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JAMES B. FISHER
3632 Ocean View Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90066
home phone:(310)398-1833
cell phone:(310)741-7710
e-mail: casinoofdoom@earthlink.net
Education:

Loyola Marymount University

BA Communications Arts, 1991

3.5 GPA (cum laude)



Work Experience:

Freelance (via various sources)

Graphic Artist/Animator

February 2001 - present

Temporary and freelance illustrated design and animation work for diverse base of clients such as All Things Equal, C-ME LLC, Petsport USA, CampChaos.com, CarsDirect.com, Harcourt Publishing, Kaiser McEuen, Princess Cruises, Cozmo's Restaurant, PierceFilm, Flowserve, Inc., and Back Stage West.  Specialties have included print-production, film production design, package design, identity, and web design.



CarsDirect.com

Graphic Designer

June 2000 - February 2001

Worked with Marketing, Content and Art Directors in designing and developing online advertising, website design, direct mail advertising, company signage, and all general graphics-related projects for in-house creative department.  Attended press checks and prioritized own workload in order to maintain all project deadlines.  Successfully executed all projects within or under budget limitations.



Back Stage West

Production Manager/Contributing Editorial Artist

July 1996 - May 1999

Duties included trafficking and construction of ads, electronic and paste-up layout, coordination with pre-press, creation of original artwork for covers and editorial, direct mail advertising, and coordination with our sister publication, The Hollywood Reporter. Also supervised a team of two assistants.



King, Purtich, Holmes, Paterno & Berliner

Legal Exhibits Artist

January 1994 - January 1996

Duties included coordination of graphic trial presentations, research, inventorial and organizational upkeep of extensive file base, preparation of deposition digests, and general office support .



Fishmore Designs

Graphic Artist

August 1992 - June 1996

Handled overflow work for an advertising and design firm, as an introduction to professional computer graphics programs.  



Skills

Experienced with Photoshop 6.0, QuarkXPress 4.1, Illustrator 9.0, ImageReady 3.0, After Effects 4.0, Flash 5, Felt Tip Sound Studio, Premiere 5.1, Final Cut Pro 2, Fireworks 3, Dreamweaver 3, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel

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