With 30 years of experience, I am qualified to work on a variety of projects, and am happy to do so. Work I've been involved with has included both business to business and consumer; collateral design, direct mail, CD packaging, web sites, identity, photo compositing and retouching as well as video editing and art directing photo shoots. Clients have covered a wide spectrum including banking, travel, technology, entertainment, automotive, industrial and home furnishings. In addition to this experience, I am also an accomplished recording engineer.

EXPERIENCE

2009-Present
Freelance Designer  
Designed and produced websites, direct mail, collateral, trade show booths, CD packaging and shot/edited videos for corporate, political, travel and music industry clients.  

2013-2020 
MMGY, Los Angeles, CA 
Retouched and color corrected all photography for the company as well as print and digital production. Clients such as Princess Cruise Lines, Cunard Cruise Lines, Signature Travel, British Virgin Islands, Hawaii Tourist Board. Over 10 print magazines produced a year plus numerous brochures, digital banners, and social media support. Corporate event and portrait photgrapher, video editing.

2003-2009
Senior Designer Grabiner/Hall Marketing, Los Angeles, CA
Concepted, designed and produced print and web projects for diverse clients in the technology, manufacturing, home decor and furniture markets. Handled all print production, including sending all print ads to publications and handling the proofing process. Art directed photo shoots. In-house digital photographer for custom studio shots.

2002-2003
Freelance Designer Creative Circle, Los Angeles, CA
Designed and produced projects for a wide variety of clients, including Toyota and E! Entertainment Networks. Work included collateral materials, advertisements for magazines and trade shows, web sites, and multimedia presentations. 

2000-2002
Senior Graphic Designer E.piphany Inc, San Mateo, CA
Concept development and design for this leading CRM software company. Responsible for maintaining brand identity standards for the company. Worked directly with the creative team manager in the development and creation of collateral materials, advertisements, billboards, web sites, and direct mail on various marketing fronts.  

1997–2000
Associate Art Director (Promoted Jan. 2000) 
Senior Graphic Designer (Promoted Jan. 1999) 
Godbe Communications, Half Moon Bay, CA
Designed and managed projects for a wide variety of clients while leading a team of three designers. Work included direct mail, collateral materials, advertisements for magazines and trade shows, corporate identification systems, web sites, and multimedia presentations. Specialties included photo illustration, direct mail, and concept development.

1996–1997
Graphic Designer Disc Makers, Fremont, CA
Designed print work for compact discs, cassettes, records, and promotional materials such as posters and stickers; sent out and received scans and dealt with clients’ original artwork; trapped all artwork.


SKILLS

Art Direction and Concepting
• Ideas
• Collaboration
• Photo shoots

Design and Production
• Ads
• Collateral
• Direct mail
• Identity
• Trade show booths
• Websites and Banners

Photography
• Retouching
• Color correction
• Compositing

Video Editing
• Editing
• Color Grading
• Capture

Presentation Design
• Power Point template design and implementation
• Quick and efficient formatting of decks

Software		
• Photoshop
• InDesign
• Illustrator
• Premiere Pro
• Dreamweaver
• PowerPoint
• Microsoft Word
• Pro Tools

Music Production
In addition to art, I am an accomplished music producer, engineer and bass player. I have 20 years of experience and have worked on over 100 records as a producer, mixer or mastering engineer.

EDUCATION

University of California, Santa Cruz
BFA with emphasis in etching and computer graphics and design

Porterville Community College, Porterville, CA
AA in Applied Arts

Porterville High School Porterville, CA
Valedictorian, California Scholastic Federation Sealbearer