Adult Education Graphic Design

Professional Summary

Illustration professional with expansive experience in editorial, advertising, book layout & design, traditional and electronic illustration, graphic design, art direction, advertising production and production management. Art educator with background in K-adult education, class development-private and public adult education.

Work History

Balkovek Illustration

Hagerstown, IN 1990-Present

Owner/Illustrator and Designer

• Freelance illustrator/ designer /project developer.

• Book layout, illustration and design.

• Corporate design, product design and ideation.

• Packaging design, advertising development and illustration.

• Illustration of over 250 books for commercial, educational, children’s, and independent publishers. Clients include: Schoolwide Inc., Mascot Books, Simon and Schuster, AMS Industries, APass Education, Skyhorse Publishing, Northrup King Gardening Books, Middle River Press, Fearon/Janus Books, Lake Educational, Neely Publications, Charlesbridge Publishing, United States Forest Service, Croc Doc Dentistry, Fantasy Magazine, Appleseeds Magazine, Children’s Digest, Cricket Magazine, Winner Magazine, Game and Fish Magazine, San Francisco SPCA.

Association of Christian Schools International

Colorado Springs, CO June 2017-June 2018

Contract Illustrator

• Illustrator for series of children’s educational readers.

• Character creation.

• Layout, design and illustration of interior pages. Art Academy Cincinnati

Cincinnati, Ohio 2014-2015

Instructor SMART Art and Community Outreach Programs

• Created and implemented art lessons for elementary and adult education courses. ITT Tech

Norwood, Ohio 2014

Adjunct Instructor Contemporary Art

• Instructed course in contemporary art history.

• Lecture preparation, presentation, and student testing. Plumas County Arts Commission

Quincy, CA 1999-2003

Art Instructor

• Developed and Implemented lesson plans for K-12 students which included the use of art in association with diverse curriculum for Arts in the Schools Program.

• Taught adult classes in Life Drawing.

Fisher Group Advertising

Modesto, CA 1988-1990

Art Director-Manager of Art and Production

• Managed staff of designers including hiring, training, reviews and project scheduling.

• Customer presentations and art direction of photo shoots.

• Print purchase and proofing, project design and illustration. Breuner’s Home Furnishings

San Ramon, CA 1985-1988

Chief Illustrator

• Illustrated run of the press advertisements for home furnishing stores, aided and executed the art for in store posters, point of purchase displays and promotions. Skills

• Illustration-Digital and Traditional Media

• Graphic design

• Product development

• Art Direction /Project Management

• Book Layout

Education

MFA in Illustration 2012, University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut BFA in Illustration 1979, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California James Balkovek illustrator

PO Box 96 Hagerstown, IN 47346 765-***-****

email: ad2cix@r.postjobfree.com website: http://balkovek.net

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