More than 15 years of experience as a professional web and print designer with a passion for conceptual thinking and great design.

Software Proficiencies

Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe GoLive, Macromedia Flash, Macromedia Dreamweaver, HTML, QuarkXPress, Adobe PageMaker, PowerPoint, and a variety of other desktop publishing and word processing softwares

Skills

• Solid understanding of design process for print and web with focus on quality and cost effectiveness
• Experience in branding with ability to incorporate marketing principles in design
• Web page design, extensive experience with image optimization
• Corporate identity, packaging, print collateral, illustration, typography
• Comfortable with both Mac and PC platforms
• Strong oral and written communication skills

Education

Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
1984-1988
Bachelor of Arts, Major Illustration
(Achieved Award of Excellence)

Experience

Oct. 2001 to Present
Atrium Design, Belmont CA
Owner/Creative Designer

• Communicated with companies in order to establish their specific brand and unite their web and print collateral into coherent and compelling form.
• Built and nurtured client relationships
• Worked closely with internal company contacts to understand requirements and create cost efficient graphic designs
• Interviewed, hired, and managed photographers, marketing teams, copy writers, and other vendors that match best with clients' goals and needs

Clients include:

Jossey-Bass/Wiley Publishing
Sample projects:

• Series of logo design family for their best seller author, Jim Kouzes
• Designed two online elearning courses, and online surveys
• Designed training manuals which included cover design, charts, maps and diagrams

The Fireman's Fund Insurance Company
Sample projects:

• Designed series of logos for training courses
• Illustrated and designed puzzles as learning aid

APL Global Transportation Company
Sample projects:

• Created collateral which was presented at CUBIC (Corporate University Best in Class) competition and was awarded second position.
• Corporate eNewsletter

EDA (Executive Development Associates)
Sample projects:

• Marketing brochures
• Book cover and internal design
• eNewsletter
• Training collateral
• PowerPoint presentations

Teikoku Pharma, USA

One of the world's leading experts in innovative drug delivery systems

Provided a 360 degree service by interviewing and hiring necessary teams such as marketing firms, photographers,... and designing marketing collateral that visually depict the strength of Teikoku Pharma's visionary Pharmaceutical products.

Oct. 1999-Oct. 2001
Assentive Solutions, San Francisco CA
Senior Designer

Assentive Solutions was a B2B company catering to manufacturing industry.

Designed Assentive Solutions' web site from day one. The site included complex pieces such as:

• data vault with capabilities to edit, check in and get data and also visualize 3D files
• address book to create collaborative teams with specific permissions for each team
• search engine for engineering community
  • Communicated with marketing department, UI designers, programmers, executives...
  • Created story boards and wire frames for the website
  • Designed all icons, navigation bars and page layout
  • Created style guide and communicated with programmers for correct implementation
  • Hired and managed other graphic designers to ensure consistency
  • Produced print pieces for marketing purposes
  • Designed PowerPoint presentations, white papers and annual reports for board meetings, investors and clients

Oct. 1996-Oct. 1999
Tom Peters Company, Palo Alto CA
Senior Designer

• Communicated with executives, marketing and sales teams to redesign and create marketing collateral
• Designed, programmed and maintained corporate website
• Created workshop materials such as participant guides, models, icons, learning maps, and presentations
• Hired freelance graphic designers as needed and reviewed their work to establish consistency
  
  

Jan. 1995-Oct. 1996
InterTrade, Santa Cruz CA
Graphic Designer

InterTrade specialized in online commerce.

• Designed their corporate logo and developed a consistent look for the company
• Designed company web site and all print collateral

August 1988-Jan. 1995
SIA Consulting Engineers, San Francisco, CA
Graphic Designer

• Responsible for all advertising materials and literature
• Handled all design projects from layout to design and proofreading
• Interacted with different print shops and service bureaus