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HEATHER C. KEISER
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Email: heather@keisergraphics.com
OBJECTIVE:
To work in an environment where I have the opportunity to draw, design, and create beautiful and stimulating graphic/illustrative materials in both print and digital media.
EDUCATION:
1999-2004 California State University - Long Beach, CA
BFA in Illustration with an emphasis in Graphic Design Dec. 2004
EXPERIENCE:
Intercontinental Art
Design Assistant (02/08-12/08)
SourceESB (a subsidiary of Penton) - Irvine, California
Associate Art Director (10/05-01/08)
University Print Shop - Long Beach, California
Graphic Specialist (08/03-02/05)
Freelance Artist
Artist (01/00-Present)
Activision - Santa Monica, California
Game Tester and Customer Support (08/98-01/99)
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Software: Windows OS & MacOS 10 | MS Word, Excell, Power Point, & Access
Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Acrobat Professional, Dreamweaver, & Flash CS3
Quark | Corel Painter | Adobe Pagemaker 7 | Adobe Distiller | ToonBoom
Fine Art Media: Pencil | Colored Pencil | Conte Crayon | Charcoal | Ink
Acrylic Painting | Oil Painting | Watercolor Painting
Download MS Word Doc or Adobe PDF
Email: heather@keisergraphics.com
OBJECTIVE:
To work in an environment where I have the opportunity to draw, design, and create beautiful and stimulating graphic/illustrative materials in both print and digital media.
EDUCATION:
1999-2004 California State University - Long Beach, CA
BFA in Illustration with an emphasis in Graphic Design Dec. 2004
- Graduated Summa cum Laude
EXPERIENCE:
Intercontinental Art
Design Assistant (02/08-12/08)
- Research and Design of new and innovating home décor products/product lines
- Illustration to be utilized in canvas, shadowboxes, and other home décor products
SourceESB (a subsidiary of Penton) - Irvine, California
Associate Art Director (10/05-01/08)
- Won a Prima Award for design and marketing of a mass mailing
- Graphic design of sales brochures, postcards, books, flyers, posters, power point
presentations, sales aids, web banners, advertisements, e-newsletters and
promotional emails and other print/digital media - Checking blue lines, color comps, and completing preflight work before approving for print
- Assisting the lead art director in dealing with 3rd parties and creating visual aids for the sales team
- Educated office environment of implementation & operation of Adobe and Microsoft software
University Print Shop - Long Beach, California
Graphic Specialist (08/03-02/05)
- Graphic design of brochures, postcards, books, flyers, posters and other print media
- Printing to film using an ECRM Mako machine, and then stripping that film for printing plates
- Consulting clients on project design, progress, & press checks
- Assisting printers with bindery
Freelance Artist
Artist (01/00-Present)
- Illustration, Graphic Design, Web Design, and Murals
- Over the years I have created several band logos, corporate logos, brochures, packaging
designs, portfolio websites, pro-bono work, trade show displays, and even murals in upscale homes.
Activision - Santa Monica, California
Game Tester and Customer Support (08/98-01/99)
- Test video games for consoles/PC/Mac and write up bug reports and evaluate game quality
- Discuss with game developers game continuity problems and help to find solutions
- Perform customer support in regards to Activision games
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Software: Windows OS & MacOS 10 | MS Word, Excell, Power Point, & Access
Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Acrobat Professional, Dreamweaver, & Flash CS3
Quark | Corel Painter | Adobe Pagemaker 7 | Adobe Distiller | ToonBoom
Programming Languages: HTML | CSS
OTHER SKILLS:Fine Art Media: Pencil | Colored Pencil | Conte Crayon | Charcoal | Ink
Acrylic Painting | Oil Painting | Watercolor Painting
REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST