RESUME Jim Wilson 6915 Trowbridge Place Ft. Washington, MD 20744-3273 301-567-6557 T/F 703-403-9730 M jw@jimwilson.com jw@commonwealthdesign.com www.jimwilson.com www.commonwealthdesign.com ------------------ EXPERIENCE Senior art director, graphic designer, illustrator, photographer and copywriter. Photoshop, QuarkExpress, CorelDraw and MS Office power user. Mac and Windows proficient. Areas of expertise include print, web, direct mail, trade show exhibits, packaging, litigation support, interactive and presentation projects. Portfolio samples can be viewed at: http://www.jimwilson.com/pf/index.html ------------------ OBJECTIVES Provide creative and practical solutions to business marketing problems. Turn CEO visions into professionally presented, competitive products and services. ------------------ WORK HISTORY Commonwealth Design Reston, VA / Ft. Washington, MD Creative Director, November 1997 to Present Full service graphic design studio providing corporate branding, marketing, website and publication design as well as advertising to small businesses in many areas of the U.S. Clients include various Internet and telecom startups, environmental consultants, investment firms, sports organizations and others. The Strategis Group Washington, DC Vice President, Communications, January 1981 to October 1997 In-house marketing specialist for this telecommunications consulting firm. Produced corporate publications, advertising, trade show exhibit design and materials, photography, desktop publishing, direct mail design, litigation support, and technical drawings. Prepared printed pieces to enhance clients' multi-million dollar proposals for cable television franchise licenses. Materials included samples of brochures, program guides, direct mail pieces, and advertising campaigns, as well as technical illustrations, maps, binders and slipcases. Installed and administered in-house Novell/WindowsNT LAN/WAN consisting of 10 servers and backup systems for 40+ users with regional offices in Atlanta, London and Singapore. Designed firm's web site. Jim Wilson Design Washington, DC Freelance Designer, January, 1979 - January, 1981 Freelance graphic designer. Provided marketing materials for various local associations and companies. Graphica International Washington, DC Senior Art Director, August 1975 - January, 1979 Designed and produced annual reports, brochures, posters, books and other graphic materials for businesses in the Washington DC area. StarTech Recording Studios Washington, DC Recording Engineer/Producer/Musician, 1978-1984 Maryland Police Training Commission Pikesville, MD Multimedia Graphic Artist, 1974-75 PBS - Maryland Center for Public Broadcasting Owings Mills, MD TV Graphic Artist Intern, 1973-1974 Hochschild-Kohn Department Stores Baltimore, MD Newspaper Graphic Artist, 1973 ------------------ EDUCATION Maryland Institute College of Art Baltimore, MD BFA, Cum Laude, Graphic Design, 1975 ------------------ SOFTWARE SKILLS Print Design: QuarkExpress 4 for Mac/PC Adobe Illustrator 9 for Mac Adobe Acrobat & Distiller 4 for Mac CorelDraw 9 for PC / CorelDraw 6 for Mac Web Design: Flash 5 Adobe GoLive 5.0 for Mac Adobe ImageReady 3.0 for Mac Digital Illustration / Photo Retouching: Adobe PhotoShop 6.0 for Mac/PC Painter 5.0 for Mac Agfa FotoLook scanning software for Mac KPT Bryce for Mac CorelPhoto 9 for PC Office Management: MS Word 2000 MS Excel 2000 MS PowerPoint 2000 Networking: WindowsNT 4 (installed 2 servers) Novell Netware 4 (installed 8 servers) Audio Engineering: Former engineer for 24-track recording studio. Producer, musician, composer. Knowledge of MIDI, waveform design, AD/DA conversions, and microphone techniques. ------------------ Resume available in several formats: www.jimwilson.com/pf/Jim_Wilson_Resume.pdf www.jimwilson.com/pf/Jim_Wilson_Resume.doc www.jimwilson.com/pf/Jim_Wilson_Resume.txt www.jimwilson.com/pf/Jim_Wilson_Resume.htm Portfolio samples can be viewed at: http://www.jimwilson.com/pf/index.html