Experience

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  Self Employed

  • Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

  • Senior Graphic Designer

    • Mar 2018 - Present
    • Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

    Freelance designer for small to medium sized projects and companies, including collateral, website design, packaging, interior branding, illustrations and social media marketing.

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  Baker Associates

  • Design Director

    • Oct 1998 - Mar 2018

    I was lead designer for the interior branding projects, and contributed to packaging design as a Senior Designer and Design Director. I worked closely with the Account Department to reach the goals of a diverse set of clients like Kraft/Nabisco, General Mills, Pinnacle Foods, Gerber and Hershey&#...

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  Contempo Design

  • Graphics Production Manager

    • Apr 1997 - Sep 1998

    I was Manager for the design and production of all graphics that pertained to the trade show exhibits that we created. I oversaw three designers and the production leads in the shop. Major clients were 3Com, Adaptec, Sun Microsystems, etc. They were located in Milpitas, CA and in Chicago.

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  CircuiTree Magazine

  • Advertising Director

    • Jan 1996 - Apr 1997

    I managed the creation and production of ads for a circuit board industry trade magazine. I oversaw cover photography, hiring and art direction over the graphic designers.

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  Academy of Art University

  • Computer Lab Technician

    • Oct 1994 - Aug 1995

    Previously called the Academy of Art College, I worked in the student computer labs, maintaining 50+ Apple stations that contained the latest graphic programs for design, publication, web design and 3D modeling and animation. We also maintained 25+ SGI stations with the latest 3D modeling and ani...

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  Polivka Logan Design

  • Junior Industrial Designer

    • Oct 1992 - Feb 1993

    Junior designer for industrial design projects like medical devices, etc.

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  Western Publishing

  • Racine, Wisconsin, United States

  • Game Design Intern

    • Jun 1992 - Aug 1992
    • Racine, Wisconsin, United States

    Intern for the games & puzzles design division of Western Publishing. Industrial design of game pieces and boards, 3D models and product research.

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  General Motors

  • Detroit, MI

  • Pontiac Interiors Internship

    • May 1991 - Aug 1991
    • Detroit, MI

    Summer internship. I worked on full scale clay models for Pontiac Interiors and on the 1995 concept car, GM Ultralite.