James Walkowiak
Professional Creative

4211 Swift Ave. San Diego, CA 92104
(619) 519-0393
james@jameswalkowiak.com
www.jameswalkowiak.com


Career Summery:

Highly creative professional, specializing in clean, accurate, and striking visual concepts. Extensive experience in print, web and multimedia development. Excellent interpersonal and collaborative skills, professional demeanor with polished verbal and written communication skills. Dynamic team player, self motivated with highly efficient organizational and problem solving characteristics. Experience in client / vendor relations, negotiating contract agreements and ensuring customer satisfaction.

Creative Experience:

Print Design:

  • Icon, business and corp. ID
  • Corporate suite, brochures and professional collateral
  • Package and POS layout development
  • Proposal and presentation graphical development
  • Newsletter, magazine and display advertising
  • Event, trade-show and promotional collateral

Web Design:

  • Brochure and info. site
  • Animated web banners
  • Streaming video interface development

Multimedia:

  • Photo and video capture
  • Photo–manipulation and video editing
  • Motion graphics and special effects
  • Audio and soundtrack composition
  • 3D animation

Application Experience:

The following listed applications I am familiar with, and level of proficiency:

Adobe Creative Suite, v.1-4

  • Illustrator – Expert
  • Photoshop – Expert
  • InDesign – Advanced
  • Acrobat – Expert
  • After Effects – Fluent
  • Premier – Fluent
  • DreamWeaver – Advanced
  • Flash – Advanced

Apple

  • Final Cut Pro
  • DVD Studio Pro – Fluent
  • Soundtrack Pro – Fluent
  • QuickTime Pro – Advanced
  • Garage Band – Advanced
  • iWork studio – Fluent
  • iLife Studio – Fluent

Microsoft Office Suite

  • Word – Advanced
  • Power Point – Advanced
  • Excel – Fluent

Quark

  • Xpress – Fluent

Electric Rain

  • Swift 3D – Fluent

AutoDesk

  • Cleaner – Advanced

Web Markup and Scripting Languages:

Writing:

  • XHTML – Advanced
  • CSS – Advanced
  • Actionscript – Fluent

Utilization:

  • JavaScript – Fluent

Industry Experience:

Massiv Concepts: Founding Member, 2007 – Present

Massiv Concepts is a multi–disciplinary advertising and design cooperative. Responsibilities with group include:

General Atomics: Graphic Design, 2006 – Present

General Atomics is a global leader in energy, defense and emerging technologies. Responsibilities with General Atomics include:

DF Grafix: Production Manager / Senior Designer, 2005 – 2006

DF Grafix is a multi–format print organization catering to both business and general public. Responsibilities with DF Grafix included:

DF Grafix: Production Manager / Senior Designer, 2005 – 2006

DF Grafix is a multi–format print organization, which specializes in wide format signage, vehicle wraps, and promotional collateral. My responsibilities with DF Grafix included:

Fast Posters: Production Artist / Production Assistant, 2003 – 2005

Fast Posters was a wide format signage and promotional collateral print organization specializing in posters, signs, banners and vehicle graphics (Fast Posters was acquired by DF Grafix.) My responsibilities with Fast Posters included:

Digital Paradise Impressions: Production Artist, 2001 – 2002

Digital Paradise Impressions (DPI) was a fine art reproduction studio specializing in digital photography, and artistic giclee re–printing of local artist works. My responsibilities with DPI included:

References:

Emily Kay:
Independant Graphic Designer
(619) 200–7656 		David Weiss:
President, Branding Productions
(619) 846–9411 		Lance Jordan:
Sales Representative, Private Brands
(619) 300–9102
Ajay Gupta:
CEO, Sabio Digital Storage
(619) 846–2208 		Robert Doyle:
Retired, member of S.C.O.R.E.
(760) 207–2711 		Mandi Kobasic:
Account Director, Hard Rock Hotel San Diego
(619) 822–9454