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This lists my art related employment information. In between these jobs I have worked many freelance assignments in graphics and sculpture.
Paul McTaggart
6272 Clara Street,
Ventura, California, 93003
Cell 218-5383
(805) 644-4326
EMPLOYMENT
DESIGNER
9/07 - 4/11
Trade show booth design. Graphic design. Shop work. Fabrication.
Using Vectorworks for CAD layout, Strata and Bryce 3D for textures and rendering of booths for client proposals and construction. For graphics, Photoshop, Illustrator, Bryce 3d, Indesign. Graphics are large format for canvas banners and lexan popup booth displays, plex backlit signs, booth graphics on plastic sintra.
Indesign, Vectorworks, photography, and Photoshop are used for setup instruction books. Inhouse printing and laminating with large printers, hp5000 and hp9000 - 6ft wide up to 15 ft prints.
Shop work consists of constructing booths, mainly from extruded aluminum sintra panels and fabric panels.
Custom laminating of counter tops. Fabrication using mdf soft wood, plexiglass, sintra plastic, aluminum, tig welding, adhesives, electrical, detail spray gun. Setting up existing booths to prep for shows.
Warehouse work tracking stock, organizing with forklift, pallet jack.
Web layout and design for company website. Using Dreamweaver to update, produce and design web pages. To create graphics I use the CS3 suite of programs. Manipulate javascript to work on dynamic pages. Digital photography for products.
Email campaign implementation - Layout html for email promotions, Excel for data sheet list formatting for exporting to bulk email vendors. Flash for internet ad building.
Signage created with vinyl letters. Illustrator layouts for vector artwork to cut vinyl using Flexisign software. Applications on Plexiglass, plastic, automobiles. Outsourcing vector line artwork for foam cut letters, logos.
Purchasing supplies for shop materials, booth construction projects, graphic production materials.
Orgainzing show services, electrical layouts, utilities.
PRODUCTION ARTIST
805-477-0001, Nicole
9/06 - 9/07, part time Monday and Tuesday, Trade Express Magazine
Graphic design and production layout.
PC network system using Indesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Endeavor, Acrobat.
Organizing images, files and page layouts for print and archiving.
Working with a diverse staff and coordinating their input for production and design elements.
PAGINATION
2007-8, Sugar Beet Press. Neil Hartstien 805-650-5600
Layout entire monthly publication, articles, images and ads. Design ads and pages. This publication is on news print 11 x 13, 56 pages, 8 color pages and the rest in black and white. This is a very time driven assignment to meet print deadlines. Job is almost entirely telecommuting. Layout and design with Indesign, Photoshop for some design and color corrections from supplied pieces.
GRAPHIC ARTIST
5/6 annual Two week Project, Griplock Systems, 805-566-0064
Produce catalog using Cad renderings supplied. I designed and formatted their catalog for inhouse printing. 100 pieces, 27 pages, full color with binding and clear covers. This was a very time driven project for a trade show. I used Photoshop and Indesign.
GRAPHIC ARTIST
5/05 - 5/06, full time, ECHO Electronic Clearing House, 805-419-8732, Greg Imlay
Manage marketing materials.
Design and produce printed materials, 4 color and black and white inhouse and outsource.
Manage incoming and outgoing materials for trade shows, events.
Coordinate materials for printing and stock.
PC network, Indesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, Bryce 3d, Power point,
Excel, Word, Flash basic 8, Dreamweaver 8.
PRODUCTION ARTIST
2003 - 5/05, part time, Trade Express Magazine, 805-477-0001, Nicole
Graphic design and production layout.
PC network system using Quark Express, Photoshop, Illustrator, Endeavor, Acrobat.
Organizing images, files and page layouts for print and archiving.
Working with a diverse staff and coordinating their input for production and design elements.
WEB DESIGNER
2001 - 2003, part time, www.automatedbuilder.com, 805-642-9735, Scott Carlson
Web design, maintenance. A large site, 40 pages with various article and image updates, PDF formatting, form design (CGI).
PC, Frontpage, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat
GRAPHIC ARTIST
1996 - 1998, full time, Pinx Card Company
Mainly use existing art from painter. Integrated art into greeting cards and package design. Create and maintain catalog with Photoshop, Indesign, barcode software, Illustrator. Create models of package design for production and show purposes.
WEB DESIGN, PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
1996 - present, part time, www.sculpturegifts.com
Self started business selling sculpture on the internet, to retail stores, fairs and events.
Research and create sellable product line, self manufacture of stock. Small business logistics - business license, copyright submittals, periodic resale license applications, maintaining production materials, shipping materials, accounting.
Web, internet development - Pagemill, Dreamweaver, CGI, PHP, Photoshop, photography. Optimizing search engine placement through research and coding.
ILLUSTRATOR, GRAPHIC ARTIST,
1984 - 96, Health Care Agency
Ventura County Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs.
Production of presentation materials. The graphics vary in style and
age application - from animal cartoons emphasizing drugs and health,
high school oriented self-esteem drawings and adult illustrations for educational purposes.
Computer operation - Hardware and software installation, maintenance and
upgrade of Macintosh IIcx, PowerMac 6100/66, Syquest Drive, Zip Drive,
Scanner, HP Laser printer, Color thermal printer, . Software: Aldus
freehand, Adobe Photoshop, Quark XPress, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe PageMaker.
Camera ready design and layout (manual and digital) of brochures,
newsletters, department logos, manuals containing workshop graphics for
high school teachers, letterheads and business cards.
Rendering of full color posters, overhead transparencies, flip charts, story boards.
Production art - flyers, handouts, signs, charts & drawings.
Consulting with staff members to help design visual presentations.
Designing and facilitating artistic workshops in public schools,
continuation schools and youth detention facilities.
Photography/Videotaping - Event and conference photography for use in
newsletters and brochures, photos of flip charts for use in manuals,
handouts, etc. Print development (in lab, B&W).
COMPUTER PROGRAM EXPERIENCE LIST
Photoshop - Use constantly since creation of program
Illustrator - Very good knowledge, especially the vector line manipulation
Aldus Freehand - Very good skills
Indesign - Lots of experience
Pagemaker - Very good skills
Quark Express - Very good skills
Vectorworks - Good skills
Autodesk CAD - Beginner, but getting the hang of it
3ds Max - Intermediate, getting better
Bryce 3d - Very good skills
Strata - Pretty good skills rendering Vectorworks CAD
Dreamweaver - Pretty good skills
Frontpage - I was good, but haven't used in a while
Web Design Languages - PHP, Javascript, CGI, HTML, CSS. I have ok skills with all of these
Flash - Good skills, some animation and scripting
Excel - Ok, enough to make useful sheets, some data sheets
Business Works - Just enough to produce purchase orders
Operating systems - Both PC and Mac experience and all the things that go to running them...
Digital drawing pad - Good
FTP - Good, use regularly to maintain websites etc.
Power point - Made some decent presentations
Barcode - Some expereince generating barcodes for product placement
Flexisign - Vinyl cut software for signage and applying vinyl to cars and signs
JR. MODEL MAKING
Machine fabrication - Mill, lathe, welding (gas) some arc, hand tools
Sculpting - Wood, plaster, stone, foam, plasticine, plexi, fiberglass, jewelers wax
Prototyping - Plex, sintra, fiberglass, wood, electrical, mechanical
Casting - Resin, cement, plaster
Molding - Silicon, urethane, vacuum chamber, brush on, pour
Painting - Airbrush, detail spray gun, patinas. Figure painting. Primer and finishes
Shop experience - Toy shop, metal fabrication shop, sub contractors model making shops, sign shops, trade show fabrication, maintenance buildings,
my own shop molding casting system as well as power tools, production spray painting, patinas. Also Ventura College machine shop class and gas welding class
Structural - Residential remodeling entailing framing, plumbing, drywall, electrical, slabs, crate building for military part shipments.
EDUCATION
Degree: Associate of Sciences (AS)
in Commercial Art from Ventura College, Ventura
ACHIEVEMENTS
Dean's Honor List, Ventura College.
Certificate of recognition, Oil Painting, Ventura College.
Certificate of recognition, Watercolor, Ventura College.
1st. Place, Professional Arts Exhibit (Oils), Ventura County Fair.
1st. Place, Photography (Color, Sunset), Ventura County Fair.
Honorable Mention, Soroptimist of Fillmore.
Honorable Mention, Camarillo Art Club
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