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Produced for the past twenty five years educational materials, magazines, stationary, multimedia presentations, web sites, catalogs, newsletters, posters, etc. on Macintosh and PC IBM platforms.
Assisted faculty, staff and students troubleshooting computer and software problems since 1982 at Southwestern, Miramar Colleges, California State University, San Marcos and University of California, San Diego.
Poster - XTREME Games
Computer software experience:
InDesign
DreamWeaver
Contribute
GoLive
PageMaker,
Flash
Visio
QuarkXpress
Illustrator
FreeHand
PhotoShop
Director
iMovie
iTunes
iWeb
iPhoto
iDVD
Premiere,
FinalCut Pro
Apperture
Kai’s Power Tools
FileMaker
OmniPage
PageMil
HTML, CSS Language
Acrobat Profesional
Fetch
SoundEdit
Microsoft Office
MSWord
MSPowerPoint
MSExcel
Word Perfect
Scanning Software
E-mail
ZoomText
Dragon Dictate
VocalEyes
FireWorks
Painter
HyperCard
Media 100
ImageStyler
RayDream Designer
mTropolis
GIF Builder
FrontPage
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Hired and supervised the work of several photographers, illustrators and production artists.
Marketing Director for Epicenter (San Diego Regional Teen Center)
Analyzed data to introduce foreign products to American markets. Planned advertising strategies for the introduction of Mexican furniture by own importing company.
Experienced in digital arts and visual communication. Skilled in visual concept development, design, production, manual and digital preparation of boards and prepress files, traditional and digital tpesetting, proof aproval, printing, and distribution of final product. Good understanding of graphics ergonomics and cultural preferences, symbology, typography, color theory, page layout and illustration of multicolor-multypage documents. Expert knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, leadership technique, conventional and digital production methods of camera-ready art, and coordination of people and resources.
More than ten years of experience in web design and multimedia. Self-motivated with a high level of responsibility and professionalism. Creative problem solving skills. Ability to work independently as well as with a team. Very familiar with UCSD’s web accessibility guidelines from W3C, Section 508 ADA and ISO. Frequently use Jaws and VocalEyes low vision screen readers looking for accessibility problems testing particular URLs with web applications like WAVE.
Designed and produced layouts, mechanicals and storyboards for multimedia presentations, corporate and non-profit design, branding development, and organization’s design guidlines, advertising, typography, logos, web sites, on-line stores, web animation, point of purchase, kiosks, t-shirts, newsletters, posters, manuals, brochures, menus, packaging, etc. for various companies and educational institutions. Supervised and approved all pre-press material maintaining a close working relationship and communication with the client, the creative team and vendors throughout all the steps of the project.
Photographed subjects and objects for clients' brochures and other advertising projects. Experience in black/white, color darkroom work and digital photography. Manipulated, composed, and retouched photographs using PhotoShop and Kai's Tools. Experience in chrome multimedia production using the Arion MateTrack Programmer, Sharp and Tascam 133 Tape Decks. Director CD and DVD multimedia production. Taught basic digital photography.
2002
- 2004 Taught two "Web Page Design" sesions of "College for Kids" at Southwestern College
2001 Worked as a Computer Arts instructor for the Arts
Center of California in San Diego, CA.
1993 - 2000 Worked as an Adjunct Instructor for the DSPS High Tech Center at Miramar College. The average enrollment for each class was 15 to 20 students a semester. My duties at the High Tech Center were to teach predominantly learning disabled students to develop in-depth knowledge of computer keyboarding and adaptive computer devices in preparation for mainstream classes. The method of instruction was one to one demonstration of equipment and software like Microsoft Office 97, Jostens Invest Learning Destinations, WordPerfect, PageMaker, Photoshop, and special software for the disabled like DragonDictate, ZoomText, DeckTalk and VocalEyes.
1992 - 1993 Tutored Computer Graphics, Statistics, History of Art, Photography, American History, Advanced Spanish, and Pre-Algebra to students and staff at Southwestern College and Miramar College.
• Computer Resource Specialist at the Department of Communication at UCSD
• Coordinated activities for instructional computer lab.
• Suggested the purchasing of new software and equipment.
• Handled inventory of software and hardware.
• Evaluated student's educational software needs, prescribed lessons.
• Responsible for light maintenance of 10 PC and Mac LAN networked computer stations.
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