Tim Garret

Past

• Graphic Designer (Contract) - Entertainment Experience Group, EXG at Microsoft Entertainment & Devices (via Filter)
• Senior Graphic Designer at Nintendo of America
• Graphic Designer at Nintendo of America

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Education

• Arizona State University
• Art Center College of Design

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Industry

Design

Tim Garret’s Experience

• Graphic Designer (Contract) - Entertainment Experience Group, EXG

  Microsoft Entertainment & Devices (via Filter)

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

  September 2008 — December 2008 (4 months)

• Senior Graphic Designer

  Nintendo of America

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; NTDOY; Computer Games industry)

  July 2001 — October 2007 (6 years 4 months)

  Design and pre-press:
  • Feature articles and monthly columns for Nintendo Power magazine, a successful monthly magazine with a circulation of about 350k
  • Nintendo Player's Guide covers for retail POP display
  • Marketing collateral: catalogs, brochures, direct mail
  • Print advertisements (concept, design, production)
  • Worked with contract design staff and oversaw projects
  
  Research & Analysis:
  • Provided analysis and process recommendations that resulted in production quality improvements
  • My research report on the best magazine redesign firms helped Nintendo select Roger Black & Robb Rice to redesign Nintendo Power (2006)
  • Produced a self-initiated report that recommended design changes to improve the reader experience of Nintendo Power magazine (2007)

• Graphic Designer

  Nintendo of America

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; NTDOY; Computer Games industry)

  January 1996 — June 2001 (5 years 6 months)

  Design and pre-press:
  • Nintendo Power magazine
  • Nintendo Player's Guides
  • Marketing collateral: catalogs, brochures, direct mail
  • Print advertisements
  
  Additional Contributions:
  • Contractor training and project oversight
  • Smoothed production of labor intensive Player's Guides by initiating the use of style guides, checklists and image libraries
  • Occasionally assisted some of the editorial staff with Mac software issues (QuarkXPress, Photoshop, Acrobat, fonts)
  
  Note: For a complete list of the design positions I've held, please see my resume at: http://www.designrelated.com/profile/timgarret

Tim Garret’s Education

• Arizona State University

  Bachelor of Science, Industrial Design

  Design Competitions Entered:
  
  July 1991
  SONY Design Vision '91
  Tokyo, Japan
  Category: Design Concepts
  Entry: Cousin IT, Home Stereo of the Future
  
  March 1991
  Nippon Computer Graphics Association: Design the Future Competition
  Tokyo, Japan
  Category: Design Concepts
  Entry: Walkabout, a tool for exploration (portable multimedia capture device)

• Art Center College of Design

  Design Communication

  Summer 1989: Courses in Perspective Drawing, Lighting Theory

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