The Creative Coast Alliance

Textile Designer

Caroline Johnson — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:49:46 -0400

Caroline Johnson
1206 Barnard Street
Savannah, GA 31401
(414) 737-5758
Caroline5758@aol.com

EDUCATION:
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA May 2008 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Specialization in Fibers
• Portfolio Scholarship Winner 2004-2008
EXHIBITIONS:
Shop SCAD (Jewelry), Savannah, GA 2004-2008 North Shore Christmas Show (Jewelry), Milwaukee, WI 2005-2007
The Wisconsin Breast Cancer Show House (Jewelry), Milwaukee, WI 01/10/06
Gilda Club of Southwest Wisconsin (Jewelry), Cedarburg, WI 01/10/06
Mutation Craft Fair (Craft), Savannah, GA 01/15/06
Friends of Colonado (Jewelry), Rockford, IL 01/01/06
Ladies and Friends (Jewelry), Milwaukee, WI 08/20/05

CAREER RELATED EXPERIENCE:
Caroline Johnson Designs, Savannah, GA 2000-Present
Owner
• Design and create original hand made jewelry

Atlanta Apparel Mart, Atlanta, GA 2004-2007
Intern
• Maintained inventory and purchasing for the showroom
• Assisted customers in determining appropriate designer and product lines for their retail store

Public Service, Milwaukee, WI 2004-2005
President of Service Club
• Organized and implemented fund raising activities and events for non-profit organizations

Turner House, Savannah, GA 2004-2005
Student President
• Planned and managed board meetings to promote social and community events to students

TECHNICAL SKILLS:
• Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Inducing, Microsoft Illustrator and Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Surface, Screen Printing, and Repeat Pattern Design
• Sewing and Constructing, Knitting and Crochet, Embroidery, and Weaving

References Available Upon Request

Haley West photography

Haley West — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:54:03 -0400

Haley West

Education: 2008- Graduated Mississippi State University
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Emphasis in Photography

Workshop: 2007- Photo Journalism expedition in Anchorage Alaska
2006- Photographer Sandy Skoglund

Gallery Shows: 2008- Bachelors of Fine Arts Thesis Show
2008- The Mississippi State Committee of The National
Museum of Women in the Arts

Skills: Microsoft Word
Adobe Photoshop CS3
Adobe Illustrator CS3
Macintosh and PC

Experience: 3 years, Darkroom
1 year, Lith Processin
6 months, Student Gallery

Reference: Marita Gootee Phone: (662)-325-3039
Email:mgootee@caad.msstate.edu

Brent Funderburk Phone: (662)-325-2144
Email: bfunderburk@caad.msstate.edu

Tim McCourt Phone: (662)-325-2586
Email: tmccourt@caad.msstate.edu

Contact: Email: haleywestphoto@yahoo.com

Camera Operator / Editor / Media Specialist

Ben Allen — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:39:39 -0400

Experience

Camera Operator, Editor, Digital Output: Homefront Productions
102 E. 39th Street, Savannah, GA
2007 – Current
After starting as a secondary shooter and editor in 2007, I’ve entered 2008 as the main Camera Operator and Editor, now responsible for all technical aspects of production and output. The segments we produce cover home-improvement topics and run in the News on over 50 T.V. stations around the U.S. Recently we’ve produced segments for the websites of General Electric, Home Depot and Vigoro Lawn Care.
Videos are always available at www.homefront.com, as a video podcast from itunes, and on YouTube.
• Operate Sony ….
• All Editing, Titles and Animation
• All output to DVCPro, DVCAM, MiniDV, Beta, DVD, WMV, MP4 Video Podcasts
• Location Scouting
• Audio Recording with …..

Shop Supervisor: Media Arts Department, University of the Arts
320 S. Broad St., Philadelphia, PA
2005 – 2006
Along with two other supervisors, oversaw the use and maintenance of all equipment, labs and facilities in the Media Arts dept., which is comprised of the University’s photography, film & video, and animation programs.
This included four b&w darkrooms (50 enlargers), a color darkroom (Colex processor, 18 enlargers), Final Cut and Avid editing suites, two professional artist galleries, two computer labs, a dub room, sound rooms, three animation labs, screening rooms, film and photo studios, and an array of cameras, lights, sound equipment, printing supplies and re-sale items.
• Wrote, produced and directed a series of films which have become required viewing to orient students and faculty with equipment, facilities and procedures.
• Worked with students and faculty to ensure proper use of facilities and to calmly troubleshoot any technical problems with equipment, facilities or software.
• Managed 40 work-study students: created schedule for an 85-hour work week, trained students in all aspects of dealing with equipment and facilities.
• Worked with the gallery director on all aspects of installing and deinstalling bi-monthly shows in the department’s two professional photography galleries.
• Researched, recommended and facilitated all purchases and repairs of cameras and equipment for the film & video program.
• With co-workers, initiated a complete overhaul and redesign of the equipment inventory and borrower databases to create a more dynamic tracking system that will enable a more efficient and accurate checkout procedure.
• Media editing and transfers for the University’s Development and PR departments, preparing Beta tapes for CBS and FOX news.

Art Department Production Manager: Macmillan/IDG Publishing NY, NY
(Now John Wiley and Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ)
1998-2001
Worked in conjunction with the Art Director, Photo Editor and Publisher to insure a smooth flow of production between all of the in-house departments, the labs and the printer.
Produced covers, color-corrected photo proofs, addressed production meetings, assigned and tracked cover production schedules.
Edited photos for the covers and interiors of Dummies Guides and Frommer’s Travel Guides.

Freelance
New York, Philadelphia, Savannah
1998-Current
Film & Video (Director/Camera/Editor/Encoder/DVD author)- Handle all aspects of production, post-production and web-preparation for projects: commercials, concerts, music videos, narrative shorts and documentaries.
Photographer- Digital, 35mm, medium-format. Event, portrait and documentary landscape. Traditional and digital darkroom: color correction, compositing ,retouching, web-prep.
Web Designer/Programmer/Animator- HTML, Flash, CSS, and Javascript. Building sites from scratch for a variety of clients: http://www.sometown.com/design I have also worked as a programmer for the Federal Reserve Bank of NY http://www.ny.frb.org/ and for Frommer’s Travel Guides http://frommers.com.

Applications

Windows and Mac OS, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Final Cut Studio, After Effects, Premiere, DVD Studio Pro, Flash, Dreamweaver, After Effects, Filemaker Pro, Helix, Quark, Office.
Coding: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, ActionScript.

Education

Sarah Lawrence College, 1 Mead Way, Bronxville, NY
BA Liberal Arts, Concentration in Photography and Film, 1998
Studied Photography with Joel Sternfeld and Linda Connor*. Studied Film with Abby Child, George Kuchar*, Larry Jordan* and Ernie Gehr*.
Along with studio arts, pursued literature, art history and philosophy in an environment that stressed research and writing.
Junior year, expanded studies in art history and studio art by attending the
San Francisco Art Institute*, San Francisco, CA.

Cotton Studios - Graphic Design / Illustration

Rachel — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:27:04 -0400

With an MFA in Illustration and over 6 years experience in Graphic Design and Pre-press, Rachel Cotton-Smith is sure to be an asset to your project.

Rachel prides herself on her ability to meet deadlines, follow instruction, and develop an aesthetically pleasing final product. Determined to fully please all of her clients, Rachel is open to constructive criticism and requests for changes.

For more information on the services as well as an online portfolio, please visit www.cottonstudios.com/galleries

Clemson Graphic Communications Student

Lee Acker — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:26:02 -0400

I am looking for an internship in the Savannah area. I am a Junior at Clemson University and I am looking for an internship for one of my upcoming semesters. I have already completed a related internship as a graphic assistant at a publishing company and have done free lance work around the area of Charleston, SC.

Emerging Artist seeking new opportunities

Crystal Hall — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:19:52 -0400

Crystal Hall
106W. 31st Street, P.O. Box 1261, Milledgeville, GA, 31059
Phone (478) 251-9789• E-mail czane1980a@yahoo.net

EDUCATION
Savannah College of Art and Design Savannah, GA, March- May 2007, Sept. - Nov. 2007
Georgia College & State University Milledgeville, GA Bachelor of Art in Art, Spring 2005
Georgia Military College Milledgeville, GA Associate in Science in Business Administration, May 2001
Kennesaw State Summer Study Abroad Program Montepulciano, Italy, June – Augus............t 2003
Valdosta State Summer Study Abroad Program Paris, France, June – August 2004
HONORS
Dean’s List Fall 2001, Spring 2002, Summer 2002
Guy Well’s Scholarship Summer 2003, for Study Abroad Program
Regents’ Scholarship summer 2004, for Study Abroad Program
COMPUTER
EXPERIENCE
Experience with programs such as Microsoft Word, Access, PowerPoint, and Excel; Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, Quark Express; Dreamweaver
EXPERIENCE
Wal-mart Milledgeville, GA
October 2000 - Present
Cake Decorator/ Packager
Communicate and respond effectively and efficiently to customers to answer questions and fill orders
Produce products that are high quality, creative, appealing and customized
Sales Floor Associate
• Maintaining sales and profitability through pricing and inventory control
• Ability to work as a team to get tasks done
Cashiers
• Supervision of daily transactions in and orderly and timely fashion
• Assisting customer with a positive and friendly attitude
Georgia Military College
August 1998 – September 2000
Work Study Program – Assistant
Ability to do multiple tasks when asked
Assisting supervisor with daily tasks such as filing, phone operations and providing sufficient material upon request

A graphic artist who actually knows what that title means

Anne El-Habre — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:17:02 -0400

ANNE EL-HABRE
617 Hampton Street
Savannah, GA 31405
(912) 660-1177

COMPUTER EXPERIENCE:
• Experienced In: All MS Office XP Professional including Word, Excel, Outlook; Retail Edge POS
• Efficient In: Photoshop CSII, Illustrator, QUARK
• Familiar with Web HTML Coding for online auctions

EDUCATION:
1990 BFA Graphic Design – Savannah College of Art and Design - I can make creative designs without being totally reliant on the computer.

JOB EXPERIENCE:
1996 - .........2008 Co-Owner / Framer / Artist – Art Gallery (A.T. Hun & Alvida Art Gallery)
Co-owner two successful art galleries in the Savannah area. Responsibilities included: Designing and distribution of all advertising, event media, and correspondences, corporate identity and logo design Custom Framing; Working extensively with clients and designers; Inventory (including ordering, designing displays, restocking, inventory data maintenance); Human Resources (Including Hiring/Termination, and teaching framing and sales skills); and All professional correspondence; Marketing (Online, Print Media, Mailings, Telemarketing).

2002 – 2005 Teacher – Private Art Classes
Taught private art classes focusing on creative discovery. Developed classes around individual child developmental abilities.

1993 – 1996 Jeweler – apprentice
Mold making from wax, Stone setting, Soldering, Repair, Customer service

1994 – 1996 Frameshop Manager
Responsibilities included: Customer service, Human Resources, Cash, Scheduling, Inventory, Continuing education in Time management and Managerial skills.

1990 – 1994 Monogrammer
Operated and managed kiosk embroidery business. Responsibilities Included: Operating embroidery computer and machinery, Maintenance, Inventory, Customer Service.

1990 – 2008 Freelance Graphic Designer
Designed logos and ads and did freelance illustration for a variety of companies and businesses, including Chatham Radiology, Dixie Crystal, A.T. Hun, Midsummer Night Faeries, Dadd’s Production, Zan, Alvida Art Gallery, Vagabond Golfer.

1985 – 1989 Framing Production and Management
Worked as a framer in various locations while attending college.

REFERENCES:
Available Upon Request
Skills:
Creative thinking, communication, the ability to listen, comprehend, and execute ideas and plans are the core of my skills. I have an innate skill to understand what the end results should be and I also have honed a strict attention to detail combined with a very strong work ethic. I can think critically, analyze effectively, and if given the proper environment and support, will take the initiative to get a job done.