Jim Owens

Current

Owner and Freelance Creative at Barakadesignworks

Past

Freelance Writer, Illustrator and Photographer at Freelance Creative
President at Owens Western Company
Geosciences Manager (Salt Lake City) at Dames and Moore

Manager of Geologic Services at Consulting Environmental Engineers
Project Geologist at Recon Systems

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Education

University of Rhode Island
Syracuse University

Connections

30 connections

Industry

Graphic Design

Websites

barakadesignworks.com

Jim Owens’s Summary

Design for web and print using flash, dreamweaver, flex and InDesign. Illustration (technical and otherwise) using non-digital methods, illustrator, painter, photoshop, autocad, sketchup and zbrush. Photography using film, conventional digital and HDRI methods and macro, medium focal-length and telephoto lenses. Typography and typographic design. Hand coding with HTML, CSS, MXML and AS 3.0. Use of PHP, mySQL and AJAX with dreamweaver and in pre-constructed applications such as wordpress and joomla. Research, planning, copywriting and editing.

Jim Owens’s Specialties:

Turnkey design and implementation of all aspects of small and medium-sized web sites and print projects. Technical graphics. Extraction-based industries. Nature, science and/or travel based work.

Jim Owens’s Experience

Owner and Freelance Creative

Barakadesignworks

(Graphic Design industry)

February 2002 — Present (7 years 10 months)

Freelance creative services including print and interactive design, copy research, writing and editing, illustration and photography for magazines, mineral exploration and development companies, advertising and interactive design agencies, and private clients.
Freelance Writer, Illustrator and Photographer

Freelance Creative

(Writing and Editing industry)

July 1998 — February 2002 (3 years 8 months)

Researched and wrote feature articles. Developed supporting photography and illustration.
President

Owens Western Company

(Environmental Services industry)

February 1993 — February 2002 (9 years 1 month)

Environmental consultant performing site investigation and remediation services under RCRA corrective action programs in Utah and Colorado.
Geosciences Manager (Salt Lake City)

Dames and Moore

(Environmental Services industry)

August 1989 — February 1993 (3 years 7 months)

Managed regional office. Served marketing and supervisory functions. Managed numerous environmental investigation, remediation and regulatory compliance projects under RCRA, Superfund and other programs throughout the western United States.
Manager of Geologic Services

Consulting Environmental Engineers

(Environmental Services industry)

February 1987 — August 1989 (2 years 7 months)

Managed regional office. Served marketing and supervisory functions. Managed numerous environmental investigation, remediation and regulatory compliance projects under RCRA, Superfund and other programs throughout the New England and tri-State areas.
Project Geologist

Recon Systems

(Environmental Services industry)

June 1985 — February 1987 (1 year 9 months)

Managed numerous environmental investigation, remediation and regulatory compliance projects under RCRA, Superfund and other programs throughout the tri-State area and Pennsylvania.