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Jonathan Ascher
2934 SE Clinton Street
Portland, OR 97202
www.jonascher.com
QUALIFICATIONS
My corporate background is in digital graphic design, primarily for the web, however I have conventional prepress design experience and knowledge as well.
The other end of my creative experience is in fine art and in freelance illustration. The ability to draw is the crux of my artistic talent, and my fine art training is a resource that complements my design projects.
My creative toolbox is always growing, and I am always eager to expand my repertoire.
Graphics Software Experience (Mac/Windows):
Photoshop, GF PrintPro,
Illustrator, Streamline
Quark XPress
Dreamweaver/Flash/HTML
EDUCATION
1995-99 Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, Rhode Island School of Design
1 semester of 2-d, 3-D and web design, Santa Monica College: Academy of Entertainment & Technology
FULLTIME EMPLOYMENT
2000-04: Digital web artist, W3Commerce, Inc. & NCERx I created hundreds of editorial illustrations, informational graphics and diagrams, as well as designed/built and edited numerous websites during my tenure at W3/NCERx.
I’ve worked on web projects for the following clients while with W3:
Obey/Giant
American Express Travel Services
Radisson Cruises
Sandals
Celebrity Cruises
Classic Custom Vacations
Princess Cruises
Zoloft (Pfizer)
Friskies (Nestlé)
Off the Record Vinyl
Radiant Research
1997-99: Art Installer, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design Duties included displaying art for exhibitions, bartending at receptions.
1997: Design and marketing internship, Harold Sweet Design
I was directly involved in a number of high profile projects for HSD. I collaborated on design and layout, and developed a solid base of experience in prepress design, working from templates and style sheets, dealing with fonts/type, and seeing projects through to final print-output.
I’ve worked for the following clients while with Harold Sweet Design:
California Multimodal, Inc. (CMI)
Venetech Pharmaceudicals
California Electronic Media Association (CEMA)
Bill Dutton Bands CONTRACT EMPLOYMENT
2007: Website design: www.planaheadlegal.com
Web design and search optimization for the law offices of Nicole Angelucci, esq.
2006: Skateboard graphics, UDG
Illustrations for longboard designs, for United Design Group.
2005: Tim Mudd CD art/design
Illustrations and package design for 2005 CD release, “When You’ve Got Nothing Else” from Tangled Records
2005: Logo, promotional print ads and website design: It’s Perfect! Gifts
I photographed and designed graphical presentations for the gift-collections of Doreen Young, founder of the It’s Perfect! Brand.
I also created the website, www.itsperfectgiftbaskets.com.
2005: Poster Illustration, San Diego Democratic Club/SAVE Democracy
2004-05: “Bad Ink,” Cackling Imp Press
I wrote and painted a short story for the comic book anthology trade paperback, “Tales of Hotrod Horror” (available Fall 2005)
2003: Website design: www.kevamarie.com
I created the homepage of Keva Dine, Founder of The Keva Dine Agency, Poot! (Girls Kick Ass!), and co-founder of Foundation Skateboards.
1998: Assistant Website design: www.spookyland.com
I was hired by Invincible Studios to cross-platform optimize, test and assist in the design and scripting of spookyland.com, the homepage of Lenore comic-creator Roman Dirge.
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