WORK EXPERIENCE

11/2015–Present
Senior Media Specialist -– LifeCare Assurance, Woodland Hills, CA

• Carried out tasks within the company Media Department for client companies with regard to conceptualizing and creating Print, Internet, video production and post-production needs.
• Storyboarded and designed visual effects for a video showcasing a new product being offered for a client company.
• Handled all video projects from concept to completion.
• Updated websites that included HTML/CSS.

07/2014—11/2015
Graphic Design – Driven Racing, Chatsworth, CA

• Graphic Design to include packaging, instructions for products, product releases, product imagery and ads.
• Product Photography which entails setting up of background, lighting and taking pictures of various products.
• Social Media includes Instagram and Facebook updates and interaction with customers.
• Web to include maintenance of site products and all updates.

09/2013—07/2014
Graphic Design/IT Support – Coastal Vineyards, INC, Moorpark, CA

• Maintained WordPress sites such as BaconToday.com, GourmetFoodClubs.com and other web sites including Baconfreak.com.
• Updated store inventories and feeds for a number of Yahoo and Amazon storefronts using HTML and CSS.
• Created custom labels that had to be adapted to various products.
• Photographed new products/models and touched up images in photoshop for online stores.
• Created a variety of designs for items to sell in stores such as shirts, magnet and placemats.
• Increased sales by adding two Private label brands on Amazon.com which enabled us to sell our custom baby bouquets and custom t-shirts in the Amazon storefront.

08/2008–01/2013
Senior Media Specialist – LifeCare Assurance, Woodland Hills, CA

• Carried out tasks within the company Media Department for client companies with regard to conceptualizing and creating Print, Internet, video production and post-production needs.
• Generated custom layouts and envelopes for client companies and ensured quality control of incoming inventory.
• Adopted a new vendor saving the company 25% on envelopes and stationery.|
• Branded and created conference material for the 2012 International Long Term Care Conference.
• Designed and implemented new designs for LifeCare Assurance’s brochures for 2009 and 2012.

10/2007—07/2008
Graphic Designer – The Winning Team, Valencia, CA

• Created custom artwork for clients.
• Coordinated numerous projects under tight deadlines for 32 Nascar Teams, and 314 FLW Pro Fishing Anglers.
• Maintained company website and imagery pertained within.
• Created a custom crew shirt for Dale Earnhardt INC, which resulted in procuring a contract for the 2008 race season, securing an order totaling $480,000.

03/2007—10/2007
Jr. Designer – N-Style,  Valencia, CA

• Created and produced motorbike graphic kits for the Motocross industry to include the illustration portion of the Fox 2007 line of graphics.
• Created imagery for the 2008 line of graphics for placement in vendor’s catalogs, to include shooting bikes in the studio and photoshopping graphics on existing images.

08/2006—01/2007
Graphic Designer / Webmaster (Intern) – Wella/Sebastian (Procter & Gamble), Woodland Hills, CA

• Effectively Executed changes to the Wella/Sebastian website salondaily.com using Macromedia Dreamweaver.
• Charged with creating custom images for the website through Photoshop and Flash.
• Maintained a customer database of 30,000+ registered users.

10/1996—07/2006
US Navy – E-5 Aviation Structural Mechanic (Honorable Discharge), Ridgecrest, CA

• Supervised and delegated tasks to 10-50+ personnel.
• Maintained F/A-18 hornets on a daily basis including the systems of ejection seats, environmental control, fire extinguishing, canopy jettison, bleed air, and oxygen systems.
• Inspected aircraft work as a Quality Assurance representative and a Quality Assurance Safety Officer.
• Certified ejection seats and related systems safe for flight.
• Completed 3 overseas deployments in support of operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.
• Naval Security, which involved all aspects of law enforcement.