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Design Director

Location:
South Pasadena, CA, 91030
Posted:
March 20, 2011

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Resume:

Chris English

Senior Creative

**** ** ***** *****, ***** Pasadena, CA 91030 626-***-****

****@************.***

EXPERIENCE

Blackboard Inc. (www.blackboard.com), Washington, DC

Art Director 1/08 - present

The NTI Group, Inc. (www.ntigroup.com), Sherman Oaks, CA

Art Director 6/06 - 1/08

Vinson and Company, LLC (www.vinsoncompany.com), Los Angeles, CA

Assoc. Art Director 10/05 - 4/06

CenterBeam, Inc. (www.centerbeam.com), San Jose, CA

Sr. Graphic Designer, Marketing + Communications 7/01 - 8/05

Chris English Design (www.chrisenglish.com), Alhambra, CA

Freelance Graphic Design Consultant 5/95 - Present

Anza Group (www.anzagroup.com), San Jose, CA

Art Director (Design Solutions) 1/99 - 12/00

The Santa Fe New Mexican newspaper (www.sfnewmexican.com), Santa Fe, NM

Graphic Designer, Illustrator + Copy Editor, Editorial Dept. 4/97 - 12/98

Graphic Designer, In-House Agency, Advertising Dept. 10/95 - 4/97

TECHNICAL SKILLS

QuarkXpress Adobe Illustrator Adobe Dreamweaver Microsoft Word

Adobe InDesign Adobe Photoshop HTML, DHTML + CSS Microsoft

PowerPoint

Art Direction Adobe After Effects Adobe Flash Microsoft Excel

Copywriting Photography Google Sketchup

Skilled on both Mac and PC platforms

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Professional, American Institute of Graphic Artists, (www.aiga.org), Since

2003

Participated in national task force for in-house design

Professional, Western Art Directors Club (www.wadc.org), 2002 - 2005

Executive Board member, Membership Chair, Event Organizer

Professional, Society of Typographic Afficionados (www.typesociety.org),

Since 2003

Member, National Association of Photoshop Professionals (www.napp.org),

Since 2003

EDUCATION + TRAINING

InDesignSecrets Live Seminar, Beyond Print, 2011 Pasadena, CA

Creativity in Marketing (Continuing Education), Stanford Graduate School of

Business, 2002 Palo Alto, CA

Dynamic Web Design + Production, Santa Fe Workshops, 1998 Santa Fe, NM

M.A., Great Books Program, St. John's College, 1997 Santa Fe, NM

B.A., Creative Writing + Studio Arts minor, University of Houston, 1991

Houston, TX

AWARDS

ABCD Award (Above and Beyond the Call of Duty), Blackboard, July 2010

Stevie Award, Blackboard Corporate Website, 2009

CenterBeam President's Circle, 2005

CenterBeam Values in Action Awards, Passion (2Q03, 1Q05, 2Q05), Speed

(3Q03, 3Q04 + 4Q05), Teamwork (2Q04, 3Q04 + 1Q05

Special Section Design, Bienvenidos, 1st Place, 1998, New Mexico Press

Association

Editorial Illustration, Norte os, 3rd Place, 1998, New Mexico Press

Association

Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America, 1987



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