Design Graphic

J uan Thomassie

**** *. ******** ******

A rlington, VA 22207

home: 703-***-****

cell: 703-***-****

email: abilcn@r.postjobfree.com

EXPERIENCE

Senior Designer, USA TODAY, McLean, VA

June, 1999 - present

Currently producing interactive graphics and multimedia for the web site.

Animator, KRT News I n Motion, Washington, D.C.

June, 1995 - June, 1999

P roduced animated graphics for television news broadcast.

Art Di rector, Los Angeles Times, Costa Mesa, CA

September, 1992 - June, 1995

M anaged department of 11 artists and researchers and the production of news

g raphics, feature graphics, illustrations and page design.

Senior Artist, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, CA

June, 1990 - September, 1992 Produced news graphics, feature graphics, illustrations

and page design.

Staff artist, USA TODAY, Arlington, VA

April, 1989 - June, 1990 Produced breaking news and feature graphics.

Staff artist, The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, LA

March, 1988 - April, 1989 Produced news and feature graphics and illustrations.

Visiting faculty, T he Poynter Institute for Journalism, St. Petersburg, FL

1989. - present

EDUCATION

Louisiana State University, Bachelor of Ar ts, Graphic Design, 1984

Jesuit H igh School, New Orleans, 1979, Summa Cum Laude

SKIL LS

I have advanced, award-winning skills in producing interactive graphics, data

v isualizations, web design development. I have 20+ years of experience working under

p ressure of tight deadlines, making news judgment decisions, explaining complex

t hings in a visual manor. I am a collaborator, a problem solver, and a team player, a

teacher, and a mentor. I am dependable and I am on time.

Advanced skills in Flash, Flex, ActionScript 3.0, JavaScript, I llustrator, InDesign,

PhotoShop, Final Cut Pro, AfterEffects, and many other applications. Experience with

p rocedural programming, object-oriented programming, JSON, XML, HTM L, CSS,

P HP, MySQL.

PERSONAL

Born in New Orleans in 1961, mar ried for 18 years with two children, ages 17 and 14.

I enjoy music, cooking, t raveling, playing guitar, sports (Who Dat!), news, Sudoku,

learning, life.

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