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