Office: 619-698 -1222
mobile: 619-203-8985
ann@tarvinart.com
www.tarvinart.com
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
QUALIFIED BY
- Graphic design experience with print and web
- Template design for websites and publications
- Multi-faceted ad campaigns
- Tradeshow booths and architectural illustration
- Print Brokering
- Ability to precisely design and produce projects from small, intricate die-cut pieces to wall-size displays.
COMPUTER PROFICIENCIES
| InDesign, QuarkXPress | Filemaker, Acrobat, Swift 3-D | Dreamweaver, Sharepoint |
| Photoshop, Illustrator | Word, Excel | Flash, Powerpoint |
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
EXPERIENCE
- Freelance designer/ illustrator for software companies, health-related manufacturers, retailers and the U.S. Navy.
- Full time graphic designer/ illustrator for retail chains and architectural illustration firms.
- Tutored other graphic designers in Photoshop, Illustrator and QuarkXPress and Dreamweaver.
- Broker printing and tradeshow displays units for multiple clients.
- XML automation- Designed the print portion of web-to-catalog work flow. Created and linked all style tags.
- Supervised special events- Strategized marketing, produced creative collateral, purchased mailing lists and ?give-aways?, hired personnel, then calibrated success. In one instance generated a 12% response rate for a direct mail campaign.
DESIGN AND PRODUCTION
- Graphic Design- Page layout, typography, illustration and production for brochures, catalogs, ads and direct mail.
- Web design- User interface, HTML, CSS, and some database integration, PHP and flash animations. Understand accessibility.
- Excellent skills in production management, pre-press, image correction and the efficiencies of templates, and styles.
EMPLOYERS
- Tarvin Commercial Art (Owner), La Mesa, CA
- efi/Total Gym (Exercise Equipment), San Diego, CA
- Dixieline, San Diego, CA
- Cuyamaca Community College
CLIENTS (Recent)
- Grossmont Healthcare District
- Grossmont-Cuyamaca College District
- Frazee Paints
- Construction Specification Institute- West Coast
- Display Warehouse (Store fixtures)
- Big Events (Giant inflatables, parade balloons)
EDUCATION
- BA with Distinction in graphic design from SDSU
- Web development classes- San Diego College District, Cuyamaca College, Lynda.com Tutorials
- San Diego Direct Marketing Club seminars
PORTFOLIO
- www.tarvinart.com
- Printed samples furnished upon request.