Masanori Shimozato

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resume : Masanori Shimozato 416-***-**** 416-***-**** (c) addxcg@r.postjobfree.com Freelance Designer • Toronto, Canada

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Clients • Sony Inc. • City of Mississauga • VHA Home HealthCare • Corporate Concept Group Inc.

• Propeller Coffee Co. • Romspen Investment Corporation • Essential Data Services Inc. • Infinity Network Solutions Inc. • Blink Integration Agency • The Behar Group Realty Inc. • Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre • Yakudo Traditional Japanese Drummers • Collega for Aveda • Sakura Kai Japanese Dancers • Etsuko Terada (Concert Pianist) • Great International FOODs Inc. • PK Wine Inc. Haley Sharpe Design • Toronto, Canada

Senior Graphic Designer • 2006 to 2009

Responsibilities: Signage and 2D graphics for the following galleries

• Michael Lee-Chin Crystal and Heritage Galleries at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto

• An Extraordinary LIfe: Abraham Lincoln Exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution, Wash D.C.

• The Greeks and Jamestown, Quebec, Santa Fe exhibits at the CMC, Ottawa Focus Ad Inc. • Toronto, Canada

Designer • 2002 to 2006

Responsibilities:

• Design of identity, ads, brochures, store menu, calendar, and holiday cards for Collega For Aveda.

• Design of ads, newsletters and posters for CTC Communications specializing in pharmaceutical product marketing.

• Design of product catalogues, ads, and signage for TAB, records and information management provider.

Draft • Tokyo, Japan

Graphic Designer • 2001

Draft is an award-winning design and advertising firm lead by Mr. Satoru Miyata, an internationally established art director.

Responsibilities:

• Design and production of Kirin Beer advertisement campaign for the summer of 2001.

• Ad campaign for theater performance, ”Jim Thompson’s room”, and a German hair product manufacturer Schwartzkof .

Infogrames U.S.A. • San Jose, USA

Senior Designer • Marketing Department 2001

Infogrames is the largest European computer and video game producer based in France. Responsibilities:

• Overseeing company ad campaigns in various gaming magazines, design and production of US game titles such as: Unreal Tournament and its Game of The Year versions for Sony PS2 and Sega Dreamcast, X’Treme Sports, Worms Pinball, Real Pool, Loonie Toon series for Warner Brothers, etc.

Computecmedia U.S.A. • San Francisco, USA

Senior Graphic Designer • 2000

Computecmedia is a German computer and video gaming magazine publisher, who published incite Video Gaming and incite PC Gaming, until June of 2000. Responsibilities:

• Overseeing company ad campaigns, cross promotion between the magazines, creation of a sales brochure/PowerPoint slide presentation for the Electronic Entertainment Expo, and design of various PR presentation sheets.

related experiences

resume : Masanori Shimozato 416-***-**** 416-***-**** (c) addxcg@r.postjobfree.com The Milarepa Fund • San Francisco, USA

Art Director / Senior Graphic Designer • 1996-1999 The Milarepa Fund is a non-profit organization founded by the Beastie Boys in1994 with a goal of informing the public about the current situation of Tibet and their non-violent struggle by integrating entertainment with education and activism. Responsibilities: Art direction, design, and production of the following:

• Tibetan Freedom Concert 3 CD set

• Advertisements in major publications i.e. Spin, Rolling Stones, MEAN, Bikini, etc.

• Tibetan Freedom Concert posters, brochures, passes and website

• Quarterly magazines

• Visual identity system

• Activism brochures

• Annual reports

Em Dash • San Francisco, USA

Graphic Designer • 1995-97

Em Dash is a boutique design firm with its focus in store packaging and ad design. Responsibilities:

Conceptual interpretation and design of projects. Physical creation of presentation mock-ups and final art works.

Clients: Pottery Barn, Gap, Banana Republic, House This and Straits Cafe Tamotsu Yagi Design • San Francisco, USA

Design Assistant • 1995

Tamotsu Yagi is an internationally renown art director/designer from Japan who became known for establishing the visual style of ESPRIT. Responsibilities:

Conceptual research and production of presentation comps and final art works. Clients: Esprit, Shiseido, Intel, SFMOMA (for Tamotsu Yagi exhibition) education

Toronto Image Works

Toronto, Ontario

Diploma : Print and Web professional

California College of the Arts

San Francisco, CA

BFA : Graphic Design

University of Puget Sound

Seattle, WA

BA : Fine Arts

skills

Adobe Creative Suite CC

InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat Pro, Bridge Microsoft Office, Excel

Photography

Print making & Drawing

Fluent in Japanese

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