resume
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My resume of my industrial design workTRANSCRIPT
Experience
GRAPHIC DESIGNER, STONESTOWN FAMILY YMCA. SAN FRANCISCO, CA AUG. 2007-PRESENT
• Design event posters, T-shirts and flyers
• Design YMCA Teen Center marketing material
FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGNER, ISAAC DESIGNS. SAN FRANCISCO, CA JAN. 2006-PRESENT
• Designed 3D rendered images for Reason Magazine and WIRED in an article for the Seastead
project based on simple verbal descriptions
• Taught design and marketing classes over the summer of 2008 to low-income urban youth
through an educational program called Youth Credit Union Program (YCUP)
• Created worksheets and templates for student work at YCUP
• Prepared curriculums and material to be used in class at YCUP
• Researched, via focus groups and workshops, marketing and design strategies used towards
low-income urban youth
• Created posters, flyers, brochures, postcards, identification cards
and stickers to enhance and professionalize YCUP’s printed material
• Design and typeset Mission SF quarterly newsletters
• Created flyers for A.N.S.W.E.R. coalition in San Francisco
APPAREL ASSOCIATES, CALIFORNIA CHOPPERS, SAN FRANCISCO, CA FEB. 2003- FEB. 2007
• Designed apparel for California Choppers
• Illustrated images for print on clothing
• Conceived and designed retail displays
• Created inventory data sheets
• Sourced materials to create high quality products within budget requirements
• Designed business cards and flyers
APPRENTICE, FRANK KOZIK, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 2006
Frank Kozik is an American graphic artist who creates event posters and toys.
• Prepared and painted toys using masking techniques and various painting methods
Valdemar Isaac Duran - [email protected] - 415.509.7922 - isaacdesigns.blogspot.com
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Print Publications
Reason Magazine Aug./Sep. 2008 issue
Online Publications
WIRED Front Page
www.wired.com/science/planetearth/news/2008/05/seasteading
Reason
www.reason.com/news/show/127436.html
G4 TV
www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/685691/Seasteading_Institute_to_Live_in_the_Open_Wa
ter.html
Education
San Francisco State University (SFSU) , San Francisco, CA
BA Industrial Arts, emphasis in Interdisciplinary Design (2D, 3D design) 2008
• Exhibited designs in SFSU’s Department of Design and Industry’s spring annual show in 2006,
2007 and 2008
Skills
• Strong rendering and illustration ability
• Software: Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Solidworks 3D rendering program, Microsoft Office,
elementary knowledge using Flash and After Effects
• Solid communications skills and comfortable speaking in front of groups of various sizes
• Fast learner, who takes initiative at getting things done
• Bi-cultural, Bi-lingual. Fluent in Spanish
• Comfortable using both PCs and Macs
Valdemar Isaac Duran - [email protected] - 415.509.7922 - isaacdesigns.blogspot.com