Tim Teebken

**** *. ***** ******, #***

Torrance, CA 90505

424-***-****

advsqe@r.postjobfree.com

www.timteebken.com

PROFILE

I’m a self-employed illustrator who has successfully done a broad range of other jobs over the years. I’m a creative, self-motivated, detail-oriented, reliable and organized professional illustrator, ad designer and publishing production manager with a wide background in different fields including retail sales looking for a company that will challenge me and where I can apply my work ethic, willingness to take direction, knowledge, experience and expertise.

EXPERIENCE

Freelance Editorial Illustrator

Self-employed commercial illustrator. Creating oil & acrylic paintings/illustrations for newspapers, magazines, annual reports and album & CD covers in color and in black & white according to client’s size and deadline requirements. Preparing advertising materials and mailing lists to attract new clients and to keep current clients up-to-date about new work. Invoicing, billing and running my own freelance business. General Merchandise Expert, Target Store #200, Torrance, CA — 2021-Current Be an expert and dedicated owner of select GM areas to ensure sales floor is zoned, in stock and accurately signed for guests.

Ensure regular and promotional signing is set accurately for GM categories and be knowledgeable of products in the ad.

Execute revisions, sales plans and planograms for all GM categories. Assist all non-GM areas of the store with transition sets and In Store Marketing (ISM). Conduct weekly price change workload for all GM categories. Complete Radio Frequency ID (RFID) scans in GM areas and system audit functions to ensure inventory accuracy.

Accurately execute all backroom fills, including guest requests, and backstock product from GM categories efficiently and timely.

Graphic Designer/Production Manager, Easy Reader News, Hermosa Beach, CA — 2013-2020 Design, layout, prepare stories, articles, photos, typography and pagination for press of weekly newspapers and monthly magazines of various sizes and page numbers. Understanding the design needs of clients and developing designs based on client requirements and budgets to create and design advertisements for the clients to be printed in the same newspapers and magazines and variations for different sized pages using Photoshop, Acrobat, Quark Express and InDesign.

Bus Operator, MV Transit (Orange County Transportation Authority), Irvine, CA — 2007-2009 Responsible for reporting for duty promptly in proper uniform, and for the safe and reliable transport of passengers along designated routes. Operate full-size and smaller buses over prescribed routes and following schedule, assisting passengers on and off the bus, transporting passengers with disabilities, using correct safety procedures to operate lift and safely secure wheelchairs, conducting daily vehicle inspections to ensure bus safety, cleaning the bus at the end of each shift. In Stock Associate, Walmart Store # 5072, Torrance, CA Provide high quality customer service, unload trucks, stock and arrange shelves, direct customers to their desired items, carry out groceries, set up displays for promotions, replenish items to maintain fully stocked products, inventory and use of motorized and un-motorized pallet jacks of varying sizes. Customer Service Representative Reservations, United Airlines, El Segundo, CA Customer service, sell and book domestic flights including multiple itineraries and using Mileage Plus benefits to assist passengers.

EDUCATION

Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA — Bachelor of Fine Arts Illustration El Camino College, Torrance, CA — General Education SKILLS

Drawing, painting, Photoshop, Quark, InDesign, assorted Apple Macintosh programs.