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Summary
Digital artist who specializes in graphic design, photography, image manipulation, digital and traditional illustration to create custom print media pieces for a variety of different marketing and promotional purposes.

Software Skills
Design & Layout: Adobe CS4 Creative Suite, Quark Xpress
Audio/Video: Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro, Vegas Video, Adobe Audition, Adobe After Effects, Alias Maya
Web: HTML, Flash, Dreamweaver, CSS
General: Office Word, Excel 
Operating Systems: Mac OS X, Windows XP/Vista/7

Experience
2000 – Present   
Holtwick Art & Design
Freelance Graphic Design, Photography, Video Production and Web Designs
Projects ranged from logo design & storyboards to commercial photography & concert posters, but also include websites, brochures, business cards, video editing and book layouts.
Clients include: San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Rescue Mission, Ethos, Domestic Wax Records/The Paragraphs, Kelley Winston Lee, Katie Leigh and the Infantry, Western Direct Marketing, HTV Productions, Dionisio Productions, Genesys Industries, Whalestock, Astro Instrumentation L.L.C, InUnison LTD, Standard Signs, DiSanto Furniture, Richey-Barrett Insurance, MDI Films, Pinkcat Productions, LLC, Our Gang Productions.

2009-2010        
Temporary Graphic Artist, Skinit.com, La Jolla, CA
• Arrange and manipulate design elements using templates built for various personal electronics, intended for print and use to accessorize phones, mp3 players, laptops, and other devices

2005 – Present    
Caricature Artist Lead at Legoland California, Kaman’s Art Shoppes, Chagrin Falls, OH
• Provide training and instruction to newly hired artists, as well as set an example of excellence
• Create demonstration artwork for promotional purposes in attracting new customers
• Opening and Closing the office which includes minor clerical work and accounting duties
• Create high quality caricatures, while providing superior customer service and salesmanship

2006 – 2009     
Graphic Artist, Modern Postcard, Carlsbad, CA
• Preflight PDF’s, Quark, Photoshop, Illustrator, & InDesign files for press by checking resolution, trim size,  postal regulations, cropping, interpolation, etc.
• Contact clients to discuss job details and instructions and provide design solutions
• Field client phone calls, answer questions and provide technical advice on the use of design software    
• Typeset layouts from digital and physical mock-ups and created custom designed postcards
• Designed borders and postcards for the Online Holiday Card store

2005 – 2006    
Digital Technician, Gerardy Photography,  Escondido, CA
• Photo re-touching, editing, cropping, order entry, and proofreading.

2004 – 2006     
Production Operator, Fed-Ex Kinkos, Vista, CA 
• Customer service, typesetting, binding, mounting, machine operation, designed layouts for various print jobs, Fed Ex Certified.

2003 – 2004     
Webmaster/Web Designer, Chronicle Telegram, Elyria, Ohio

1998 – 2002     
Television Production WBGU-PBS TV-27, Bowling Green, Ohio
 (Switcher, Floor Director, Camera, Production Assistant)

Education
• Bachelor of Fine Arts, May 2002, Major: Computer Art, Minor: Painting, GPA 3.0/4.0 Bowling GreenStateUniversity, Bowling Green, Ohio
• SecondCityTrainingCenter, Cleveland, Ohio, Beginning Improv for Actors, 2002
• LorainCountyCommunity College, Elyria, Ohio, Photography, Techniques of Acting, Scriptwriting, Non-Linear Sound and Video Editing, Acting for the Camera, 2002-03
• ClevelandStateUniversity, Cleveland, Ohio, Single Source Video, Media Writing
• Watts Atelier of the Arts, Encinitas, CA, Caricature Illustration, 2005
• PalomarCollege, San Marcos, CA, Figure Drawing, 2006
• MiraCostaCollege, Oceanside, CA, German, 2008