Experience

Valor Christian High School

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Graphic and Web Design Instructor

  • Aug 2015 - Present



James Gonzales Design

• Greater Denver Area

• Freelance Graphic Designer

  • Aug 1996 - Present

  Design, illustration, branding and layout for multiple clients. Worked directly with clients creating proposals for work and project timelines. Clients include: AIA Colorado, Denver Browns Baseball Club, Nuba Water Project, Walk for Sudan, and Young Life. jgonzalesdesign.net Design, illustration, branding and layout for multiple clients. Worked directly with clients creating proposals for work and project timelines. Clients include: AIA Colorado, Denver Browns Baseball Club, Nuba Water Project, Walk for Sudan, and Young Life. jgonzalesdesign.net



The Denver Post

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Lead Graphic Designer

  • Oct 1999 - Aug 2015

  Assist in the management of department’s daily advertising operations workflow of creative design team. Assign creative assignments to in-house and outsource teams. Oversee communication between design team, operations, sales, clients and product vendors. Serves as Interim manager of design department when Creative Director is indisposed. Design advertising solutions from concept to completion, from individual ads to multi-platform national campaigns. Oversee several high profile national online accounts (Sears/Kmart, Dillard’s, Mattress King). Manage and design high-profile advertising campaigns at local, regional and national level. Show less



Metropolitan State University of Denver

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Instructor, Beginning Computer Imaging II

  • Jan 2001 - May 2003

  Instructed and developed a curriculum in which designs, illustrations and works of art were produced using Adobe Illustrator and QuarkXPress. Instructed and developed a curriculum in which designs, illustrations and works of art were produced using Adobe Illustrator and QuarkXPress.