Senior graphic experience in design, direction, management and prepress production of collateral, publishing, advertising, packaging, marketing and fulfillment materials.
EDUCATION
January, 1974 — Colorado Institute of Art , BS — Major academic course highlights: Advertising Design, Illustration, Color Theory
September, 1979 — San Francisco Institute Of Art, Design Art courses
March, 1982 — Management Communications; ITT Courier
January, 1987 — Quality Improvement Training; R.R. Donnelley and Sons Company
October, 1991 — Pre-Press RIP Training; True Colour Inc.
June, 1993 — PSI Seminars -Thomas D. Willhite -PSI VII Life Success Class #243
February, 2007 — Virtu Grand Format Digital Print Training
February - Current — Maya 3d Study
OCCUPATION
March 2007 —Current — Independent Design Services
Freelance Design Management and Production Services
• Contract position responsible for creative, graphics and branding implementation for
advertising/marketing agencies and corporate accounts.
—Sweet People Foods
- Graphic Design Manager(4 month contract)
• Contract Position responsible for development of in-house creative design department.
• Accountabilities included: Creative and graphic management of design and production staff in production of branding manual, corporate ID, advertising campaign, product design/development, packaging, sell sheets and collateral supporting company brand and products.
• Designed packaging for family of Stevia Products for Whole Foods Market
August 2003—March 2007—Wholesale Packaging and Design Engineering (Discount Package Supply)
Graphic Design Engineering
• Developed Design, Print, Prototype division.
• Art Direction and Management of operational and logistic needs for in-house graphics, photography, printing and structural design (CAD) Department designed and produced catalogs, marketing materials, collateral, packaging and POP displays for in-house needs and wholesale
customers.
• Analyzed equipment and procedures necessary for departmental needs.
• Worked with Marketing Director to develop and maintain creative budgets to support advertising.
• Managed team of ten creative and design professionals.
November 1989— July 2003, — Ascending Graphics Inc.
Principal / Creative Director
• Independent business which provided creative direction, design, illustration and production/pre-press for retail and advertising materials.
• Utilization of various tools and media for development of successful campaigns employing: screen printing, web, internet, print, publishing, packaging, corporate identities, collateral, presentation materials and trade show booths.
• Managed staff of 4 designers and numerous freelance artist and photographers.
• High-Profile clients included: Verizon, Rain-X, Hi-Health, Nostalgia Motorcars, Las Vegas Excalibur Hotel, NY Giants, Harrah's Laughlin, City of Mesa and Falcon Field Airport.
October 1984 — November 1989 — Phoenix Home & Garden Magazine
Production Manager
• Responsible for daily production of three separate monthly titles, collateral and marketing materials.
• Daily production entailed direct communications with advertisers, national and local advertising agencies and in-house sales representatives.
• Regular duties required, meeting with editors, and art director, directing a production staff of 5 designers, and management of all freelance photographers, illustrators and designers.
• Establish schedules. Developed and maintained budgets in excess of $3M.
April 1981 — April 1984 — TT Courier
Marketing Documentation Specialist
• Managed and produced in-house marketing, field engineering and public relations documents. Directed photo shoots, worked with copywriters video department, and outside vendors to produce and maintain printed and video stock for national field offices.
June 1975 — January 1981 — Russ Graphics
Principal /Creative Designer
• Independent business which provided creative direction, design, illustration and production/pre-press primarily for music industry.
• High-Profile clients included: CBS Inc., Columbia Records, Bill Graham Management, John Paul Jones, Herb Green, Quantas Airlines and Federal Express
Noteworthy projects:
• Carlos Santana, Moonflower album art and promotional materials
• The Quintet, V.S.O.P. album art with Herbie Hancock, Freddie Hubbard, Toney Williams, Ron Carter and Wayne Shorter
COMPUTER SKILLS
Mac OS X and PC-NT Platforms
Adobe CS3 Suite — (PhotoShop, Illustrator, InDesign, Fireworks, Flash, Dreamweaver, Bridge )
MS Suite — (Word, Excell, Powerpoint, Entourage)
Acrobat Professional
QuarkXPress
ProductionHouse RIP
PitStop Preflight
PM5 Photostudio Pro /Eye-One Color Management
Auto CAD
ONYX Production House RIP
Web Weaver HTML Editor
Maya 3d (Student)
AWARDS - SHOWS
• 1981 - Design Achievement Award, ITT Courier
• 1999 - Customer Service Award for Outstanding Marketing and Promotion, Megacorp City of Mesa.
• 2003 - Award for Outstanding Graphic Development, International Economic Development Council (IEDC)
• 2007 - Artist of the Month, AWA
• 2007 - AAG, Shemer Art Center and Museum
• 2008 - Gallery Show, Blue Sky Gallery, Carefree, Arizona
ASSOCIATIONS
1993 — 2004 — Valley Big Brother
2005 — Current — Arizona Watercolor Association, Publicists
2007 — Current — 1st Thursdays Art Group
PERSONAL INTEREST
Life Long Student, Painting (Landscapes Portraits), Music, Hiking, Tia Chi, Reading
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