Professional Experience
ArtDezign - Graphic Design
January 2005 - present
Self Owned Freelance Art and Design Company
Graphic design for marketing materials, logos, and posters and web sites.
- Must be able to sell services, work with clients for a mutual benefit
- Interact and communicate closely with clients to ensure quality products
- See projects through from beginning to end
- Meet deadlines and budget commitments
- Often work with company groups and sub-committees to develop ideas and final design
- Includes logos, websites, marketing materials, and business signage
Sign Production and Design
1999 - Present
I've worked as an employee and also as a freelancer with various sign shops to produce signs and graphics for their business as well as my own clients. This requires not only the technical knowledge to run the computers and equipment, but also the skills to produce actual product and install these signs and graphics and a multitude of places. Below is a list of skills I have developed while working in various sign shops:
- Sign design using various software including Flexi, Gerber Omega, and Adobe Products
- Sign Production machines including Mimai and Roland Plotters
- Vinyl Printers including Roland Versa Works, and Gerber Edge Machines
- Vinyl Prep and installation to various substrates including Corex, Di-Bond, MDO and more
- Vehicle graphics and full vehicle wraps using laminated 3M, Arlon and Avery Products
- Substrate Preparation including removing, sanding, trimming, and coat painting
- Installation of signs in various locations using cleats, mounting brackets, anchors, VHB, and silicone
- Includes installation of dimensional signage and letters to indoor and outdoor surfaces
Sign Shops
Miracle Sign Company
2010 - Present | Forest Grove, OR - 503-357-0264
Sign Pro of Eugene
1999 - 2005 | Eugene, OR - 541.686.9366
Signs and More inc. / Wholesale Print Source
2009-2010 | Portland, OR - 503.810.8885
Professional Sign and Graphics
Summer 2010 | Wilsonville, OR
Sign Meisters
Summer 2007 | Forest Grove, OR
Sign Age
Winter 1999 | Seattle, WA
Signs Unlimited
Summer 1998 | Eugene, OR
