Chris Shaw
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About
Artist for the Music Industry.
Currently working as the Art Director of a souvenir and gift company
Chris possesses the technical skill as well as the creative thinking required to solve design problems. With over 11 years of post grad experience, Chris has developed strong organizational and time management skills, a high level of attention to detail, and ability to work under tight deadlines. His background in illustration with an emphasis in vector based graphics is the cornerstone of his success. -
Education
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Associate of Science (AS) Graphic DesignColorado Mountain College2004 - 2007
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Experience
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Key Account Artist - Corporate DivisionOuray SportswearAug 2012 - Present (12 years 4 months)Key Accounts - Maintain strict licensing and brand guidelines for million dollar accounts
Speculative Art - Presenting new custom artwork to large companies
Generate Sales - Designing intriguing graphics that will turn over large print runs
National Sales Team - Working exclusively with a national sales force -
OwnerWhiskeyfoot PrintsAug 2011 - Present (13 years 4 months)Design - Creating stimulating graphics for entertainers and events
Operation - Shipping/Invoicing orders
Sales - Promoting on/off site sales of art or merchandise
Printing - Hand pressing screen printed art for clients
Marketing - Forming new clients through multiple marketing strategies -
Production ArtistOuray SportswearAug 2011 - Sep 2012 (1 year 1 month)Customer Art - Redrawing and preparing customer art for embroidery and screen print production
Custom Art - Design new artwork for colleges, resorts and businesses
Preflight - Preflighting/RIPing artwork for screen print production
Technical - Creating actions, swatch palettes, garment cads, templates to be used universally
Photography - Shooting and cleaning garment photos for customer approval and website use -
Press OperatorOuray SportswearDec 2010 - Aug 2011 (8 months)Press Operator - Registering up to 11 colors on MHM automatic rotary press
Manual Printing - Printing samples for speculative larger runs -
Design and Customer ServiceThreaded Ink MediaNov 2007 - Dec 2009 (2 years 1 month)Screen Print - Preparing/Designing custom or customer art for screen printing
Basic Digitizing - Digitizing Fonts and Density changes.
Vinyl Graphics - Preparing/Designing/Installing complex vinyl graphics on a multitude of surfaces
Customer Service - Answering phones, Invoicing Customers, Consulting -
Graphic DesignerCopy CopyMar 2006 - Jun 2007 (1 year 3 months)-Design - Lead Designer for print shop
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Awards
1st Place Poster Design
Head for The Hills 2011 Mishiwaka
1st Place T-shirt Design Sierra@Tahoe Resort Apr 2011
3rd Place Mini Challenge Dec 2010
Battle Royale Qualifier Sept 2010
People’s Choice CMC Dec 2006 digital illustration
People’s Choice & Best in Show CMC Dec. 2005 -
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Elsewhere on the Web
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On Coroflot@ArtStudioCS, member since 2010
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Following 34
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Followers 16
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