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#305 — 1618 GRANT AVENUE, PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. V3B 1P3
PHONE: 604.945.5201 | E-MAIL: THINKART@TELUS.NET
OBJECTIVE:
To attain a career in Graphic Design using my present knowledge, creative thoughts, good work practice and skills.
EDUCATION:
LANGARA COLLEGE
Vancouver, B.C.
September 2006 to December 2006
Adobe Dreamweaver for Designers web design course
Finished the course with an A+
PLATT COLLEGE
Newport Beach, California, U.S.A.
September 1997 to December 1998
Graphic Arts Program with emphasis in Computer Graphics
Associate of Arts Degree
KWANTLEN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
Richmond, B.C.
September 1995 to December 1995
Marketing Management Program
MACKENZIE SECONDARY SCHOOL
Mackenzie, B.C.
September 1987 to June 1992
General Studies
High School Diploma
SKILLS:
GRAPHIC SKILLS
Rough/Comps, Rendering with markers, Rendering with coloured pencils, Concept developement, Studio/Business practices, Typography, Production skills, and Manual separations.
SOFTWARE
Personal Software: At my personal residence I have an iMac G5 (Intel Based) with Adobe Creative Suite 3 Professional (Adobe Photoshop CS2, Adobe Illustrator CS2, Adobe InDesign CS2, Adobe GoLive CS2, & Adobe Acrobat Reader/Distiller CS2), Adobe Studio 8 Professional (Adobe Dreamweaver 8, Adobe Flash 8, Adobe Fireworks 8, & Contribute), Parallels Desktop for Mac (allows me to run Windows XP on my Mac to test web pages), and AppleWorks 6.
Macintosh: QuarkXpress 6.1, Adobe PageMaker 6.5, Adobe InDesign CS2, Adobe Photoshop CS2, Adobe Illustrator CS2, Adobe Acrobat Reader/Distiller CS2, Adobe GoLive CS2, Adobe LiveMotion 2.0, Adobe Bridge CS2, Adobe Dreamweaver 8.0 and Macromedia FreeHand 8.0.
PC: QuarkXpress 4.0, Adobe PageMaker 6.5, Adobe InDesign 2.0, Adobe Photoshop 5.0, Adobe Illustrator 9.0, CorelDraw 9.0, PK zip, and FTP knowledge.
COMPUTER GRAPHIC SKILLS
Macintosh & PC Hardware: Basic system configuration, LaserWriter, Scanner, FTP Knowledge and Colour printer.
EXPERIENCE:
MCG COMMUNICATIONS INC.
New Westminster, B.C.
March 2003 to March 2007
Responsible to create original designs within client specifications. Diverse experience in projects such as logo design, large format displays – including creating workable schematics and individual graphic elements, poster design, brochures, and catalogue layout.
INTERNATIONAL DIRECT RESPONSE SERVICES
Delta, B.C.
April 1999 to July 2002
Responsible to recreate the copywriters rough layout into a workable computer file in an efficient manner using skills in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and CorelDraw. Also using creativity to create original layout design, inserts, and scratch cards.
PLATT COLLEGE
Newport Beach, California, U.S.A.
June 1998 to December 1998
Part-time Teacher’s Assistant.
