GRAPHIC ARTIST/DESIGNER (A)

PROFILE

• More than seven years of art and design experience.
• Excellent knowledge of Mac, Photoshop, Illustrator, Quark, InDesign, PowerPoint and Keynote.
• Exceptional knowledge and understanding of print and web/interactive processes.
• Excellent knowledge of color photography and digital high end image manipulation.
• Ability to take initiative and work with supervision.
• Excellent verbal and writing skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills.

ART/DESIGN EXPERIENCE

The ICan Group - Boca Raton, FL, 1993-1995
Graphic Artist

Duties:

• Work with minimal supervision or oversight, plans, creates, and produces pictures, drawings, and graphics materials using computer graphics software packages.
• Communicate artistic themes in flyers, posters, advertising, handbooks, or other company presentation materials.
• Produce graphic design artwork for sales, advertising, and public relations materials and campaigns.
• Use graphic design technology and computer software to produce designs and layouts.

• Designed all graphic, print, stripe, and embroidery development for the Juniors design team.
• Responsible for approvals and communication with the factories regarding techniques to be used for all designs.
• Worked with designers to come up with concepts for each season.
• Made market and vendors shopping for new prints.

• Responsible for design support for editorial features, new pages of sites, production and maintenance work as well as research.
• Responsible for production art task such as color correction, image manipulation, image optimization for digital media platforms, and typography.
• Worked with HTML/CSS to build web pages, e-newsletter blast and manipulate Social Media sites such as Facebook Fan pages.
• Organized and maintained design file structure and naming conventions within design file server and local machine.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design, 1987
California State University, CA

References and Portfolio Available On Request

Example

This sample graphic artist or designer's resume illustrates continual career progression and job objective focuses on the needs of the employer, not the job candidate.

CAREER OBJECTIVE Seeking a challenging position in the art field where I can contribute my graphic design skills and experience.

RELATED EXPERIENCE 1992-1995 GRAPHIC ARTIST
Alatec - Huntsville, AL

• Created support materials for marketing and sales.
• Operated, maintained and upgraded graphic equipment, software, computers and other equipment.
• Attended planning meetings and organized graphic strategies for upcoming assignments.
• Participated in special projects and perform other duties as assigned.
• Coordinated team efforts on animations, opens, etc. in the absence of a supervisor.

1988-1991GRAPHIC ARTIST
Raytheon - Huntsville, AL

• Focused on visual appearance of final documents using predefined templates, design sense, creativity and imagination.
• Ensured document consistency throughout while performing to a zero defect standard.
• Provided design support relative to high-level custom learning solutions.
• Provided technical support relative to design methodology and software issues.
• Designed consistency throughout documents for instructor led training and web-based learning.

1985-1987TECHNICAL ARTIST
Microsoft Corporation - Redmond, WA

• Responsible to specify content creation guidelines for art production.
• Researched, designed, and developed tools, processes, and technology to improve workflow.
• Responsible to seek feedback from his peers and leads.
• Participated in meetings and reviews, as part of effective communication with the team.
• Mentored other artists in best practices, processes, and procedures pertaining to production.
• Responsible to follow direction from their Director.

EDUCATION Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design
Alabama State University , Alabama, AL, 1985

PORTFOLIO AND REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST