ROGER JINKS

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Santa Monica, CA 90405

310-***-****

acxrvj@r.postjobfree.com

WORK EXPERIENCE

May 2016 to October 2016

Anthem, Inc. Thousand Oaks, CA Graphic Designer

Six month assignment in the Medicare Programs Marketing Creative Services department designing and producing print and digital marketing materials using the Adobe Creative Suite 2015 for the November Open Enrollment.

August 2005 to Present

Graphic Strategies Santa Monica, CA

Graphic Design Consultant

http://www.creativehotlist.com/r-jinks

Working as a Graphic Design Consultant in addition to regular full-time work and during gaps of employment, including desktop publishing, illustration, slide presentations, and web design/development using various Macintosh and Windows based equipment and software. Clients have included Capital Group (Financial Marketing), Deutsch (Advertising), Diageo (Wine and Spirits), DirecTV, Ellipsis (Graphic Design and Event Branding), Envicom (Environmental Planning), Entertainment Partners (Payroll and Entertainment products), The Festival Companies (Commercial Real Estate), GAJunger Associates (Marketing Communications), General Growth Properties (Commercial Real Estate), Gruen Associates (Architecture & Planning), Health Net, Inc. (Research & Development), Loyola Marymount University (Campus Digital Graphics), Mattel, Inc. (Sales and Marketing), Medtronic (Diabetes Group), Parero Design Group (Kaiser Permanente), Parsons (Water & Infrastructure), Pre-Employ.com, Smith-Junger-Wellman (Marketing Communications), Ricoh-USA (Printing Services) Saatchi and Saatchi (Advertising Graphics), Toyota Motor Corporation (Design & Graphics), VTN West (Planning & Engineering), and Xerox Corporation (Advanced Document Services).

April 2009 to May 2016

The Festival Companies Los Angeles, CA

Graphic Design Consultant

Worked in house for a minimum of 16 hours per week from April 2009 to April 2010; then short-term projects through my consulting business Graphic Strategies; after that in house starting in August 2013 to March 2014 working 40-50 hours per week. Creation of marketing materials and presentations. Designed and produced a Tenant Design Criteria Handbook for the Honolulu property, SALT at Our Kaka‘ako, update of the Royal Hawaiian Center (RHC) Tenant Handbook, and update of the RHC Leasing Brochure using the Adobe Creative Suite applications. Production of 8-10 proposals per year and several mini proposals throughout the year working with Microsoft Word and PowerPoint.

July 2015 to September 2015

Spin Master – Culver City, CA

PowerPoint Specialist

Working as a contractor through the contingent workforce TargetCW, crafting visually appealing and content rich PowerPoint presentations for sales and brand teams to present at the Fall Toy Preview (Toy Fair) and Spin Master Sales Summit. Projects included presentations of merchandising product for the movies StarWars and Angry Birds.

August 2012 to October 2015

The Creative Group Los Angeles, CA

Graphic Design Contractor

Interactive Graphic Designer (August 2012 to June 2013) at Entertainment Partners, Burbank. Update of the Client Services-Production Setup Order (PSO) PDF forms to provide clients with a more streamlined and expeditious interactive process with ease and better comprehension. Used JavaScript to generate an email that attached the completed PSO and extracted information from the form for the associates to quickly process the clients’ orders. Designed and developed forms in HTML for the company’s website and its Client Services, Payroll, and Legal SharePoint intranet pages; used HTML/CSS, JavaScript, and JQuery along with the ASP code to make a more robust site.

Graphic Designer (July 2013 to October 2015) for short-term projects at various companies.

Temporary Graphics Director (August to November 2014) at the CIM Group, Hollywood. Responsible for maintaining CIM’s brand and identity at a corporate level. Working closely with the Investor Relations and Investments departments to ensure accuracy of communication products. Recommend, evaluate and implement design standards for internal corporate communications and communications with Investors.

March 2014 to August 2014

The Capital Group Los Angeles, CA

Graphic Production Artist

Contractor with Aquent, formatting, layout, design and content for print, PDF and presentation materials for quarterly updates. Create layout and design for new materials of charts, graphs, templates and exhibits to be used in communications materials, websites and presentations. Previously worked as Independent Contractor with my consulting business Graphic Strategies, working on the American Funds brochures using Quark Xpress and Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.

December 2011 to June 2012

Big Imagination Group Culver City, CA

Print/Presentation Production Designer

Various print, web, presentation and motion graphics using the Adobe CS5 Master Collection including Acrobat, After Effects, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Premier, and Photoshop. Presentation work also done in Apple Keynote and Microsoft PowerPoint incorporating use of Excel and Word.

May 2011 to September 2011

Health Net of California Woodland Hills, CA

Graphic Designer

Design and production of print marketing materials and forms for October Open Enrollment using Adobe CS 5 and Microsoft PowerPoint templates for the Creative Services Department.

April 2010 to May 2011

Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA

Lead Customer Service Operator (Senior Graphic Designer)

Working as a Senior Graphic Designer for Ricoh-USA Printing Services at the Campus Digital Graphics department of Loyola Marymount University. Development of an on-line variable data publishing (VDP) using Fusion Desktop Pro along with HTML/CSS and Java Script in a digital storefront to produce branded and personalized printed materials for faculty and staff.

April 2006 to August 2007

Mattel, Inc. El Segundo, CA

Design Production Artist

Staffed by the contingent workforce, ProUnlimited with the Mattel Brands Agency and previously an Independent Contractor (August 2005 to April 2006) with the Graphic Design Group. Production and assistance in the design of the Fisher-Price 2008 Design Language Guide. Other projects have been design and production of the 2006 Global Equity folder and brochure, the Matchbox 2006 Collectors Booklet, the 2006 Hot Wheels poster and calendar, and the 35 comic books for Mattel’s Hot Wheels Highway 35 line of cars that included translations in German, French, and Spanish. This was a team effort working with a local marketing team and translators, illustrators from Japan, and printers in Thailand. Many assignments have been converting print materials into web-ready documents to email, such as banners, postcards, and invitations. Work with senior executives producing the presentations featuring the development and implementation processes of the Barbie, Hot Wheels, and the Mattel corporate brands for division updates, global summits and licensing shows.

July 2000 to August 2005

Environmental Science Associates Los Angeles, CA

Senior Graphic Artist

Design and preparation of proposals, Environmental Impact Report graphics, and presentations to clients and public meetings. Recommendation of various hardware and graphics applications. Software applications include Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, Macromedia Freehand and Flash, PageMaker, PowerPoint, QuarkXPress. Basic system maintenance of Macintosh and Windows-based personal computers.

EDUCATION

Southern Illinois University – Carbondale, IL

Bachelor of Fine Arts degree specializing in Communication Design with additional study in Urban Design, Architectural Technology and Geography, Chairman of the Fine Arts Committee for the Student Programming Council. December 2010.

Art Center College of Design – Pasadena, CA

Course work in Graphic Design with Computers using Quark Xpress, Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator using the Macintosh.

Otis Parsons School of Design – Los Angeles, CA

Hands on Continuing Education classes in Computer Graphics, one for Illustration and another for Typography.

SOFTWARE SKILLS

Adobe Creative Cloud – Advanced

Acrobat, After Effects, Premier, Illustrator, InDesign, Muse, and Photoshop.

Apple Keynote – Advanced

ArcGIS (ESRI) – Familiar

AutoCAD – Familiar

Fusion Desktop Pro/Marcom Central

SaaS (Software as a Service) – PTI, Inc. Certificate.

Macromedia – Highly Proficient

Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Freehand, and Flash; experience began with Macromedia Media products, currently using the Adobe Creative Cloud.

Microsoft Office – Highly Proficient

Excel, PowerPoint (Advanced), SharePoint and Word.

QuarkXpress 8.0 – Advanced

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