WORK HISTORY
Independent Professional
Inland Empire, CA
May 1988 - Present
Responsiblities:
   Graphic design for corporations and small businesses
   Web design for corporations and small businesses
   Hand Illustration for corporations and small businesses
   Storyboards for television commercials for small businesses
   Oil portraiture by commission
   Cartoon illustration
   Caricatures by commission
   Hand illustration, signage and airbrushed designs for table manufacturer
   Airbrushed T-shirts for nat'l. fundraising for NJ Humane Assoc.

Illustrator
W.Kent Jesse & Associates
Carlsbad, CA
February 2001 - September 2003
Responsiblities:
   Cartoon illustrations for four-color posters under strict deadlines
      via telecommuting. Illustration assignments included safety posters
      for McDonald's, 7-Eleven, Chevron, Mrs. Fields Cookies, AM/PM,
      Lowes Theaters, Pac Bell, and Salvation Army

Art Director
Ornament Magazine
Vista, CA
February 2001 - February 2003
Responsiblities:
   All aspects of design and layout of four-color magazine
   Prepress production
   Advertising design
   Digital retouching
   Project management
   Coordination with vendors
   Archiving of files
   Technical trouble-shooting
   Meeting budget requirements and strict deadlines
Independent Professional
Aquent
San Diego, CA
May 2000 - February 2001
Temp work at advertising agencies in San Diego, including extended assignment at Petco National Headquarters in Mira Mesa, CA from
Sept 2000 - Feb 2001

Responsiblities:
   Graphic design
   Hand Illustration
   Package design
   Presentation displays
   Monthly circulars
   POP display collateral
   Digital image manipulation & retouch
   Newsletters
   Meeting strict deadlines

Art Director
Décor & Style Magazine
Solana Beach, CA
November 1999 - April 2000
Responsiblities:
   All aspects of design and layout of four-color magazine
   Prepress production
   Supervision of graphic and Web designers
   Software purchases
   Hardware purchases
   Advertising design
   Establishing stock image library
   Project management
   Image scanning
   Digital retouching
   Film stripping
   Coordination with vendors
   Archiving of files
   Technical trouble-shooting
   Meeting budget requirements and strict deadlines

Graphic Designer and Illustrator
Vision Graphics 
Morristown, NJ
February 1999 - October 1999
Responsiblities:
   Illustration for package design concepts for M & M, Nabisco and Tic Tac
   Package design
   Graphic design
   Prepress production
   Concept boards
   Advertising design
   Free standing inserts
   POP display collateral
   Brochures
   Coupons

Art Director
Badia Comms

Morris Plains, NJ
March 1996 - February 1999
Responsiblities:
   Graphic design
   Hand illustration
   Package design
   Presentation materials
   Advertising design
   Brochures
   Newspaper ads
   Signage
   Concept boards
   Prepress production
   Hiring, training and supervision of designers
   Technical troubleshooting
   Software purchases
   Coordination with vendors
   Project management
   Archiving of files
   Stock photo/disk purchases
   Meeting budget requirements and strict deadlines
   Establishing quotes for clients
   Billing of design work
   Customer service
EDUCATION
State University
at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY

Bachelor's of Arts Degree, Fine Arts
Minor, Art History

June 1993
Highlights:
   Graduated Magna Cum Laude,
   Dean's List Four semesters    Chosen by professors and peers to
   give graduating address to Fine Art Department at Stony Brook

Joe Kubert School
Dover, NJ

Cartooning and Illustration studies
1994 - 1995
Studies:
   Hand illustration, figure drawing, graphic design, hand lettering,
   cartooning, layout

Morris County
Vo-Tech
Denville, NJ

Computer Training
1995 - 1996
Studies:
   Quark, Illustrator, Photoshop, Painter, hand illustration, advertising
   techniques and theory

Fairleigh Dickinson University
Madison, NJ

Webmaster Certification
1999
Studies:
   Training in all aspects of website set up and production from a
   programmers point of view, focusing on html and JavaScript

Aquent Springboard Program Boston, MA
Webmaster Training
2000
Studies:
   Webmaster training from a designer and programmer's point of view,
   focusing on Advanced HTML, DHTML, cascading style sheets, image
   mapping, JavaScript, CGI scripting, graphic design for the Web,
   Dreamweaver, Photoshop, advanced design techniques
AWARDS 
Blue Ribbon
2002
   Carlsbad Oceanside Art League Gallery, first place, Oil painting
Blue Ribbon
2001
   Carlsbad Oceanside Art League Gallery, first place, Oil painting
Graphic Design Award
2000
   Won contest at Petco National Headquarters for design of packaging
   for national use in Petco stores

Stony Brook Award
1993
   Best undergraduate artist, Class of 1993
Firehouse Gallery Award of Merit
1992
   Oil painting
EXHIBITIONS
Carlsbad Oceanside Art Gallery
2002
   Carlsbad, CA
Carlsbad Oceanside Art Gallery
2001
   Carlsbad, CA
Art Party Pravda Gallery
1994
   SoHo, NY
Limner Gallery
1993
   SoHo, NY
Fine Art Center Gallery
1993
   Stony Brook, NY
Firehouse Gallery
1992
   Farmingdale, NY
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