Quality Manager

Dan Futoran

805-***-**** . **** Petaluma Ave., Long Beach, CA

***.********@*******.*** . http://www.dfi-graphics.com

Professional Objective:

To obtain a position within a company that contributes to its increasing

success by producing high quality visual media, thus positively promoting

its professionalism, branding, credibility, and goals to become the leading

contender in its market sector.

Work Experience and Accomplishments

Marketing/Technical Manager

California Space Authority, Santa Maria, CA 11/2003 - 08/2010

. Introduced unstructured CSS design elements into the company website,

resulting in higher traffic, improved professionalism, aesthetics,

enhanced usability, and more public interest in the non-profit

company's activities and goals

. Advocated for the lease of a Xerox Workcentre 7665 for printing a

variety of company documents, including newsletters, flyers, postcards,

prospectuses, etc., ultimately saving the company significant printing

costs each year

. Revised and optimized staff-generated PowerPoint documents, adding

quality illustrations and introducing branding elements, applying an

enhanced level of professionalism to company presentations

. Designed and ordered large format trade show banners and posters,

created with emphasis on space-related themes and imagery, and directed

their placement at company-sponsored venues, such as the NASA Regolith

Excavation contest events

. Assisted in technical writing, editing, proofreading, and quality

control assistance for all company media

. Rendered illustrations to support various space enterprise-related

programs

Senior Illustrator/Technical Editor

Medtronic Neurotechnologies, Goleta, CA 06/1992-05/2000

. Rendered high quality medical illustrations of implantable medical

devices used in a variety of documents, including brochures, flyers,

posters, banners, catalogues, presentations, user manuals, magazine

ads, trade show displays, and other promotional materials

. With Adobe Premiere and Final Cut Express, integrated photography,

effects, titling, and original illustrations to produce over 30

marketing, training, and sales videos, offsetting over $80,000 in costs

for outside video production services

. Using a digital camera and Photoshop image processing techniques,

saved over $5,000 each year in outside photographic services

. Collaborated with in-house CAD designers to provide cross-platform,

translatable data, rendered to animated 3D models (using Adobe Premiere

and Flash) for use in company videos and other media

. Designed logos for new product lines

. Wrote and edited user manuals for physicians, nurses, and patients

Senior Illustrator/Technical Editor

Digital Sound Corporation, Carpinteria, CA 1984/1992

. After four years, became Senior Illustrator, rendering technical

illustrations of voice mail products, telephony hardware components,

and flowcharts and diagrams for user documentation. Saved significant

costs by fully replacing outside illustration services

. Working closely with hardware engineers and staff technical writers,

rendered illustrations from sketches, photographs, and CAD-generated

blueprints

. Authored user manuals with original illustrations, initiating and

maintaining an active illustration database inventory

Freelance Graphic Designer/Illustrator 05/2000 - present

Continuing a legacy of graphic design and illustration services as a

dedicated employee, I have offered the same services on a contract basis to

non-profits, academic institutions, publishing companies, corporations, and

individuals in business. I have produced a variety of documents, videos,

presentations, and websites, with a high degree of quality and success.

Education

California State University, Northridge: BA in Music Composition

Software Proficiencies

Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash, Final Cut Express, Microsoft

Office, HTML, CSS

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