Quality Assurance Design

HOWARD GILBERT

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Golden Valley, MN 55427

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cell ***.***.*************@*****.***

http://home.comcast.net/~howiegilbert/portfolio.html

QUALIFICATIONS

An accomplished and award winning art director, designer and illustrator

for print, broadcast and the web and an experienced leader and mentor with

excellent project management and budgeting skills.

EXPERIENCE

2008-Present, Howard Gilbert Graphic Design, Minneapolis, MN

Freelance creative communications, branding and logo design for print,

broadcast and the web.

1997-2008 Design Director, Star Tribune, Minneapolis, MN

Assembled and led the Niche Products Design Team

Managed and directed the publication of over 30 magazines and targeted

products and the translation to online and other digital formats.

Established production schedules, processes, assigned and reviewed the work

of our in house art directors and graphic design team members.

Worked with the outside vendors and freelancers negotiating price and

quality assurance, including working with a group in India.

Developed creative concepts and managed through production a wide range of

products and magazines as well as their online publication.

1984-96 Senior Art Director, KMSP-TV, Minneapolis, MN

Designed the overall station image including: on-air graphics, print

advertising, sales promotion materials, logo design and set designs.

Created the Twin Cities' first web site for a television station.

AWARDS

Minnesota Magazine and Publishing Excellence Awards: two gold, two silver

and two bronze. Star Tribune Publisher's Headliners Award.

National Newspaper Publisher's Association, bronze award. Broadcast

Designer's Association, international bronze award.

EDUCATION

BFA, School of Associated Arts, St. Paul, MN

Web Design Professional Series Certificate, Minneapolis Community &

Technical College

Continuing education in server side scripting including, ColdFusion, PHP,

C#, ASP, NET and Javascript.

AFFILIATIONS

Minnesota Magazine & Publications AssociationAIGA, American Institute of

Graphic Arts

TECHNICAL SUMMARY

Extensive knowledge of the print and design tools QuarkXpress, Adobe

InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat Professional, Abode Photoshop,

color correction for print and online, and pre-press production for print.

Web and animation tools include, BBEdit, HTML, XHTML, CSS, Adobe

Dreamweaver, Flash, AS2, AS3, Fireworks and web graphics optimization.

Basic working knowledge and understanding of Java Script, ColdFusion, PHP,

C#, ASP, NET, Javascript.

Adobe Premiere, After Effects, and Apple Final Cut Pro. Microsoft Office

applications, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Entourage, Excel.

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