
Visual Media Designer / Music Blogger and DJ
San Francisco Bay Area

Visual Media Designer / Music Blogger and DJ
San Francisco Bay Area
A graphic designer with over 13 years experience creating presentations, web sites, video projects and branded collateral for some of silicon valley's leading technology companies, including: 3Com, Capcom, Cisco, Cadence, Electronic Arts, Documentum, Intel, Kana (formally Broadbase), Hewlett Packard, Philips Semiconductors, Sony and others. I have an excellent track record of managing projects and design vendors for large-scale projects like web site design, conference support, and multimedia projects.
Solid background managing projects, vendors and designers simultaneously
Provide excellent direction on projects from wireframes to finished products
Proven track record of integrating different design elements and technologies to produce
Expertise in design reviews, managing personnel, scheduling, contingency plans, all while maintaining and coming in under budget
Graphic Design, Web Design, Presentation Design, Video Composition, Video Editing, Audio Engineering
(Music industry)
December 2007 — Present (2 years )
Doing contract work and looking for a permanent position
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GD; Defense & Space industry)
October 2003 — December 2007 (4 years 3 months)
Brought into the Graphics support group as the pre-press professional to service the company's Project Teams with proposals, media duplication, and graphics creation.
1. Create and reproduce CD's and DVD's of live events and instructional material, which is send out to the sales and engineering teams in the field
2. Help Project Teams develop official logos and diagrams for project bids
3. Onsite support for meetings and presentations requiring multimedia elements and internet integration.
(Computer Software industry)
November 2000 — October 2001 (1 year )
Recruited by the Vice President of Corporate Marketing to be a multi-faceted designer in the re-branding of the company's web sites and presentations. Working with outside vendors and partners on product campaigns, my responsibilities also included exploring new avenues to create revenue through marketing.
1. Support the sales force with creating printed and onscreen collateral for better support of established and potential clients
2. Maintain the look and feel of all major company web sites
3. Monitor the corporate standards on all print, web and presentation materials
(Public Company; Government Relations industry)
1996 — 2000 (4 years )
(Public Company; Semiconductors industry)
July 1996 — July 2000 (4 years 1 month)
Responsible for giving a wide range of design support to Silicon Valley companies, like Cisco Systems, Cadence Design Systems, 3Com and Sony Electronics.
1. Key consultant for client product branding and corporate identities
2. Integrate new technologies into the company's corporate standards
1989 — 1994
Writing, creating music