Experience

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  Rtwerk

  • Cathedral City, California, United States

  • Design Strategist & Production Artist

    • Jun 2006 - Present
    • Cathedral City, California, United States

    As a freelance design strategist I create Web- and print-ready, highly effective solutions for clients' graphic design and communication needs. Stress is on effectiveness. Samples of my design and production work are on my Website and a few are here in my profile.

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  Pacific Crest Trail Association

  • Designer/Production Artist

    • Apr 2003 - Present

    Primarily responsible for the bi-monthly design and production of the PCTA's 32-page full-color glossy membership magazine. I also handle media requests for images, maintain our Website's photo gallery, and produce many other print or Web-related materials as needed.

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  Vertis Communications

  • Van Nuys, Calif.

  • Senior Trainer

    • Jan 1999 - Feb 2001
    • Van Nuys, Calif.

    I was hired as a Production Artist and eventually promoted to the position of Senior Trainer - responsible for the design and implementation of the company's production artist training program.

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  Potter/Katz Advertising

  • Production Art Manager

    • Sep 2000 - Dec 2000

    I was responsible for the production of all the agency's print-ready files based on Art Director designs or concepts. I was also responsible for pre-pressing freelance artists' files so that they, too, were print-ready.

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  Mall Mailers and Printers

  • Jr. Production Artist

    • 1975 - 1976

    This was my first - entry level - job as a production artist. No computers, just an X-acto knife, Compugraphic typesetter, and a wax machine. We produced some first-rate work.