
Web and Print Design Consultant and Contractor
Greater Los Angeles Area

Web and Print Design Consultant and Contractor
Greater Los Angeles Area
Hollywood-based Destiny Manifestation Design Multimedia offers web, media, and print design services for the fine and performing arts.
I provide exceptional personal attention while clearly communicating my client’s unique skills, contributions, and product offerings in an engaging fashion, harnessing the strengths of various print and interactive media.
I can help you cultivate a professional graphic business identity and an outstanding web presence. This can simplify online business transactions, create on-going customer relationships, and lead to the achievement of greater business success.
Graphic Design (Print and Web), Sound and Video production, Photography, Music Composition, Information Architecture
(Design industry)
2002 — Present (7 years)
My goal is to help you create the most effective and efficient web presence for your business. I aim to clearly communicate your firm's offerings to your customers and help you build on-going relationships with them.
This may take the form of a static website, a content management system that you can update yourself, a blog, mailing list, podcast, or online storefront with E-Commerce capabilities. I can also help you harness the marketing strengths of personal networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter.
I have a long history of experience with computer graphics and systems support, as well as extensive knowledge of graphic design.
I provide exceptional personal attention to my clients and am easy-going and fun to work with.
I aim to give you a graphic identity that will help present your business in as professional a manner as possible; to find a graphical style that clearly communicates the content and personal style of your business.
I offer one-stop-shop web production services with some of my expert programmer affiliates, and am also available to train you to master your web tools yourself.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Architecture & Planning industry)
March 2008 — April 2008 (2 months)
CD-ROM adaptation of company website, website maintenance, content mgt system training, Apple Keynote media updates, InDesign Pricelist design, Photoshop image preparation and scanning, and pdf collateral tearsheet production.
(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Fine Art industry)
November 2007 — January 2008 (3 months)
This modification to our earlier website extended the news pages by modifying a WordPress blog template to match the existing design. Photo, video, and audio plugins enabled the owners to dynamically add multimedia posts and commentary for new gallery shows. As a videographer, I documented and published video of their January 2008 exhibition.
(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Publishing industry)
2006 — 2008 (2 years)
Graphic design for business cards, advertisements, and collateral.
(Music industry)
2006 — 2008 (2 years)
I designed, built, and continue to maintain the studio's website. This incorporated and modified existing content, using flash actionscripting to deliver sound throughout site, to modularize content, to incorporate a video clip from documentary film on one of the studio's prominent artists, and to showcase the studio's previous albums in a slideshow.
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Financial Services industry)
January 2006 — December 2007 (2 years)
As a print designer I oversaw the monthly newsletter for 2 years. The editor commented that my designs, "really look beautiful and took it up even one more level from the last designer." I was subsequently hired to redesign the covers of several pamphlets they publish. As a web designer, I re-designed the existing site to incorporate their asp database, and added a WordPress blog and google calendar to enable the volunteer staff to regularly update content.
(Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)
2005 — 2007 (2 years)
Initiated LA Kundalini Yoga Teachers’ Network with Kirtan Singh. Planned events to build teachers’ community in LA. Organized events every 60 days. Designed Flyers for events. Promoted events via email, Constant Contact, print, and phone. Worked with core team (Kirtan Singh, Har Simran Kaur, Kulwant Kaur, Anand Kaur, and Sukhmani Kaur) to target needs of teachers and create events serving their needs. Created Graphics for DVD of IKYTA Workshop. Wrote article covering evolution of teacher’s network.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Animation industry)
January 2001 — December 2001 (1 year)
As Web Integrator, I converted the designer's layouts into web pages, serving as a liaison to the database programmer. I re-designed and coded an online version of their product catalog and marketing brochures, and created animated banner ads. I maintained an accounts database, implemented project archives, and created documention for the team's work. I also provided part-time systems management support, and helped interview and hire creative and technical support staff.
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Primary/Secondary Education industry)
1997 — 1999 (2 years)
Supervised staff in completion of CD-ROM development project entitled, "Passion, Pasión, Passion," featuring artwork by 31 students at 5 Los Angeles art training centers. Mixed and helped engineer recording sessions. Redesigned CD-ROM navigational elements for better usability. Taught graphic design, video, and web development software. Implemented multi-room project exhibition with 5 simultaneous networked computers and video feeds.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Architecture & Planning industry)
1988 — 1991 (3 years)
Initiated, implemented, and managed computerization of one of NYC's top 10 architectural firms; trained users of Macintosh administrative, accounting, and CAD systems for 55 person office; supervised development of custom accounting and drawing log software.
Chaired NYC Macintosh User Group for American Institute of Architects.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Music industry)
1986 — 1987 (1 year)
MFA , Integrated Media , 1996 — 1999
Certificate , Graphic Design and Advertising Production , 1994 — 1996
BA , Music Composition and Video Production , 1981 — 1986
Pioneering thesis research on scoring for animated film included interviews with film composers and location of uncatalogued Warner Bros and MGM animation scores and bar sheets.
Research on musical applications of linguistic analysis was considered to be graduate level work by some professors and grad students.
Funding for 21 member commencement orchestra was the largest obtained by a Hampshire College student for a student composition and included many professional musicians from the Springfield Symphony.
Coursework , Music Composition and Jazz Arranging , 1984 — 1984
Coursework , Electronics, Laser Technology, Computer Graphics , 1983 — 1984
1978 — 1980