Background

My experience in graphic design officially started as an overload artist for Honeywell in 1977. When design and production was based on the use of manual drafting skills and hand illustration, there developed a pure sense of the foundation of aesthetics. Since then technology has changed and given me the opportunity to magnify my skills and talent. As computers came into play my skill set doubled as I weaved the old with the new. Having been learned in the realm of design and layout on an actual drafting table I was able to apply deep seated rules and processes to the vast and quickly evolving digital arena. I became more valuable than the contemporary students in that my prepress experience in partner with design and illustration offered the industry a wider lateral array of skills as well as depth in each category.

Today, the time spent in varied company types and industries has molded me into a designer/illustrator that can see not only the need in a project but the value in the designs of others. This makes for a positive team collaboration profile. Working with others to provide basic design production up to elegant collateral material has been the staple of my career. That is not to say I haven’t been able to prevail as a freelance designer. On the contrary. The entire spectrum of my experience has been saturated with commissioned work that filled any void of time that I had open and chose to take on.

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Experience

Please notice the quality of my time spent foraging for the right skills to compliment my talents so that I can be a source of strength on your team.

• FEBRUARY 2014 TO PRESENT
  

  PROGRESS MANUFACTURING

  Lead Senior Designer and Illustrator. From concept to direct communication with vendors for a final product, I develop our marketing projects to meet the criteria of our creative team. Tasks in the area of brand standards, catalogs, brochures, product packaging, web/print ads for magazines and distributor catalogs, email newsletters, infographics, swag, photography direction, and photo editing encompass my responsibilities.
• JUNE 2009 TO FEBRUARY 2014
  

  MONAVIE LLC.

  Supporting Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Israel, New Zealand, Russia, Taiwan and Thailand markets as well as corporate collateral material in the form of Product Branding, Product Labeling, Market Sales Tools and Distributor Support. Strong Photoshop production and enhancement effects performed for product and lifestyle imagery presentations.
• JULY 2007 TO NOVEMBER 2008
  

  ALEXANDER’S PRINT SOLUTIONS

  Supervisor in charge of prepress production and manager of production artists. Responsible for preparation of literary material for color/black & white printing on either 4 color off-set or digital color/black & white printers.
• FEBRUARY 1997 TO JUNE 2003
  

  QUATTRO GRAPHICS

  Senior designer/illustrator in charge of all processes from concept to delivery. In house marketing design and prepress troubleshooting of incoming print files inclusive of duties.
• SEPTEMBER 1987 TO NOVEMBER 1993
  

  GEOGRAPHICS AD AGENCY

  Award winning Senior designer/illustrator/writer of a four person group developing commercial and civic design including exhibits, publications, illustration, visual simulations, and corporate/city collateral material.
• JUNE 1987 TO SEPTEMBER 1987
  

  TRENDSETTERS AD AGENCY

  Junior designer contracted on a freelance basis. Developed product promotionals & artwork.
• NOVEMBER 1985 TO JUNE 1987
  

  INTERSTATE ELECTRONICS CORPORATION

  Senior commercial and technical illustrator in the area of government defense contracts. Instrumental in the procurement of the GPS navigational system.
• AUGUST 1983 TO NOVEMBER 1985
  

  MAGNAVOX MARINE SYSTEMS DIVISION

  Senior technical illustrator & director of photography. Duties included lead artist in color presentations and photography used to procure government contracts as well as 3-D and orthographic illustration production.
• JUNE 1977 TO JULY 1983
  

  HONEYWELL INC.

  Support over-load entry level artist used in the area of publication design and layout with emphasis in technical illustration and color presentations.