Summary of Instructional Design Skills:
- Developed scripts, flow diagrams and story-boards for instructional videos.
- Created instructional videos using Adobe Premiere and Camtasia.
- Worked with a team to develop manuals and illustrations for leadership training.
- Designed a tutorial to train others to design accessible learning materials.
- Designed an accessible Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) website for a university department.
- Developed an instructional distance education unit with a team for a graduate course.
- Worked with a team to design a mock-up for a community E-learning center.
- Worked as a part-time teaching assistant for an online university course.
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Instructional Design Skills
- Created storyboards, instructional videos, and accompanying websites for online tutorials.
- Designed and produced training manuals and promotional materials for instruction.
- Designed and developed accessible pdf tutorials.
- Created a promotional video using Adobe Premiere
- Developed an instructional distance education unit with a team for a graduate course.
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Graphic Design Skills
- Developed online and print presentations for clients.
- Prepared digital images for print and web—applied color correction, toning, restoration.
- Developed branding materials and marketing collateral for businesses.
- Created newsletter design templates and produced large newsletters.
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Web Design Skills
- Drew, scanned, manipulated and optimized images for web use.
- Created mock-ups for web pages in both Photoshop and HTML.
- Problem-solved to improve user interface design.
- Designed websites using CSS (in Dreamweaver) to accompany online instruction.
- Performed basic webmaster functions and used HTML.
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Illustration Skills
- Illustrated training diagrams, maps, charts, cross-sections and geotechnical site-plans.
- Designed, illustrated and produced exhibits and presentations for online and print use.
- Designed storyboards and developed videos.
- Created photo collages, composites and other detailed image work using Photoshop.
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Project Management Skills
- Worked closely with clients on projects from concept to finished product.
- Collaborated with instructional designers, instructors, programmers, editors, advertising sales reps, printers and content providers to complete projects.
- Provided customer support and help with maintenance when needed.
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Relevant Work Experience
- Freelance Graphic Designer / Illustrator (1996 to present)
- Graphic Artist / Illustrator (part-time) Van Houten Consultants, Inc. Petaluma, California (1987 to 1996)
- Graphic Artist, Monterey Imports, San Rafael, California (1985)
- Graphic Artist, American Business Communications,
South San Francisco, California (1984)
- Illustrator, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California (1982—1983)
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Technical Skills: Computer Operating Systems: Mac OSX and Windows OS7
Software:
- InDesign
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- Dreamweaver
- Acrobat
- Camtasia
- QuarkXPress
- PageMaker
- PowerPoint
- Word
- Premiere
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Education and Training
- Bachelor of Arts, Design and Industry, graphics emphasis, San Francisco State University,
San Francisco, California
- Web Graphic Designer Certificate, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, California
- MA.ed in Education, Instructional Technologies (ITEC) concentration, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California
- Studied portraiture at Leighton Studio, San Francisco, California
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