Production Artist
| | | | | | Industry Focus: | Media & Communication, Arts, Entertainment & Gaming, Marketing & Advertising | | Job Title: | Production Artist | | Experience: | 21+ Years | | Looking For: | Part-Time, Permanent Full-Time, Work at Home | | Visa Status: | U.S. Citizen | | Salary: | $10000 - $20000 | | Education Level: | Some College | | Relocation: | No Relocation | | Travel Preference: | Light Travel | |
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1) MIDWAY PARTY RENTAL INC (St. Paul, MN) Dec 2006-Feb 2009
Web Manager & Graphics Designer
(Full > Part-time)
Maintained & enhanced Web site & marketing collateral design. STRONG ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS were required in re-organizing their photo database to create a functioning usable marketing tool for their sales force.
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2) TAYMARK CORPORATION (Anderson Party Supply) (White Bear Lake, MN) (3 seasons) Part-time Production Artist in the Graphics Department
Created graphics for glassware, pencils, and other souvenir items. Here the focus was on SIMPLICITY and CLARITY and the ability to cram 10-pounds of information into a 5-pound space and have it look good, make sense, yet have enough detail to convey all the critical information. Meeting short deadlines and familiarity with fonts was a MUST.
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3) UNISYS CORPORATION (Roseville, MN) 1968-2005
Graphics Designer, Graphics Department
My role was handling most of the short-deadline projects, business presentation graphics, marketing proposal art, production layout, posters, banners, and the later 10 years doing technical illustrations for Product Information for both print and web media.
Emulating the illustration styles for everything from cartoons to technical illustrations and following branding guidelines & templates in a team of 5-10 designers was essential.
One assignment included style-checking 100+ html web pages against unfamiliar style sheet for a user interface design. The style sheets were becoming unwieldy because many different programmers were allowed to add new styles at will, often duplicating styles and making load time unnecessarily long. I initiated a VISUAL SAMPLE guide of all the styles and revamped the CSS using abbreviated styles eliminating unneeded code and allowing the interface to load and run faster.
A side benefit of supporting Product Information was that I learned a whole lot about MSWord Templates, several CMS applications, and even worked a brief time with several CAD & 3D applications (AutoCad, 3D Max, ProE). We also had a couple years where we produced video multimedia pieces which added Adobe Premiere, Sony Soundforge, and the basics of videography to my repertoire. My career with Unisys evolved from drafting table, to Computer and a wide exposure to a good variety of tools and graphics applications.
HONORS / AWARDS (while at Unisys)
1) 2003-4 - The Intermountain Chapter of The Society for Technical Communication Merit Award, Publications Competition
2) 1976 - Achievement of Excellence Award (presidential), one of very few given out. Special because of nominations by fellow designers.
3) 1999, 2002 - Appreciation Awards
4) 1996, 1994, 1991 1989, 2 1988 - Achievement of Excellence Certificates
5) 1976 - Community Service Award
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4) FREELANCE GRAPHICS DESIGNER - since 1965
Brochures, website design, posters, signage, handlettering, logos, portraits. I also utilize my creative bent for several community organizations, COSTUME DESIGN for CENTRE STAGE COMMUNITY THEATRE. My passion for Sweet Adelines has included staging, set design, sound and lighting, costumes, script writing, and web management for the Region. See my Quick Links & Portfolio for links to my most recent freelance clients.
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EDUCATION;
Minneapolis College of Technical Communications - Web Design Certificate & Net Portfolio Web Certificate 2005
University of Minnesota - Studio Art - UCLA (2 quarters)
Numerous online classes - request full list - they included:
- Time Management, Microsoft Office and similar topics
- Usability training, diversity training, Sigma Six training
- Classes on appropriate graphics applications updates
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SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE
30+ years using wide variety of graphics applications and tools.
- Adobe CS2 & CS3 Web & Designer Suites
- MS Office 2003 - Word, PowerPoint, Publisher
- HTML, XHTML, CSS, limited Flash ActionScript
- TechSmith - SnagIt, some Camtasia
- Sony Sound Forge, Audacity
- Past experience with page layout applications (QuarkXpress, Freehand), graphics applications (Corel, Designer, AutoCAD, ProE), videography & editing applications (Adobe Premiere), and icon creation apps (Microangelo, IconCool)
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Barbara Harvey6497 12th Av S
Lino Lakes, MN 55038 US
651-429-6426 (Day)
bj.harvey@live.com
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