary
Negotiable
Education
California Baptist University, Riverside
B.A., Sept. 1994 to May 2000
Major: Visual Arts with Desktop Graphics and Painting emphasis
Degree will post August 2000
1994-1996 member of touring musical group "Light!"
1996 and 1997-1998 member of touring musical group "Promise"
April 2000 Senior Art Exhibit "Perspectives"
Awards & Honors
1999 Departmental Honor Award for Visual Arts.
Experience

Freelance Graphic Artist (highlights)
Current: Monthly Illustrations for Managed Healthcare Executive, a nationally published HMO/PPO magazine.

Two (2) 2-color designs each in two colors for the cover of Nova Science Fiction magazine. Produced in Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator.

Campus Day T-shirt designs for off campus CBU students. Produced in Photoshop and Illustrator.

Submitted web graphic designs for California Baptist University intranet
(Lancer Net).

Web site design for Conspiracy of Thought (C.O.T). Design reflects most current CD cover art. Project involved graphic and sound files. In progress work can be seen at http://www.jointheconspiracy.com

Banner templates for Poly High School Marching Band special performance. Band received honors for visual presentation.

Guitar Technician:Evets/Danelectro
Current: Perform factory guitar inspection/quality control on all models of danelectro guitars and basses. Perform repairs to guitars including electrical, and body/finish damage.

Audio Technician(per diem)
Perfomed live sound reinforcement for musical performers. Duties included setting up and trouble shooting PA Sytstems and console mixing of audio signals.Noteable employers include: Plumbline, Conspiracy of Thought (C.O.T.), X103.9 FM New Music Spotlight, Boda, Stardust, and Beat The Bone

California Baptist University, Riverside
Student Employee (Wanda's Place)
May 1997-May 2000 Cash handling, food preparation, inventory, limited shift management.

Prestige Stations Inc. (Am/PM mini mart)
Customer Service Representative
September 1996- September 1997 Point Of Sale (P.O.S.) computer system training, cash handling, Third Shift (graveyard) experience, food prep, inventory.

 

Special Skills/Personal Interests

Proficiency with Macintosh systems 7.0 through Mac OS 8.6.Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop 5.5, Illustrator 8, Streamline 4, Quark X-press 4, and Page Mill 3, MetaCreations Painter 5, MS Internet Explorer 5, Netscape Communicator 4.7, HTML 4.0, Sound App 2, and Quicktime Pro 4. Former member of the HTML Writers Guild (HWG). Limited experience with Macromedia Flash 4, and Aldus/Adobe PageMaker (up to 6.5). Experience installing/trouble shooting SCSI and USB peripherals. Experience with flat bed scanners, Wacom graphics tablets, and ink jet printers. Limited experience with Apple ColorSync 3.0. Proficiency in Apple Works 5, MS Word 98, Nisus Writer and Corel Word Perfect. Some digital camera experience.

My personal interests include; reading, listening to and performing music, painting and drawing, spending time with my family.

Equipment Owned
233 Mhz PowerMacintosh G3 (iMac) Wacom Graphire Tablet
w/mouse, Iomega Zip 100 USB drive, Artec1236 USB flatbed scanner (300 dpi optical resoultion)

References
Available on request