Tom Bonner

Past

Expert Author at EzineArticles
Owner Operator at Adventures in Design
Contract Graphic Designer at Pelton and Crane

Art Director/Web Designer at DWE Worldcom
Digital Manager at Applied Graphics Technologies
Freelance Writer - Photographer at Self Employed (Self-employed)

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Education

Schoolcraft College

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Industry

Graphic Design

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Tom Bonner’s Experience

Expert Author

EzineArticles

(Graphic Design industry)

2007 — 2008 (1 year)
Owner Operator

Adventures in Design

(Graphic Design industry)

2002 — 2007 (5 years)

Web Design, Photography, Search Engine Optimization for clients large and small
Contract Graphic Designer

Pelton and Crane

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Medical Devices industry)

December 2004 — July 2006 (1 year 8 months)

Graphic/web designer for large dental equipment manufacturer. Completely redesigned and updated multiple company websites. Created catalogs, print ads, posters, etc. Retouched extensive library of images in Photoshop, worked closely with outside photographers to develop images for various projects. Substantially increased website traffic through SEO efforts.
Art Director/Web Designer

DWE Worldcom

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Design industry)

June 2000 — March 2002 (1 year 10 months)

Designed and created websites, print materails, ads and multimedia. Coded in HTML, Flash, Javascript, CSS. Photograped real estate holdings, created numerous 360 degree virtual tours. Position was in a small inhouse design studio. DWE Worldcom is involved in real estate, golf courses, hotels, construction, rental properties, travel agencies and more.
Digital Manager

Applied Graphics Technologies

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; AGTX; Information Technology and Services industry)

March 1989 — June 2000 (11 years 4 months)

Managed a 12 person Macintosh prepress division running over three shifts. Handled General Motors Dealer catalogs, magazines and collateral advertising. Hi-res image retouching (Photoshop and Scitex Prisma), page layout (Quark Xpress), Illustration (Adobe Illustrator), digital file transfer (AP Adsend, ISDN, Wham-Net).
Freelance Writer - Photographer
Self Employed (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Writing and Editing industry)

1975 — 1986 (11 years)

Full time freelance writer and photographer specializing in automotive and travel.
Track photographer: Detroit Dragway.
Track Photographer: Milan Dragway.
Track Photographer: Motor City Dragway
Writer and columnist:Four Wheeler magazine
Contributing editor: Super Stock & Drag Illustrated magazine
Writer - photographer: photographer Autosport Canada
Columnist: Drag News