Project Manager / Designer
Resume:
Byron Taylor
* ****** *****, ****** ****, AR ****5
*****@***********.***
http://www.byrontaylor.com
Over thirty years of professional experience in web development, advertising, marketing, publishing, graphic design, photography, illustration, distance learning, as well as team and department management.
Professional Skills
Expert in Mac and PC platforms with experience since 1985.
Expert proficiencies in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Quark Xpress.
Professional proficiencies in Adobe Flash, HTML writing, Adobe Dreamweaver and MS Office Suite.
Taught classes in Photoshop, Illustrator, XPress and Flash, as well as in other Internet techniques.
Distance learning professional since 2000.
Professional/practical photography, including darkroom experience, since 1971. Digital since 2000.
Lifetime Fine Artist with focus on airbrush, sculpture and watercolor.
Autodidact – almost completely self-taught.
Outstanding problem solving skills.
Professional Experience
Computer Sciences Corporation (May 2006 - January 2012)
Alion Science, Inc. (June 2004 - May 2006)
Universal Systems & Technology, Inc. (January 2000 - May 2004) – Art Lead/Creative Director
As Art Lead for distance learning corporations, developed interactive on-line instructional materials for the Professional Education Center of the Army National Guard. Managed other artists, developed graphics, shot original photography, wrote and developed courseware, interacted with Subject Matter Experts and recorded voice-overs.
The Pixel Works/Byron Taylor Studio (June 1982-present) – self-employed graphic artist, designer and illustrator
Clients have included:
Advertising Agencies: Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods, Mangan Holcomb & Partners, Frank J. Wills, Stone & Ward, Karsh and Hagen, Rinehart Advertising
Corporations: ESI Group, Acxiom, Alltel, Gerry Baby Products, Frontier Airlines, Intelligent Electronics, National Conference of State Legislatures
Publishers: August House Publishers, The Arkansas Times, Watson Guptill, Viking Penguin Publishers, The Providence Journal, Atlantic Monthly Press, MBI/Easton Press, The American Enterprise
Collector Card Companies: Topps, Fleer, Pinnacle Brands, Action Packed, Collector's Edge, The Private Collection (Playboy), Steve Jackson Games
Stone & Ward (Jun 1997-Oct 1998) – Interactive Specialist
Performed duties as Lead in the Art Production Department and developed their Internet and Multimedia Department.
Denver Institute of Technology (Oct. 1991-Dec 1992) – Instructor, Advanced Computer Graphics
Taught, in classroom, practical use of Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop and Quark Xpress as well as professional preparation.
Education
MFA, Fine Art Photography - Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA (projected May 2012)
B.A., Art - University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR (1979)
Continuing Ed - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI (1987)
Professional Awards
Contributed design and production to projects winning Addy Awards throughout the 80s and 90s
2002 Renderosity October Merchant of the Month
1994 CTU Newsletter Award
1993 Gold Circle Award (American Society of Association Executives)
1990 Compuserve Computer Design Award
1987 Print Regional Design Annual
1987 10th District Addy Awards
1985 Los Angeles Ad Club Award
1984 WorldCon Showcase Award
1980 NW Arkansas Addy Awards
References available upon request.
Portfolio of work online at http://www.byrontaylor.com
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