OBJ.
My career objective is to obtain a responsible and challenging position in a company, where I can contribute my design and production experience while learning in a team environment.

SKL.
InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Figma, Design and Layout, Color Theory, Premiere Pro, Digital Photography, and HTML/CSS.

EXP.
Lyft, Inc. - Sr. Brand Designer - January ‘19 - Novemeber ‘22
Assisted multiple lines of businesses in the production of graphic material, packaging, display and advertising projects, from concept to execution. I also collaborated with graphic designers to format artwork, ensure print quality standards are met, and will often collect, process and organize files.

Platoon - Sr. Brand / Production Designer (C) - March ‘20 - June ‘22
Run production across multiple types of print and digital media, ranging from music artist one-pagers, cd and vinyl covers and booklets to full office interior artwork layout and print prep. Led convestaion between vendor and client, throughout the print process and installs.

Apple Inc. - Sr. Production Designer - September ‘15 - January ‘19
Collaborate closely with art directors, designers, and developers. Building out final press-ready files for several types of printing media, then released to printers and/or media partners. Create various digital formats from supplied artwork and specs. Provide image retouching and additional image manipulation. Prepare images for on product applications across multiple devices. Catalog and reference art for future projects. Set and follow a development timeline to ensure tasks completed in a timely manner. Troubleshoot problems as they arise with both the creative teams and outside vendors.

Schawk Inc., On-site vendor at Apple Inc. - Production Designer - July ‘13 - September ‘15
Work closely with Apple design department to ensure the creative intent, vision and brand identity are executed consistently throughout retail store panels. Create layouts and informative, detailed documentation, based off of ratios and specific guidelines, to instruct for hundreds of layouts around the world.

Blue Bee Printing - Freelance Graphic Designer - October '09 - December '13
Coordinated and executed on the creation of commercially viable color & print layouts from custom stickers to multi-page catalogs. Balanced multiple projects in a fast paced environment while maintaining attention to detail and deadline.

Nirvanu - Product Manager / Graphic Designer - February '10 - July '13
Managed and updated a wide array of content for multiple clients on the sales empowering application via Microsoft Sliverlight and iPad. Produced install instruction booklets, as well as creating User Acceptance Test Sessions with end-users, and ensuring that the product meets the specifications and is deployed successfully.

Big Minnow - Production Manager / Graphic Designer - May '08 - July '13
Planned, executed, and finalized print projects according to strict deadlines and within budget. This included acquiring resources and coordinating the efforts of team members and third-party vendors. Defined the project’s objectives and oversaw quality control throughout its life cycle. This included but not limited too, press checks, video production, web, and photography.

Motorola, Inc. - Design Lead / Web Designer - February '05 - May '08
Designed custom websites from detailed client-provided instructions. Troubleshooting design problems, while working closely with designers, QA, and copywriters, teaching advanced skills and techniques. Represented designers in meetings with supervisors, raising training issues, staffing problems, or other possible conflicts.

Silicon Valley College - Instructor - September '04 - April '07
Assisted graphic design instructor in all aspects of planning and preparing for classes. Tutored students in using Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash, QuarkXpress, design and layout, and HTML.

Netopia, Inc. - Graphic Designer / Web Designer - December '04 - February '05
Designed custom website templates to be used in Netopia’s In-house editing tool. Worked on complex projects on tight dead lines and created Flash templates for in-house tool upgrade.

EDU.
Silicon Valley College - February 02
Associates Degree in Computer Graphic Design
Graduated on the Dean’s List 2003