CHRIS HOLMES

5530 College Avenue, No. 5
Oakland, California 94618
(510) 384-9973

chris@chrisholmesgraphicdesign.com

Online portfolio available at http://www.chrisholmesgraphicdesign.com

OBJECTIVE

A position as graphic designer that allows me to build on years of art and design experience

SUMMARY

A proven graphic designer with excellent written, verbal, and graphic communication skills and a deep, broad background in standard software. Adept at polished, colorful layout with technical precision and prompt turnaround. An honest, highly dependable team player.

RELATED WORK HISTORY

PROJECT GRAPHIC DESIGNER, GVA Whitney Cressman, San Francisco, 2004-present

• Designed and implemented business realty brokerage flyers, brochures, maps, postcards, advertisements, invitations, and other printed material
• Shot and manipulated photographs of properties
• Designed and implemented 30th anniversary company identity logo
• Managed multiple projects with quickly changing details and tight deadlines
• Managed relationship with off-site printing house

GRAPHIC DESIGNER, Les Concierges, San Francisco, 2003 as Consultant

• Designed and implemented postcard teaser series and lead brochure for corporate luxury personal assistance service.

INDEPENDENT GRAPHIC DESIGNER, 1996-present

• Created a variety of design elements, including logos, stationery, brochures, web graphics, web sites, t-shirts, icons, and more for these and other organizations:
• Apple Computer, Cupertino (internal team project)
• Sun Microsystems, Santa Clara
• Ofoto.com, Emeryville
• Heirloom Creative Catering, San Francisco
• Handspring, Mountain View
• Berkeley Macintosh Users Group, Berkeley
• WorldPac, Newark

GRAPHIC DESIGNER AND USER EXPERIENCE MANAGER, Dantz Development, Walnut Creek, 2000-2002

• Created icons, on-screen art, and interface mock-ups for Dantz Development's Retrospect backup software, ensuring appealing appearance and consistent usability across multiplatform product lines
• Created banners, and wrote copy, and designed web sites

SOFTWARE SKILLS

• Adobe Creative Suite 2 (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), Acrobat Pro, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, PageMaker
• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Windows, Mac OS

EDUCATION

California Academy of Arts, Oakland, California
Graphic design, typography, identity design, and Quark XPress courses

Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York
Bachelor degree in General Computer Science

Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Associate degree in Computer Science

INTERESTS

Semi-professional photographer seen in over ten showings across the Bay Area and twice published in specialty magazines.