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Freelance Production Artist / Designer / Creative Force
Freelance
Berkeley, CA
Apr 2012 - Present (12 years 8 months)
CLIENTS: Mad Dogs & Englishmen, Carol H Williams Advertising, Circa NOW, SubSensory Recordings, NextSport, Sierra Nevada World Music Festival, FullWatts HiFi
• Work with Client, and their creative team, to produce any needed campaign components.
• Build and prepare mechanicals for release to print publications and media vendors.
• Insure brand standards are met according to brand style guides.
• Provide creative services such as logo design and promotional material layout.
• Recording sessions, engineering, post-production & audio consultant services.
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Freelance Production Artist
Circa-NOW
Petaluma, CA
Oct 2011 - May 2014 (2 years 7 months)
CLIENTS: Microsoft, Air New Zealand, Mechanics Bank, CourseSmart
• Build and prepare mechanicals for release to print publications and media vendors.
• Insure brand standards are met according to client style guides.
• Produce custom artwork, print comps & collateral mock-ups.
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Studio Manager
Carol H Williams Advertising
Oakland, CA
Apr 2004 - Apr 2012 (8 years)
General Motors (GMC, Cadillac), U.S. Army, Wells Fargo Bank, Nationwide Insurance, Albertsons, Walt Disney Resorts, Allstate Insurance, Coca Cola, Kraft Brands, Coors Brewing, Hewlitt-Packard, Procter & Gamble (Clairol, Pantene), General Mills (Hamburger Helper), Visa, Gilead, Pop Secret, Sunny Delight, Clorox (PineSol), Diageo (Crown Royal)
* Manage the day to day activities of a staff of 3-5 Production Artists & Freelancers.
* Assist the Creative Directors, Art Directors & Writers with campaign components.
* Coordinated project timelines with Traffic Coordinators & Print Production Director.
* Build and prepare mechanicals for release to print publications and media vendors.
* Insure brand standards are met according to client style guides.
* Produce custom artwork, print comps & collateral mock-ups for client presentations.
* Layout storyboards & title card graphics for the broadcast department.
* Design and produce customized materials for direct mail, RFP's & creative pitches.
* Assist interactive team editing HTML and posting images to the extranet for review.
* Provide musical inspiration and comedic relief to all agency employees.
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Freelance Web Designer
MVNP HAWAII ~ Firefly
Honolulu, HI
Jan 2003 - Mar 2004 (1 year 2 months)
CLIENTS: Starwood Hawaii, Hawaii Visitors Bureau, First Hawaiian Bank, AARP, Stanford-Carr, Sony Hawaii
* Design and produce production ready files for the interactive team to code for online use.
* Produce custom artwork, print comps & collateral mock-ups for client presentations.
* Insure brand standards are met according to client style guides.
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Senior Production Artist
Kirshenbaum Bond & Partners/KBP West
San Francisco, CA
Jan 2002 - Nov 2002 (10 months)
CLIENTS: PeopleSoft, Cisco Systems, Credit Suisse First Boston, Netscape, Ricochet, Blimpie Subs, Vespa Scooters, Carvel Ice Cream, VolunteerMatch.org, Vegas.com, Peet's Coffee & Tea
* Manage all studio needs as the Sr. Production Artist in charge.
* Coordinate the resourcing, hiring & management of Freelancers when needed.
* Assist the Creative Directors, Art Directors & Writers with campaign components.
* Coordinated project timelines with Traffic Coordinators & Print Production Director.
* Build and prepare mechanicals for release to print publications and media vendors.
* Insure brand standards are met according to client style guides.
* Produce custom artwork, print comps & collateral mock-ups for client presentations.
* Layout storyboards & title card graphics for the broadcast department.
* Design and produce customized materials for direct mail, RFP's & creative pitches.
* Provide musical inspiration and comedic relief to all agency employees.
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Production Artist
Kirshenbaum Bond & Partners/KBP West
San Francisco, CA
Dec 2000 - Jan 2002 (1 year 1 month)
CLIENTS: PeopleSoft, Cisco Systems, Credit Suisse First Boston, Netscape, Ricochet, Blimpie, Vespa Scooters, Carvel Ice Cream, VolunteerMatch.org, Vegas.com, Peet's
• Work with the Studio Manager & Traffic Coordinators to fulfill studio requests.
• Assist the Creative Directors, Art Directors & Writers with campaign components.
• Build and prepare mechanicals for release to print publications and media vendors.
• Insure brand standards are met according to client style guides.
• Produce custom artwork, print comps & collateral mock-ups.
• Layout storyboards & title card graphics for the broadcast department.
• Design and produce customized materials for direct mail, RFP’s & creative pitches.
• Assist interactive team editing HTML and posting to the extranet for review.
• Provide musical inspiration and comedic relief to all agency employees.
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Freelance Production Artist
TBWA\Chiat\Day
San Francisco, CA
Aug 2000 - Nov 2000 (3 months)
CLIENTS: 989 Sports, LEVIs, Pets.com, Novartis, Sony Playstation 2, Rio MP3 Players
• Work with the Studio Manager & Traffic Coordinators to fulfill studio requests.
• Assist the Creative Directors, Art Directors & Writers with campaign components.
• Build and prepare mechanicals for release to print publications and media vendors.
• Insure brand standards are met according to client style guides.
• Produce custom artwork, print comps & collateral mock-ups.
• Create customized materials for direct mail, RFP’s & creative pitches.