Skilled graphic artist and technical illustrator with extremely varied task management and design skills with a talent for adapting to varied requirements, seeking solid opportunities for designing products and consumer materials for market leaders in the technology sector of the greater San Diego area.

Experience

Freelance Technical Illustrator and Graphic Artist — 1990 to Present
Technical illustrations for technical manuals, computer animations, business images and logos, brochures,
billboards, book illustration and publication, commissioned artwork, game boards, T-shirts, formal wear design, clipper art, catalogs, yellow page advertisements and publication.

Orange Book Directories, Graphics Department — Ramona, CA — Jan 2007 to Oct 2008
Established a ground-up workflow process required by a company-wide conversion to new software. Adapted Adobe file formats to work within limits of Yellow Magic proprietary directory building software. Created new print advertising logos and display ads to order, using customer’s input, for immediate completion. Performed personal print house press checks to complete seven complete full-color directories. Trained all employees in the company to use the new process.

Freelance Past Projects and Employers

• Photolynx Inc. Santa Ysabel, CA 2006–2007 — Graphic design, software tech support.
• Write On The Edge, Inc. Vista, CA 2005–2007 — Technical Illustrator. Various clients including:
– Hewlett-Packard Inc. — 15 user manuals
– Illumina Inc. — user manual illustration
– Nanogen Inc. — R&D illustrations
– FastSoft Inc. –user manual illustration
– Ethertronics Inc. — user manual illustration
• CraneMorley Inc. Los Angeles, CA 2000–2004 — Technical Illustrator. Various clients including:
– Toyota Corp. — new model training manuals for 2001
– Honda Corp. — new model training manuals for 2001
– Motorcycle Safety Foundation — student workbook for 2001
• Manual Labour, Inc. San Diego, CA. 2001–2007 — Technical Illustrator. Various clients including:
– Ikan Corp. — user manual illustration 2007
– Nissan Corp. — new model training manuals
– Sony Electronics Corp. — service repair manuals
• Safari Video Productions — packaging design for 13 video titles and product catalog, San Diego, CA
• San Diego Trivia — board game graphic design, San Diego, CA

Industry Skills

• Technical illustration
• Audio/video packaging
• Photo retouching, colorizing and restoration
• Graphic design
• Concept product design and prototyping
• Training design and implementation
• Hand-drawn illustration
• Commissioned artwork
• High visibility yellow page and periodical ads
• Technical manuals
• Images, business identities, and logos
• Electronic printing prepress and press checks
• Retail packaging
• Advertising media design and copywriting
• Conversions of old formats to new

Application Skills

• Adobe Illustrator & CS4
• Adobe Acrobat and Pitstop Professional
• PC or Mac platform
• Adobe Photoshop
• GIF and SWF animations from Illustrations
• Microsoft Office: Word, Visio, and Powerpoint
• Adobe InDesign
• Book Layout & Production
• Image compatibility with Yellow Magic
• Flash, Dreamweaver
• Web Images
• DHTML, learning CSS & HTML

Career Achievements

Established a ground-up workflow process required by a company-wide conversion to new software. Adapted Adobe file formats to work within limits of Yellow Magic proprietary directory building software.

Education
Associates Degree, Computer Graphic Design — Platt College, San Diego, CA 1991
Certification, Graphic Design — Regional Occupational Program, San Diego, CA 1986

9/10/2009