Education and Training
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**** ****** *** *** ***** Wide Web, El Camino College Torrance, California 2000 Production Art/Silk Screening, S.C. Regional Occupational Center Torrance, California Experience
Graphic Designer / Production Artist / Technical Illustrator Avion Graphics, Foothill Ranch CA 2020-2024 Designing and printing vehicles wraps for aircraft and ground transportation on Epson large format printers Duties also included converting precise blueprints into vector format and printing on HP Indigo printer for use as instructional signage for commercial aircraft as well as for machined metal plaques. Lead Graphic Designer / Lead Production Artist Hi-Tech Graphics, Buena Park CA 2013-2017 Managed production of designing, color separating, outputting print-ready artwork films for heat press transfers for use on garments. Setting up laser cutter to cut materials such as denim, felt and neoprene as well as updating and designing web graphics for the e-commerce website. Senior Marketing Graphic Designer / Production Artist / Product Developer TRENDnet Electronics,Torrance 2007-2012 Designed infographics and pre-press offset print, Managing digital marketing materials for various computer publications such as PC World and Maximum PC. Designing and developing UI/UX for various networking devices. As well as designing store banners, Point Of Purchase booths and promotional product campaign posters for use in trade-shows and conventions internationally. Praised by senior leadership for quickly learning new procedures and for surpassing productivity expectations. Graphic Designer / Production Artist / Illustrator Maui & Sons Surfwear, Pacific Palisades 2005-2007 Responsibilities were conceptualizing silkscreen artwork for garments including surfboards, trims & hang tags for use in seasonal surf wear. As well as generating CAD catalog layouts and tech packs for the international market. Graphic Designer / Production Artist / Illustrator MMS Inc./Jem Sportswear, Laguna Beach, Los Angeles 2003-2005 Hand drawn and conceptualized licensed artwork for the garment industry. Entailing tech pack preparation for screen printing and color separation for companies such as Disney, Kohl's, X-Games Mossimo, Sideout, Joe Boxer and Gotcha. Chief of Styling and Design / Lead Artist, Harley-Davidson West Coast Custom Paint Division, Huntington Beach 2000-2003 Duties were the supervision of conceptualizing, airbrushing and engineering CAD cut vinyl graphics to layout on prototype production motorcycle parts. As well as IT maintenance duties, setting up cutter/plotters, managing and assigning prototyping tasks to painters and airbrushers in preparation for limited edition custom paint schemes. Skills
Communication, Project Management, Relationship Development, Staff Training, Leadership, Art Direction Software
Apple OSX & IOS, Windows, Android, Adobe CC Suite, Photoshop, Illustrator, Slack, Monday, CorelDraw, Procreate, InDesign, Roland VersaWorks, Flexicut, Drawmate, (FTP Software) Filezilla, Fetch, Cinema4D, ZBrush, Microsoft Office, WinPlot, RIP Software (Wasatch, Onyx),
Esko Workflow, Dreamweaver, AfterEffects, Adobe Acrobat, HTML, Javascript, Microsoft Outlook, Premiere Pro, GCC LaserWorks, Ultimaker Cura, Vizcom.AI, Midjourney. Hardware
Stylus Tablet (Wacom), Cutter/Plotter & Large Format Color Printer (Epson, Roland, Graphtec, Mimaki, DGI, Summa,HP Indigo Printer) C02 Laser Engraver/Cutter (Kaitian, Epilog, GCC), Manual Heatpress,10 color automatic silkscreen press, 3D printer (Makerbot, Creality CR-10s, Sunlu), 6 color manual silkscreen press (Ranar, Ryonet). Clients
Harley-Davidson, Yamaha, Maui & Sons, Jada Toys, Adidas, Disney, X Games, Trailer Park, Kohls, Pro 1 Performance, Upvel Electronics, UCI University of California Irvine Marco A. Williams
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