Contact Information studio: 360.592.4540 cell: 360.201.4940 email: ravenbrook@comcast.net Profile Team player and fast learner with integrity and an eye for detail. Good organization and communication skills; open-minded, hardworking, dependable, flexible, and efficient. Customer satisfaction is key and will go “above and beyond” to achieve it. Brief Work History McNett Corporation, Bellingham, WA: Art Director Managed Art Department and managed creation of product packaging, advertising, company website content, internal forms and documents, catalogs, tradeshow booths, and more; designed private and co-product packaging for a number of well-known companies and individuals including Pristine®, REI®, GORE-TEX®, Rick Steves, and others; designed material for new product introductions; wrote and edited copy and worked with site-wide proofreading team; approved final artwork for all design projects and gave final direction to commercial printing companies; maintained good working relationships with local and out-of-state vendors; wrote proposals for and purchased Art Department computers, equipment, and other peripheral items. Pomegranate Communications, Petaluma, CA: Designer Designed book covers, wall calendars, greeting cards, bookmarks, product packaging, books of postcards, note cards, magnets and more. Worked closely with institutions such as the New York Public Library, the National Museum of Natural History, the Academy of Natural Sciences, the National Air and Space Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, and NASA. Worked with artists such as Art Wolfe, Nancy Schutt, and the estates of M. C. Escher, Susan Seddon Boulet, B. Kliban, Edward Gorey, and others. Hewlett-Packard, San Diego, CA: Administrative Assistant/Test Tech Provided administrative support for Research and Development Manager, five section managers and more than sixty engineers. Managed multi-line phones; prepared proposals, letters, memos, presentation slides and graphics; managed performance evaluation scheduling and process, travel, tradeshow logistics, wage and salary records, R&D budget of $1M per year, and special projects; greeted visitors and directed them to appropriate channels; conducted focus groups for testing HP’s product line of color printers; created color and technical documents for performance testing and evaluation of Hewlett-Packard’s and competitors’ printers. Promoted to Test Technician in the engineering group, responsible for all focus groups, design of testing documents, execution of performance testing modules, documentation of performance testing results and reporting/distribution. Software Proficiency MS Office for Mac and Windows; Photoshop; Dreamweaver; Fireworks; Flash; InDesign; Illustrator; Fetch FTP; QuarkXPress Education Palomar Business College, San Diego, CA Business Administration, Business Law, Economics University of California, San Diego, CA Graphic Design Whatcom Community College, Bellingham, WA Website Design back to top Website and all content copyright 2012 ravenbrook design. All rights reserved.