OBJECTIVE

I am a freelance graphic designer looking for contracts or regular employment.

TECHNICAL SKILLS
(Mac & PC)
Adobe Acrobat, GoLive, Illustrator, ImageReady, InDesign, Painter, Photoshop
Quark XPress
Corel Draw
Macromedia Dreamweaver
Microsoft Office: Excel, PowerPoint, Word

EDUCATION
Las Positas College, Livermore, CA
Certificate in Visual Communications with an emphasis in Graphic Design
Certificate in Visual Communications with an emphasis in Multimedia

Tomsk Polytechnic University, Russia
MS in Mathematics
BS in Computer Science

Tomsk School of the Arts, Russia
AA in Art

RELATED WORK
EXPERIENCE

Chamber Publishing 2003 - present
Creative Director

project management, responsible for hiring and training as well as management of the art team, presenting concepts and creative work to the client, advertising and magazine layout design, direct campaigns and marketing collateral, developing conceptual design, maintain in-house creative archive, photo enhancement, preparation of the artwork for offset and/or digital printing


Freelance 2000-2006:

TriValley Magazine - Graphic Designer
advertising design, working with clients, preparation of files for print

Independent Magazine - Creative Director
advertising and layout design

Other Freelance: Various customers in the Bay Area, CA
Designed projects in print, including posters, logos, identities, collateral, newsletters, annual reports, newspaper and magazine ads, brochures, postcards, package design, CD and book covers, promotional shirt design, etc. Produced quality typography with high standards on type face selection, kerning, leading and readability. Web design.


PERSONAL
STRENGTHS

Can work individually as well as in a team
Bilingual (fluent in Russian)
Creative
Patient
Adaptable
Efficient
Reliable

RELATED
INTERESTS
Photography & photo enhancement, painting (watercolor, ink), traditional Russian wood painting (Gorodetz)