A FULL SPECTRUM OF GRAPHIC DESIGN SKILLS:

• Advertising Design: Newspaper/Magazine, Direct Mail, Catalog, Salesheet; B2B & Consumer-oriented
• Magazine & Newsletter Design & Layout; Tradebook Design & Layout; Videographic & Title Composition
• Corporate Logo Creation & Corporate Branding Design
• Copywriting, Copy Editing, Press Releases & Publicity, Feature & Keynote Articles, Profiles
• Client-Consultation, Marketing Analysis, Campaign Conceptualization & Design
• Photo Retouching, Color Correction, Compositing; Altering Backgrounds/Isolating Products & Talent; Adding "Lighting FX"
• 3-D Computer Graphics, Animation Graphics & Videographics
• Illustration & Technical/Schematic (CAD) Drawing
• Tradeshow Display Design

  A FULL MASTERY OF COMPUTER & IT EXPERIENCE:

• Page-Layout & Graphics Journeyman: (QuarkXPress, Illustrator, Photoshop. Typestyler, Acrobat/Distiller, Freehand, ImageReady, PowerPoint; FCP Video)
• MacOS Expert w/24 yrs experience Installing/Upgrading Operating Systems, Maintaining Network Integrity & Configuring Applications
• System Administrator, Internet SysOp, & Experienced Computer Troubleshooter/Diagnostician: (when it's broke, I fix it)
• Webmaster: Website Design, Implementation & Site-Maintenance; Domain Management
• Programmer: (X)HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AppleScript, Automator, BASIC, Apache, SSI (some PHP)
• Video Editor (Final Cut Pro & Express); Audio Editor (ProTools, Amadeus) Video & Audio Clean-up & Enhancement
• Interactive DVD Design & Production including content & menus
• Specializing in Apple Macintosh & UNIX/Linux only — "I don't do Windows"

Current Position (14 yrs)
Responsibilities

MIS & Production Manager, Art Department Assistant - KleinMickaelianPartners (Ad Agency, Los Angeles, CA)

• Maintain, upgrade & configure computer workstations & printers; set-up & maintain network & internet equipment; make recommendations & handle purchasing for computer assets & supplies; review staff ergonomics
• Liaison with clients, vendors & Art Department in preparing digital files for lithography & tradeshow graphics; handle all cross-platform file conversions & re-encoding
• Assist Creative Director in acquiring stock photos & contract photography & freelance illustration graphics & prepping files for Design stage
• Handle all scanning, rescreening of halftone photos, retouching, enhancing, clean-up & color correction, conversion to appropriate colorspace and general file-conversions into production-compatible formats; convert photos to duotones & multitones
• Assemble all graphic elements & prepare rough layouts for final Design; review final production files for errors & inconsistencies; preflight files and insure PostScript-compliancy
• Oversee all aspects of production; vet proofs, colorkeys, matchprints & bluelines prior to printing
• Develop special effects to realize Art Department concepts; create simulated video grabs & timecoding, rubberstamp, posterization/dropshadow/glow effects
• Repurpose legacy files for multimedia use, including website & CD-ROM
• Implemented original KMPAdvertising.com website design; created & developed clients' websites with (X)HTML/CSS coding; posting, maintaining & updating website files: Scherzer.com, Zacky.com
• Maintain job-file and system backups, production archives & job-production records

Prior Positions

Art Department Support - Live Home Video (DVD Distribution Firm, Van Nuys, CA)

• Prepped files for Art Department involving scanning, assembling files from archives & CD-ROM sources; logo-recreation; assembling rough layout files; colorprinting

Assistant Art Director - Weston Group (R.E. Advertising Agency, Brentwood CA)

• Scanning, rough layout & assembly, file conversions; some layout & design of newspaper ads; computer-aided illustration of Floorplans

Typographic Designer - Your Type Design & Printing (General Printer, Los Angeles, CA)

• Type spec'ing and typesetting using an MCS Phototypesetter; layout & paste-up of mechanicals; graphics camera (PMS stats, negatives)

Graphic Production Assistant/Typesetter - L.A. Weekly (Newspaper, Los Angeles, CA)

• Typesetting using MCS equipment; copy-editing & proofing galleys for Layout Department

Editorial/Production Assistant - Insider's Report (now Entrepreneur) (Magazine, Santa Monica, CA)

• Produced 24 issues, including all typesetting, layout & paste-up, camerawork to produce plate-ready negs & liaison with printer
• Assisted Managing Editor with research, copy editing, photo captions; also designed & produced sales collateral and direct-mail advertising

Concurrent Freelance Work

Typographic Designer - Title House (Cinema Title & Effects)

Graphics Designer - Davids Video Editing (Video Production)

Typographer/Copy Editor - Cannon Film Group (Film Studio)

Graphic Designer for Tribute Journals - Grant Events (Fundraising Organization)

Typesetter/Designer - Deutsch, Shea & Evans (Advertising Agency)

Freelance Logo Design -
     Sunshine Company Singers, Personal Color Creations, Discount Home Centers, Creation Tile & Carefree Carpet Co.

In Association
With Hallowes Productions:

Typographic Assistant - Autry Museum 40 Years Brochure; Autry Museum Newspaper Ad Series

Video Design Consultant - El Monte RV :30 TV Campaign (Jim Hallowes, Director)

Production Assistant - Associated Securities Corp. "Van Gogh" & "Scream" Recruitment Magazine Ads

Production Assistant - Great Expectations Dating Service Website Design Concept

Website Design & Maintenance -
     JimHallowes.com, HallowesProductions.com, HighlySensitivePeople.com, DrPatAllen.com, WantInstitute.org, TheAnswersFromDrPatAllen.com

Other Related Activities:

IT Coordinator, Website Administrator & Board Member: The WANT® Institute, "Educators of Effective Communication Strategies"
Wrote over 20 reviews for the "Good Times" section of L.A. Weekly and pieces for Best of L.A. Editions
Prepared press releases and designed/produced ads for Marbek Publishing; designed & produced the tradebook Pacific Coast League
Prepared press releases for Santa Monica First Church of the Nazarene and designed lobby displays & 50th Anniversary Program Book
Coded translation utility for cost-effective autoconverting & transcoding typesetting files from Windows-PC to MCS systems
Coded barcode-scanning utility automating check-in of inventory saving 4 hours/week as Asst. Manager at Joshua's Bookstore; also designed POP displays
Consulted with customers to determine needs & budgets in designing cost-effective advertising in Art Department of Econ-O-Plate Fulfillment & Printing
Taught classes on New Testament-interpretation exploring the life & teachings of Jesus, 3 non-consecutive semesters.