Resume

Objective
- Execute the perfect illustration for a client commission while enjoying the creative and technical challenge
Experience
- Illustration
  - Traditional Mediums, Computer, and Hybrid Styles
  - Children's Projects: Educational, Literary Interpretation, Full Color, Line Drawing
  - Other Projects: Caricatures, Self-Promotion, Branding, Full Color
  - Technical Drawing: Manuals, Product Packaging, and Instructions Sheets
- Graphic Design
  - Conceptualization
  - Branding
  - Catalog Cover Design
  - Logo and Icon Design
  - Photo Direction and Photo-Shoot Coordination (Studio and Location)
- Production Design
  - Layout and Design Reproduction (Catalog, Book)
  - Template Design and Implementation
  - PDF Workflow Management (Images and Layout)
  - Catalog Management Software
  - Color Correction
  - Mock-up Production
  - Press Check / Bindery
Employment
- Alex Vermillion Illustration
  - January 2007 to Present, Seattle, WA
  - Freelance Illustrator and Stay-at-Home Dad
- ULINE Shipping Supplies
  - May 2005 to January 2007, Waukegan, IL
  - Catalog Production Designer
- Aquent
  - March 2005 to June 2006, Chicago, IL
  - Production Design, Graphic Design, and Illustration
  - Placed at Cognitive Concepts, Evanston, IL
- Conney Safety Products
  - November 2000 to April 2004, Madison, WI
  - Catalog Graphic Designer
- Freelance
  - 2000 to Present
  - Illustrator and Graphic Designer
Media and Skills
- Traditional
  - Pencil
  - Pen and Ink
  - Colored-Pencil
  - Watercolor
  - Metal
- Computer
  - Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, GoLive, Acrobat)
  - QuarkXPress
  - Pindar Catalog Management System
  - HTML
  - CSS
  - Microsoft Office
  - PC, Mac, and Some UNIX
- Other
  - Conversational Spanish
Education
- University of California San Diego
  - 1996 to 2000
  - Bachelor of the Arts, Visual Arts Studio
  - Minor in Spanish Literature