Experience

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  Jay Tracy Studios

  • Principal / Design Director and Owner

    • Dec 2016 - Present

    Fine Art | Design Direction | Graphic Design for Scientific-Technical CommunicationSpecialist in Conceptual Graphic Design, Scientific-Technical Business Communication, Print and Digital Publication Systems & Large-Format Graphic DesignJay Tracy Studios is a one-person visual communication/design consultancy located in rural North Iowa providing award-winning design leadership and concept-through-production production support on a referral-only basis. The practice is fully telecommuted and focuses solely on scientific-technical communication and branded communication collateral. Identity system development, branding and rebranding support is also available. The studio leverages its broad-based experience in environmental science; urban-rural land and watershed management; fish and wildlife habitat protection, natural resource conservation and restoration; cybersecurity and counterintelligence; national defense; nuclear energy; laboratory-based research; high-technology manufacturing; urban real estate development; and corporate, government, and nonprofit communication to aid clients with the design, development and execution of graphic/visual/technical communication projects at every scale.

  • Principal / Design Director and Owner

    • Apr 2008 - Dec 2016

    Jay Tracy Studios is a one-person graphic design studio and consultancy located in Portland, Oregon, providing conceptual design leadership and hands-on production support to diverse clients in a number of industry verticals. Current practice is almost exclusively telecommuted and focuses on technical communication, corporate identity, branding and communication collateral systems, scientific-technical publications and large-format graphic design.

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  Fair Isaac Corporation (now FICO)

  • San Rafael, California

  • Senior Graphic Designer

    • Apr 2007 - Apr 2008
    • San Rafael, California

    Provided design leadership on mission-critical corporate marketing and communication projects. Supported strategic marketing and tactical growth initiatives such as Operation Accel and InterACT, Fair Isaac’s annual branded Smarter Decisions Conference. Designed print and electronic collateral con...

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  Jay Tracy Studios

  • Santa Fe, New Mexico

  • Principal / Design Director and Owner

    • Feb 2005 - Mar 2007
    • Santa Fe, New Mexico

    Operated a one-man graphic design studio in Santa Fe, New Mexico, offering marketing and technical communication support to clients in the arts and sciences.

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  Los Alamos National Laboratory (University of C...

  • Los Alamos, New Mexico

  • Art Director / Senior Designer / Museum Exhibit Designer / Graphic Designer

    • Sep 1998 - Jan 2005
    • Los Alamos, New Mexico

    Progressively responsible creative-technical marketing, communication and community relations project roles in a national defense/scientific research facility operated by the University of California for the US Department of Energy. Provided peer-level design leadership and hands-on support to pr...

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  Thinking Gulch Studio

  • Baker City, Oregon

  • Principal / Art Director and Owner

    • Jun 1995 - May 1998
    • Baker City, Oregon

    Operated Southeast Oregon’s only full-service graphic design studio.

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  Oregon National Primate Research Center (OHSU)

  • Beaverton, Oregon

  • Scientific Library Technical Assistant / Digital Archivist

    • May 1990 - May 1995
    • Beaverton, Oregon

    Designed, compiled and managed a bibliographic reference database devoted to primatology and biomedical research based on nonhuman primate models. Managed the circulation and storage of the Center’s archive of rare books, journals and other historical documents.

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  Big Idea (Portland)

  • Portland, Oregon

  • Graphic Designer

    • Jun 1986 - May 1995
    • Portland, Oregon

    Owned and operated a one-person graphic design studio in Portland, Oregon, specializing in independent film- and other arts-related marketing.

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  Marylhurst University

  • Marylhurst, Oregon

  • Art Instructor

    • Aug 1988 - Aug 1989
    • Marylhurst, Oregon

    Taught drawing and illustration classes focusing on the psychology of perception.

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  Tektronix

  • Beaverton, Oregon

  • Manufacturing Production Planner (Operations Analyst II)

    • Jan 1981 - Jun 1988
    • Beaverton, Oregon

    The last of a series of progressively responsible high technology manufacturing operations, production planning, material control, and inventory management positions. Developed the worldwide manufacturing plan (response to forecast) for a line of 70 highly optioned test and measurement oscillosco...

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  Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)

  • Boston, Massachusetts

  • Administrative Coordinator

    • Jul 1979 - Sep 1980
    • Boston, Massachusetts

    Provided administrative support to the museum’s 10-person professional staff. Assisted with curatorial loans, grant applications, service contracts, exhibition publications, financial reports, press releases, education and training materials, membership drives and other development initiatives. S...