Looking for full time employment and helping
organizations with their strategic communications planning,
visual identity including
logos, websites and promotional materials.
GRAPHICS EXPERIENCE___________________________________________________________________________
Coolbaugh Designs, Owner
Seattle, WA
1992
– Present
·
Logo design,
web design, murals, brochures, posters, branding
and general advertising
·
United States clients include: Goodyear, Underground
Motorsports, Baker’s Choice, Design Food Group, NationsBank,
Pet’s Warehouse, Ebony Unique, Carolina
Cruisers, Carefree Cartridge and Laser Co., The Gorge Group, LSA Foundation,
Bickford Ford/
Mercury, the City of Kirkland, Curtis McGuire Architect AIA, and Apex Construction
Safety.
·
United Kingdom clients include: IBM, St. Paul's Hospital, Walton's Restaurant, BBC
(British Broadcasting Corporation),
Jester's Pub and Minster's Restaurant
The City of Kirkland, CMO (City Manager's
Office) - Program Assistant (temporary) Kirkland,
WA 2007 - 2007
·
Worked Content Management Systems
for the City (www.explorekirkland.com)
·
Researched and implemented
information regarding events in the City and surrounding areas
·
Designed and produced Event Guides
for the public
·
Interacted with business owners
throughout the City to coordinate information to be entered into the Events
Guide
·
Designed using PowerPoint for my
manager
University Reprographics, Large Format
Printer / Graphics Seattle, WA 2005
– 2007
·
Managed computers / plotters as a technician and Graphic
Designer
·
Fulfilled complex orders from clients including;
typesetting, posters, brochures, AutoCAD manipulation / conversion,
Spec. books, binding and photo Mylar
·
Safety Officer; educating employees on first aid,
earthquake preparedness and safety in the workplace
·
Responsible for creating an archive for hardcopy blueprints
from hundreds of clients around the country
·
Operated on a daily basis:
o
Printers / plotters; large format in color and
b/w; also various smaller printers including offset and Xerox
o
[HPDJ 5000ps – (60”), HPDJ 1055cm
– (36”), OCE 9800 (ReproDesk) – (36”), Itek offset]
o Scanning / scanners;
large format, also in color and b/w; also various smaller scanners w/ varying
resolutions
o [OCE CS4050 –
(60”), OCE 9800 - (36”)] Lamination – (40”)
Computer Associates Inc., Senior Graphics Artist – Presales
Division Herndon,
VA 1997
- 1998
·
Spearheaded
"In-house" graphic artist position
·
Created
presentations for sales, presales, and post sales. These activities were
conducted for both in-house and Computer Associates clientele.
·
In
charge of creating GUI interfaces for mainframe applications such as;
SuperTrack (CICS scheduling system), OPAL
(Mainframe to Windows
GUI software), and other client computer programs
D.P. Associates Inc., Intermediate G.A. USN/Senior Graphic Artist
USMC Arlington,
VA 1996 - 1997
·
Created the development of courseware graphics and training materials
for the US Marine Corp
·
Produced instructionally sound 2D / 3D graphics for pilot and
copilot training
·
Responsible for GUI, structural design, graphics presentation,
quality control and details of each graphic
·
Developed
enhanced multimedia presentations from scanning images to enhancing
illustrations and other graphics
SERVICE
EXPERIENCE_____________________________________________________________________________
Elliott Bay
Wine Dist., Warehouse / Driver/ Merchandising Manager Seattle, WA 2007 - Present
·
Retail
merchandising of product in stores across Western Washington
·
Merchandise
managing by coordinating the sales representatives, the drivers, and each store
to complete the task
·
Filled customers
orders from warehouse
·
Used forklift to
move wine in warehouse and unload shipments from trucks on an almost daily
basis
·
Drove vehicles to
deliver wine to customers across Western
Washington and also received
payment from vendors
Pet Pros, Retail Sales Seattle, WA 2003 – 2005
·
Promoting pet owners to make
healthy decisions in regards to their respective animal’s nutritional needs
·
Sharing knowledge of household
pet problems and offering resolutions to the problems
·
Active in being responsible for
training new employees
·
Solely and consistently performed
over $1000 daily sales
Goodyear – Craven Tire and Auto, Sales
& Service Professional Falls Church, VA
2000 - 2001
·
Providing high
quality sales, customer service, conflict resolution and other automotive
services
·
Negotiating with
vendors and individuals having trouble with payment of their invoices
·
Scheduling
automotive services by phone and in person
VOLUNTEER
EXPERIENCE_________________________________________________________________________
The American
Red Cross, Volunteer Seattle, WA 2006--
Present
·
Aiding the print shop
and its needs for graphics, organization, and mass printing for in-house
clients
·
Worked with many
different departments including Emergency Services, Response, and Health Services
Millbrook Exchange Park, Volunteer Raleigh, NC 2001
- 2002
·
I was one of
fifteen people to propose, design and build the first official off leash dog
park in the City of Raleigh, NC
·
On the board of
trustees for decisions to be made, also to implement.
EDUCATION______________________________________________________________________________________
SCHOOL MAJOR LOCATION
2004-2007–Shoreline Community College 3 years toward AAS -Web Development Seattle
, WA
1996 – School of Communication Arts 3D Animation (Associates Degree) Raleigh
, NC
1994 – American Community School High School (Diploma) London
, UK
SOFTWARE______________________________________________________________________________________
Software in which I
am proficient
ADOBE: CS, CS2 & CS3; (Adobe)
Photoshop, Illustrator, ImageReady, Acrobat 6.0 Professional, InDesign
MACROMEDIA:
Studio 8; (Macromedia) Flash,
DreamWeaver, Freehand, Fireworks
MSOFFICE:
PowerPoint, Word, Publisher,
Excel
COREL: CorelXara, CorelDraw 8.0,
PhotoPaint
OTHER: PaintShop Pro, Context,
ReproDesk, CMS (Content Management Systems)
ALSO: I code in HTML, XML, use
JavaScript, and ActionScript
CHRONOLOGY____________________________________________________________________________________
Elliott Bay Distribution, Warehouse /
Driver / Merchandising Manager W. Seattle, WA 2007
‑‑ Present
Coolbaugh Designs, Owner N. Seattle, WA 1992 – Present
The American Red
Cross, Volunteer Print Shop Seattle, WA 2006 -- Present
KNL Properties,
Apartment Manager / Sales Seattle, WA 2006 -- Present
University
Reprographics, Large Format Printer / Graphics Seattle, WA 2005 – 2007
Pet Pros, Retail
Sales Seattle, WA
2003 – 2005
Millbrook Exchange Park, Volunteer Raleigh, NC 2001 -- 2002
Goodyear – Craven
Tire and Auto, Sales & Service Professional Falls Church, VA 2000
-- 2001
National Tire and Battery, Sales Associate Springfield, VA 1998 -- 1999
Computer Associates Inc., Senior Graphic Artist –
Presales Division Herndon, VA 1997 -- 1998
D.P. Associates Inc., Intermediate G.A. USN/Senior G.A. USMC Arlington, VA 1996
-- 1997
ABOUT ME_______________________________________________________________________________________
Professionally I am dedicated to meeting the
objectives of the organization. Good in
a crowd, on a team or on my own with some direction. My artistry is realistic in a business sense,
but original in composition. Training
over the years has taught me that it’s better to look at the whole picture, and
then begin to make it perfect.
