Visual Communications
Portland, Oregon Area
Visual Communications
Portland, Oregon Area
(Arts and Crafts industry)
January 1996 — Present (13 years 7 months)
Traditional and digital illustration, fine art, and graphic design in print, web, and multimedia.
(Public Company; UIS; Information Technology and Services industry)
November 2005 — May 2009 (3 years 7 months)
I handle visual communications challenges and special projects within Creative Media Services, Worldwide Marketing & Operations, mainly in the area of presentations, but sometimes spanning across web, print, animation, and multimedia. I also handle the presentation effort for worldwide internal sales conferences and analyst events. Sometimes this includes managing contractors and collaborating with offshore resources. I am also involved in the branding strategy.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Financial Services industry)
November 1999 — July 2005 (5 years 9 months)
I supervised presentations, from design to content, and brand integrity. This experience was mainly with Power Point but branched out into animation, web, print, multimedia, and cd rom marketing, as well as conference support.
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Publishing industry)
November 1998 — August 1999 (10 months)
I oversaw the aesthetics, from illustration to design, art directed contractors, interns, and staff, and provided the bulk of the illustration needs for the company's RuneQuest: Slayers project, as well as supporting other projects with illustration and design.
1992 — 1996
Art and Design 1989 — 1992
Graphic Artists Guild - member,
Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists - member,
Hillsboro Community Arts - board member,
American Red Cross - Disaster Relief - Oregon Trail Chapter