Objective  
 A graphic arts production position drawing fully on my technical skills and creativity.
Qualifications  
Skilled in state-of-the-art Graphic Arts technologies
Familiar with both web and print environments
Thoroughgoing worker, giving close attention to detail
Excellent communicator, in person and print
Learn quickly and enjoy doing so
Highly organized, observing office procedures
Complete assignments on schedule, consistantly meeting deadlines
   
Technical  
Comfortable with Macintosh and Windows operating systems and hardware configurations
Proficient in major design software, including Photoshop, Illustrator, Freehand, Pagemaker, Quark, Flash and Dreamweaver
Good grasp of basic web devolopment concepts: design, usability, platform compatability, user interface and bandwith considerations
   
Experience

1/07 - present Instructional Media Developer - Kaiser Permanente: HR, Oakland, CA.
Conceptualized and produced instructional media elements used to enhance on-line learning.

7/06 - 8/06 Graphic Designer - California Signs & Graphics, Concord, CA. Created logos, custom banners, magnetic signs, real estate signs, window and vehicle graphics, business cards and ads.
4/03 - 7/05 Freelance Graphic Designer - Alameda Bicycle, Alameda, Ca. Created logo and designed service menu, business card and ads.
2/01 - 2/02 Production Assistant - KT Solutions, Oakland, CA.
Used proprietary and third party software to enhance and create the visual components of an on-line learning library of courses. These included designing interactive animations done with Flash and Director. Created and edited pages in the HTML based courseware and was responsible for verifying that the elements and their placement were executed according to specifications.
4/00 - 2/01 Freelance Production Artist - KT Solutions, Oakland, CA.
Production artist responsible for the creation of graphical content for CD rom and Web training presentations using proprietary software to place graphic elements into the visual data stream.
1/00 - 4/00 Book Designer - "Searching For Friday's Child" by Marjorie Randell. Applied photo re-touching and desktop publishing skills for the layout and pagination of a 360 page book with images that I produced in full.
2/99 - 4/99 Freelance Graphic Designer - Castro Valley Cyclery, Castro Valley, Ca. Created logo and designed company newsletter, service menu, gift certificate and business forms.
1/97 - 1/98 Freelance Graphic Designer - Cyclepath, Hayward, Ca.
Created various in store displays, window displays and yellow page ads.
   

Education

 

1999-2000 Graphic Arts, Desktop Publishing, Web Publishing curriculums at Laney College
1986-1987 Technical Illustration curriculum at Chabot College
1985 Graduate of Oakland Arts School

 


Jonathan Randell

510.532.4162

larryone@earthlink.net

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