[ Education ]

	BFA, Bachelor of Fine Arts.
	BGD, Bachelor of Graphic Design.
	Studies at Burren College of Art in Ballyvaghn, Ireland.

[ Experience ]

	Manager of 4 member design team for advertising firm, with the unique feature of in-house, direct-to-plate offset printing.
	Lead development and production of marketing materials, identity systems, and multi-media designs.
	Serve as design director and maintain graphic standards for dozens of premier client companies in the Bay Area.
	Pre-press production specialist, responsible for press checks, match prints, file management, and Mitsubishi DPX plate creation for Heidelberg presses.
	Work directly/onsite with offset pressmen and finishers/bindery for optimum design quality on a daily basis.
	Responsible for department operations, staffing, equipment maintenance/purchasing, and acting head of client design relationships.

Developing identity, branding and web presence and acting as technical contact for property management firm in New Hampshire.

	Manage contractors and timelines for wide variety of translation projects.
	Multi-language desktop publishing and layout standardization, requiring technical expertise on many software applications and platforms.
	Development of website localizations, including double-byte languages.
	Design proprietary brochures and in-house marketing materials for SF firm.
	Office IT technical consultant/hardware and software troubleshooting.

	Self-promotional, brochure, and invitation designs for entire Western Office.
	Scope and coordinate production with printers/final print approvals.

Logo, identity system, and website design for local Biotech recruiting firm.

Logo, identity system, and website design for SoCal women's bag designer.

	Co-founded enterprise web software start-up, acting as artistic visionary.
	Lead design for website, collateral, branding, and product user interface.
	Maintained graphic standards, coordinated, and helped manage marketing, product development and professional services teams.
	Responsible for image formats, font systems, and department IT issues.

	Multi-language collateral design for International Effectiveness Center.
	Designed marketing research, visual presentations for Elrick & Lavidge.
	Desktop publishing specialist for Polyglot International's technical translations.

	Image optimization and managing visual standards for online production.
	Information architecture for premier client's computer web catalog.
	Introduction to, and participation in, all levels of design production.

[ Professional Skills ]

	Desktop publishing and pre-press production methods
	Collateral/brochure/marketing design
	Identity/branding design and standardization
	Font management
	Direct-to-plate RIP technology for offset presses

	Front-end graphics development and web optimization
	Information design and workflow architecture
	User interface design
	Proficient in HTML coding
	Solid understanding of Javascript/CGI/ASP web development

	Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign)
	Adobe Acrobat Professional
	QuarkXpress
	Macromedia Freehand
	Macromedia Dreamweaver MX
	Microsoft Office Suite
	Software/Hardware installation, upgrading, troubleshooting

- National Trust for Historic Preservation

- Rocket Careers

- Horizen Systems, Inc.

[ Downloadable Version ]

- Cory Brookes Resume