esquimeaux@gmail.com / 415.826.2414
http://www.esquimeaux.com
University of California, Davis / 2001 - 2005
B.S. in Design - Visual Communications
Minor in Art Studio
Minor in Communications
+ Cumulative Weighted GPA: 3.85
+ Summa Cum Laude Highest Honors
+ Design Department Commencement Student Speaker
+ Featured on department website here
+ Integrated Studies Honors Program
Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
QuarkXpress
Pagemaker
Flash
Dreamweaver + HTML
Mac + PC
File Optimization + Prepress Production
Microsoft Office + Acrobat Professional
Manual + Digital Photography
Illustration + Presentation
Printmaking (Etching, Screenprinting, Lithography)
Junior Designer / Chronicle Books / Present
Participant in the design fellowship offered by this renowned independent publisher to recent graduates. Led to fulltime design position with emphasis in the Art + Design and Children categories. Responsible for design conception, production, and innovation of book and gift products. http://www.chroniclebooks.com
Creative Director / Esquimeaux Design / 2003 - Present
Ongoing print and web freelance projects from concept to final production through personal studio. Marketing and managerial experience copywriting, drafting proposals, and negotiating between clients and printers/vendors. Part-time and contract work with Loomis Group (San Francisco), 3.6.75 Design (San Francisco), Metrik Design (San Francisco), Gale Okumura Design (Sacramento). Private clients include the Napa Valley Symphony, iLine Entertainment, Yao Interactive, Green Valley Financial, Blue Water Eco Laundry. http://www.esquimeaux.com
Preparator - Graphics Production / Yerba Buena Center for the Arts / Present
Exhibitions assistant for designing, formatting, printing, mounting, and hanging paper and vinyl signage. Color correction and maintenance for large format printer, and overall exhibit setup during installation periods. http://www.ybca.org
Production Designer / San Francisco Bay Guardian / 2006 - 2007
Page layout production for ads and articles using QuarkXpress for main independent weekly SF newspaper. http://www.sfbg.com
Graphic Designer / EMRL Media Group / Sacramento, CA / 2005 - 2006
Original concept development to final production of projects ranging from logos to Flash + CSS websites in a print/web/film studio. Clients include the American Heart Association, CA Coalition for Youth, CA State Rural Health Association, Placer Ranch, MMC Communications, Blankblank Furniture. http://www.emrl.com
Graphics Director / Creative Media / Davis, CA / 2001 - 2005
Led staff of 6 graphic designers for university print and web design projects. Managed client correspondence, project negotiations, and creative direction for campus publications. Projects included the Student Phone Directory, Housing Guide, and Entertainment Council event materials. http://creativemedia.ucdavis.edu
Gallery Assistant / Richard L. Nelson Gallery / Davis, CA / 2005
Responsible for conducting professional photoshoots of current and archived artwork, designing art show announcements and posters, scanning, retouching, and formatting images for digital archives. http://nelsongallery.ucdavis.edu
Graphic Designer, Experimental Music Director, DJ / KDVS 90.3 FM Radio / 2004 - 2005
Quarterly layout design for 20+ page programming guide “Kdviations”, and promotional materials for music and fundraising events. Also appointed to maintain connections and chart new music from record labels. http://www.kdvs.org
Creative Director / Seele Literary Magazine / 2001 - 2005
Yearly design direction and production for 70+ pages, black and white, nonprofit poetry and prose magazine.
+ “Elevated: Interpretations of Antisocial Spaces” 2005 Art Show, Davis, CA / Curator, Graphic & Exhibition Designer
+ “Human Plants, Human Harvest” 2005 Eugenics Exhibit, Sacramento, CA / Exhibition Design Assistant
+ “Peanut Butter & Jelly” Short Film, 2006 Seattle International Film Festival / Graphic Designer
+ UC Davis Sciences Laboratory Building 2005 Grand Opening / Environmental Graphics Designer
+ President’s Undergraduate Fellowship + UCD Research Conference Presentor in Design for “Playing Trapezoids” / Grant Winner for 2003 - 2005 Independent Study
+ Sacramento Advertising Club - Fred G. Wade Scholarship / 2004 Winner
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