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EDUCATION:

University of Texas Pan American
Graduation: August 2003            
Major: BFA/Graphic Design
GPA in Major: 3.2

Design Programs PC and MAC: Macromedia Studio 8 Professional, Adobe Creative Suite 2, QuarkXpress, Corel Draw, Adobe Acrobat Professional,

WORK EXPIRIENCE

Illustrator/Graphic/Product Designer
December 2005 – Present
The Desire Group, San Antonio, TX
Created conceptual drawings for new products to be used as templates for factory production.  Designed all marketing materials to introduce new products at trade shows and for customers’ show rooms.  Worked closely with printers to ensure color consistency between printed materials, web content, and various mediums, such as cement products, stone and fabrics.  Assisted in creating color palette to suit the needs of customers and growing trends in home decorating and fashion. Worked closely with customers and factory to design custom products and colors.  Oversaw the design and implementation of company website while working closely with web design firm.  Utilized Illustrator CS2, InDesign CS2, Photoshop CS2 to create all art work.  Supervisor:  Kirsten Carabin

Illustrator/Graphic Designer
April 2004 –January 2005
EMIC: Visual Information Center, Ft. Sam Houston, TX
Design and print all custom computer-generated graphics, original illustrations and layout designs for customers from various organizations throughout the installation, as assigned by the supervisor.  Each project includes selection of the proper text placement (layout) and color schemes in relation to media type, size and communication goals.  Layouts include full color signs, posters, banners, invitations, brochures, advertisements, digital photo manipulation and vinyl graphics.  Most projects also call for finishing services, such as, laminating, mounting, binding and/or custom mats.  I also provide on location photography and video services for various functions at the request of customers.  Work is independently planned and prioritized while some large projects call for a team-coordinated environment with 6 Graphic Artists on hand to assist.  Every project is then finalized with the customer's agreement.  I work on PCs for design purposes and utilize the following for final production: Canon 2400 printer and flat bed scanner, HP DesignJet 1050 poster printer, Encad 600 poster printer, Encad 850 poster printer, and Wizard Computerized Mat Cutter.  Supervisor:  Richard Valdez

Head Graphic Artist
October 2001 – December 2003
Copy It, McAllen, TX
Oversaw the design and printing processes of all custom graphic and layout designs for customers and store use such as stationary setups, business card design, oversized banners and posters, vinyl graphics, invitation packages, advertisements and digital photo manipulation.  Work was independently planned and prioritized then coordinated in a team environment with the production manager and assistant graphic artist and finalized with the customer's agreement.  I worked on Mac and PCs for design purposes and utilized the following for final production: Fiery X12 printer, Xerox Docucolor 6060 digital printer, HP DesignJet 5500ps poster printer, Epson flat bed scanner and Roland vinyl plotter.  Supervisor:  Fred Maldonado

Illustrator/Head Graphic Artist
July 2003 – September 2003
Images In Ink
Created all original artwork and illustrations for clients including redrawing logos, typesetting and personalized artwork with extensive drawing in Adobe Illustrator and CorelDraw.  All artwork was independently planned and prioritized then finalized with the customer's agreement for pre-press setup to be sent electronically to various distributors for final press.  Supervisor:  Viola Hanshaw

State Farm Intern/Graphic Designer
May 2002 – July 2002
State Farm Austin Operations Office Public Affairs
Headed publicity campaign for Mentoring program, Created new email newsletter, Worked with design team to redesign intranet, In charge of designing all slides for Electronic Bulletin Board, In charge of Marketing Proposal research and presentation.  Worked with Macromedia Freehand, Macromedia Flash and Adobe Photoshop to create all original artwork for company intranet.  Used Macromedia Dreamweaver to edit and update current intranet pages as well as create new pages in order to keep intranet up to date and readily available for all State Farm employees.   Supervisor:  Kevin Wishard