Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Experienced Graphic Designer (OC)

Avery R. Mitchell
www.armgd.com

1/2005 - Present A.R.M. Graphics & Designs
Sole Proprietor
* Creating Company Logos for: Step Outside fight wear, RnR clothing, Holy Imports, and more.
* Creating Publications
* Client Service, Corporate Identity, Layout Design, Photo Manipulation

Clients:
* Greg Zachan ASPM Events- Fountain Valley
* Jean Kateraas RnR Clothing- San Juan Capistrano
* Chris Chavez Step Outside Fight Wear- Costa Mesa
* Alan Cauble Mailtime Marketing- Los Angeles

6/2002 - 8/2007 The Power House (Upscale Arcade) Long Beach, Buena Park, Orange, Ca
Facilities/Redemption/ Marketing Manager
* Staff and Supervisor Management
* Office, Marketing, Designed Publications, Signs and Flyers
* Made flyer from scratch using MS Word

* Worked with Sony to get promotional material for Spiderman 2 Weekend in 2004
3/2001 - 3/2007 U.S. Army Reserves Los Alamitos, West Los Angeles
Motor Pool Clerk
* Dispatched Vehicles and Equipment
* Tracked Maintenance and Equipment Usage
* Basic Soldiering Duties and Responsibilities
* Leadership Quality- Inventory Check five plus times for unit commander

Education
2002 -- Present Long Beach City College Long Beach, Ca
A.A. Liberal Arts in Graphic Design

Skills:
Drawing
Illustration
Painting
Fundamentals of Art Volume, Plane, and Form
Fundamentals of Art Composition and Color
Computer Graphics
Drawing and Painting for Computers
Graphic Design
Graphic Design Tools and Techniques
Fine Art Photography
Graphic Drawing Tablet

Software:
* Photoshop (Digital Drawing, Painting, Logos, Flyers, Publication Design, Photo Re-Touch, Image Manipulation, Web Items)
* Illustrator: (Vector Designs, Logos, Illustrations, Web Items)
* InDesign (Publication Layout, Document Creation, Book and Cover Layout)
* Dreamweaver (HTML Page Creation, Site Navigation, CSS)
* Word (Documents, Flyers, Tables, Charts)
* Excel (Spreadsheets, Cell Formulation)

Art: Drawing, Painting, Graphic Design, Illustration, Sculpture, Photography
Graphic Design: Corporate Identity, Layout Designing, Photo Manipulation, Vector Art, Print layout (bleeds, safe area, color profiles, color conversion), Web (Image sizing and color profiles)
Management: Customer Service Management, Store Management, Staff Management, Large Volume Cash Handling, Making Cash Deposits, Inventory Control
Marketing: Creating Promotions, Creating Flyers & Collateral, Tracking Results
Military: Vehicle Dispatch, Ordering Equipment & Supplies, Motor Pool Maintenance

Exhibitions/ Publications:
* Plan B Comics Cover, Plan "B" Pinup Book. 2011: Plan "B" Comics
* "Sean Harley's Lucero" The Many Faces of Lucero. 2010: Plan "B" Comics
* "Kyle Chaneys: Z" Z the Dream Warrior. 2010: Plan "B" Comics
* 2010 "Art Student Art" Show, Art Gallery, Long Beach City College, Long Beach, Ca
(Chosen from a class of twenty by instructor)
* 2009 "Art Student Art" Show, Art Gallery, Long Beach City College, Long Beach, Ca
(Chosen from a class of twenty by instructor)
* 2009 The Evva S. Vale 6th Bi Annual Memorial Exhibition, Long Beach, Ca
Thanks

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