Q U A L I F I C A T I O
N S
Experienced Art Director/Graphic Designer with 17 years
experience in the print and computer entertainment industries.
Proficient
in the use of InDesign, Dreamweaver,
Photoshop, and Freehand.
E X P E R I E N C
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LANE TRANSIT DISTRICT, Eugene, Oregon
Graphic Designer - 2003 - present.
• Design Rider's Digest, newsletters, advertisements,
posters and various promotional materials.
• Create and update website.
COUNTRY COACH, INC.,
Junction City Oregon
Graphic Designer - 2003
• Design and layout 72 page quarterly magazine,
sales brochures and other printed materials.
• Direct photoshoots and coordinate with printers
and
other businesses in producing printed materials.
• Create logos and illustrations for
various promotional materials.
DYNAMIX, INC, Eugene,
Oregon
Lead Designer - 1998 to 2002
• Designed PS2 and PC games - Minigolf Maniacs and R/ C
Racers Deluxe.
• Managed designers and directed voice, video and
sound talent.
• Conceptualized and designed characters, game play
and storyboards.
• Communicated game play and creative vision of game
design
working closely with seven programmers and over a dozen
artists.
• Created new game designs and helped others
brainstorm game ideas.
Art
Director - 1992 to 1998
• Art Directed five games including the top selling
Trophy Bass series.
• Directed, supervised and trained teams of artists
and contractors.
• Established and communicated “look and
feel” of several titles
ranging from realistic fishing sims to a cartoony
minigolf game.
• Supervised and directed in-house artists and
outside contractors.
• Conceived and directed game intros.
Graphic
Designer/ Illustrator - 1991 to 1992
• Designed and produced manuals, packaging, CD
artwork, logos,
in-house game design documents, and other printed
materials.
• Coordinated with service bureaus and printers in
production of printed
materials from selecting stock to checking blue lines.
• Created technical and cartoon illustrations for
manuals and
various promotional materials.
YOUNG AMERICAN
Portland, Oregon
Graphic Designer/ Illustrator - 1988 to
1991
• Created artwork and layouts for several full
color pages for the
national newspaper for kids (circulation 1.2 million).
• Designed and produced a weekly broadsheet
creating
illustrations, logos,
and overall design and layout within a three day period .
• Created full page color illustrations for the
bi-weekly newspaper.
• Coordinated with service bureaus checking final
color
separations of newspaper flats.
• Designed advertisements for clients.
KOALA-T PRODUCTIONS Eugene, Oregon
Management/ Illustration and Design -
1986 to 1988
• Owned and operated screen printing
business designing and selling
T-shirts to
local businesses. Experience in customer relations,
ordering stock, accounting, and organization of time and
activities.
• Created T-shirt designs for local and regional
screen printing businesses.
G
A M E S
Minigolf
Maniacs (PS2/PC) - Lead Designer
3D Ultra R/C Racers Deluxe (PC) - Art
Director/Designer/Co-Producer
3D Ultra Radio Control Racers (PC) - Art Director
Trophy Bass 1 and 2, and Trophy Rivers (PC) - Art Director
3D Ultra Cool Pool (Dreamcast/PC) Minigolf Deluxe (PC) - Interface design
Turbo Science and Turbo Math (PC) Character and
background design
Johnny Castaway (PC Screensaver) Character design
S
K I L L S
• Proficient with PC and Macintosh.
• Utilizing the following software:
Photoshop, Dreamweaver, InDesign/QuarkXpress,
Freehand/Illustrator, Fireworks, Powerpoint
Cool Edit Pro, MS Word , MS Project,
and in-house animation and art processing tools.
E
D U C A T I O N
Bachelor of
Science, Fine and Applied Arts
University of Oregon, 1986
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