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Résumé
Klyde Wilson
**** ******** **. ******, ** 91784
cell: 323-***-****
email: *****.******@*****.***
Graphic Designer / Architectural Designer / Illustrator / Architectural Photographer
I’m a Graphic Designer who has experience in, Healthcare, Educational, Government, Commercial/Retail and Themed Architecture for both United States and international corporate based applications.
I have worked for both large and small design firms such as HMC Architects, Leo A Daly Architects, Gruen Associates, and JPI International Design. Clients of these firms include select healthcare clients of Kaiser Permanente, Loma Linda University Medical Center and Catholic Healthcare West. Select educational clients include various UC campuses, various Cal State University campuses and LAUSD. Select, government clients includes: US Postal, California State, Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino County government projects. Select commercial clients include: The Walt Disney Company, Warner Brothers and a long list of both large and small private commercial/retail projects.
My job titles have ranged from Art Director, Senior Graphic Designer, Graphic Designer, Environmental Graphic Designer, Architectural Designer and Illustrator. Managed and provided corporate branding in all visual mediums of corporate graphics in both print and digital marketing efforts including architectural/interior design, proposals, brochures and general product design marketing material. Commissioned and coordinate all professional photography and illustrations. Develop and maintain all art work including graphics, illustrations and physical models into a graphic/photographic library.
Core Competencies:
Progressive Graphic Design trends (industrial design, architectural/interior design trends)
Visualization (excellent conventional hand drawn, computer raster/3D vector programs, photography and physical models)
Contributes to Creative Design for final promotions
Presentations
Scheduling
Budgeting/Cost Control
Marketing/Public Relations
Branding
Consulting
Career Progression / Work Experience:
HMC Architects
8/2004 to 8/2012
Company Website: www.hmcarchitects.com
Company Description: Founded in 1940, HMC has grown to be one of the most prominent designers of healthcare, educational and government facilities in the West, growing largely on the recommendations and accolades of their clients.
Title: Project Designer
Location: Ontario, CA
Responsibilities: Provided a wide-range of new designs for healthcare, educational and government/civic facilities in both exterior and interior design treatments, ranging from minor remodels to major new and historical preservation structures. Work directly with Architects, Director of Design, Medical Planners and Clients to solve complex design problems ranging from large facility master planning to small remodels. Coordinate and produce design presentation material with the design team, maintain the design intent with the design and production team for construction documents. Coordinate with the construction administration of the project and maintain design intent during construction.
Spotlighted Achievements:
As Project Designer, I assisted in a combined effort of over 200 acres of designing various facility master plans, assisted in the design of over ten million square foot of new construction and over three billion dollar estimated construction cost in various healthcare, educational and government market shares.
Instrumental in working on HMC’s potentially largest healthcare project ever. As Project Designer I worked directly with architects, medical planners and client of an estimated 1.5 billion dollar construction cost. I assisted in the master planning efforts of Loma Linda University Medical Center’s CASA Project; Loma Linda CA. the CASA Project includes a New Children’s Hospital and New University Adult Hospital campuses and SB-90 extension. I successfully provided and maintained various complex design options working directly with HMC’s design team and client to reduce the overall cost to $800 million by combining the hospitals and providing a clear new entry with improved medical campus wayfinding.
Participated in and won various international design competitions representing HMC. International design competitions such as; People’s Republic of China, Shunde Hospital - (1st place with contract), and was
Awarded; Finalist’s status for both Taiwan’s Kaohsiung Port and Cruse Service Center Competition and Taiwan Tower International Design Competition.
Participated in the design and maintained the design intent during construction of three new major hospitals in Southern California, making HMC’s Healthcare Studio the largest revenue grossing studio within the firm.
HMC Architects (promoted to position above)
8/2000 to 8/2004
Title: Art Director
Oversee all corporate branding in all visual mediums of HMC Architects. Develop corporate graphics in both print and digital marketing efforts including architectural/interior design proposals, brochures and general marketing material. Commission and coordinate all professional architectural photography and architectural/interior illustrations. Develop and maintain all art work including architectural graphics, architectural illustrations and architectural physical models into a graphic/photographic library. Designed and coordinated environmental graphics for signage for architectural/interior wayfinding.
Spotlighted Achievements:
As HMC quickly grew to a total of 12 offices, I Assisted in development, design and coordination of HMC’s new Corporate Branding efforts including Corporate Logo, Letterheads, Brochures, Proposals, Architectural Presentations and overall graphic standards. I successfully achieved a more unified corporate look between all regional offices.
Art Directed ten full-time employees including disciplines of marketing graphics, architectural graphics, architectural/interior illustrations, selection of fine art and architectural model shop. In the year 2000, HMC ranked as the 16th largest architectural firm in the nation. (ENR July, 2000)
Established an Architectural Photography protocol by selection of professional photographers, providing scout shots, direction and maintaining contracts and copyrights.
Developed and maintained HMC’s image library consisting of professional photography, architectural photography, architectural graphics and architectural/Interior illustration library. I successfully maintained over 40 thousand photographic images.
HMC Architects (promoted to position above)
8/1990 to 8/2000
Title: Designer
Responsibilities: Provided a wide-range of new designs for healthcare, educational and government facilities in both exterior and interior design treatments, ranging from minor remodels to major new structures. Work directly with Architects, Director of Design and Senior Designers to solve complex design problems ranging from large facility master planning to small remodels. Coordinate and produce design presentation material with the design team, maintain the design intent with the design and production team for construction documents. Coordinate with the construction administration of the project and maintain design intent during construction.
Spotlighted Achievements:
Within the ten year as Designer, I assisted in a combined effort of over 100 acres in designing various Facility Master Plans, assisted in the design of over three million square foot of new construction approaching one billion dollar construction cost.
Assisted in winning large projects in both architectural and interior RFP’s and SOQ’s. Team efforts provided designs for five major hospitals in the Southern California region and furthering repeat clients such as Kaiser Permanente, Veterans Administration, Catholic Healthcare West and San Antonio Community Hospital.
Book publication on the design of San Antonio Community’s, Southeast Expansion Project. Ontario, The Model Colony; Windsor Publications Inc. 1990, pages 166 to170. I designed the new 40,000 square foot addition to the existing hospital providing architectural graphics and illustrations for publication.
Assisted in HMC’s first international healthcare project: Master Plan Project for the K.J. Somaiya Hospital and Research Center, Bombay, India. Provided facility master plan options, architectural design options and architectural graphics working with architects and medical planners establishing HMC as an International Healthcare Architectural firm.
HMC Architects (promoted to position above)
Title: Visualization Artist/ Graphic Designer
Responsibilities: Produce for Architects, Director of Design and Clients graphic design, hand drawn traditional sketches, final full color architectural/interior illustrations. Produce architectural presentation graphics of site plans, elevations and sections. Produce animations and provide project site photography and professional architectural and interior photography. Construct architectural scaled models, full scale mock-ups and provide photography for documentation. Assist in corporate graphics for the architectural tradeshow efforts in both healthcare and educational market sector.
Spotlighted Achievements:
Various publications in: books, periodicals and news media. Various exhibits in Healthcare: AIA, AAH, AHA. Various exhibits in Education: AIA and CASH
Award: Artist and Designers of the Inland Empire: Merit award 1987, Design of a 3 story Medical Office Building for Kaiser Permanente, Mission Viejo CA
Book publication: Architects of the United States of America, Vol. ll 1991 The Images Publishing Group, Australia. Design of a Interior hospital Lobby on front cover and see also pages 60-61
Provided visualization of over 90% of HMC’s architectural/interior illustrations, sketches and architectural graphics in both hand drawn and computer generated images using leading 3D imaging technology in vector programs and raster, postproduction techniques.
Book publication: Ontario, The Model Colony; Windsor Publications Inc. 1990, pages 166 to170. 40,000 square foot addition to the existing SACH facility, providing architectural graphics and illustrations for publication.
KW Designs
Currently
Email: *****.******@*****.***
Freelance Design Consultant: Environmental Design, Architectural Designs, Interior Designs, Master Planning, Industrial Design, Environmental Product Design, Product Design, Exhibit Design, Architectural Illustrations, Architectural Graphics, Architectural Signage, Architectural Photography, and Architectural Scaled Models and Jewelry Design. Providing freelance design services to: developers, architects and private businesses.
Spotlighted Achievements:
International projects include: Australia, Canada, China, Guam, India, Philippines, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain and Taiwan. Provided international design architects, design options with professional graphics including; Master Plans, Site Plans, Floor Plans, Elevations, Concept Sketches and final, full color architectural illustrations.
Select Clients: The Walt Disney Company, Warner Brothers, Raging Waters, various Native American Indian Gaming Casinos, Kaiser Permanente, Loma Linda Medical Center, San Antonio Community Hospital, CA. and Phoenix Baptist Hospital, AZ. World Class Design Architects include: Leo A Daly, Gruen Associates, and JPI International Design.
Provided quality design services at a low cost due to low overhead. Provide alternative low cost, time-sensitive design and provide alternatives to Conflict-of-Interest criteria.
Education:
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena CA – Environmental Design, BS Degree
California State University of Los Angeles CA – Graphic Design, BA Degree
Professional Organizations/Affiliations:
ASAI / American Society of Architectural Illustrators
Publications:
Healthcare Spaces – No.3, VRP New York, 2006 pages 121-128
Healthcare Design Magazine – Vol. 3, No.3 LLC Publications, 2003 pages 152 & 153
International Architecture Yearbook – Vol. I, book 2, Victoria, Australia. 1995 pages 75-81
Architects of the United States of America – Vol. II, Melbourne, Australia. 1991 pages 60-61
Ontario, The Model Colony; Windsor Publications Inc. 1990, pages 166 to170.
Training:
REVIT/BIM Training (Westech College), AutoCAD Training (Westech College), Form-Z Training (UCLA extension)
Computer Skills:
AutoCAD 2012, Form-Z, SketchUp / Artlantis, REVIT, Rhino / V-ray, Adobe CS5, Corel X6, Microsoft Suite
Klyde Wilson
cell: 323-***-****
email: *****.******@*****.***
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