cdug2169

Description:

I've been in the graphics, printing and publishing industry for a long time. I'm an expert at setting up files for just about any printing process under the sun. I'm also a Photoshop whiz, capable at color-correction, photo-retouching and photo-manipulation. Most of my employment has been in the publishing field. However, I have also done plenty of logo work, brochures, illustration and vehicle wrap designs. I'd always been into drawing and graphic design, even before I knew what it was. My grade school notebooks were full of doodles of rock band logos and inventive monsters. I don't want to date myself, but to this day I can still draw the Rolling Stones lips logo with my eyes closed. So after a brief stint studying history at Muskingum College, I transferred to the University of Akron and enrolled in the BFA of Graphic Arts program. I instantly knew I had made the right choice. I graduated three years later and went off to Washington, DC where I landed my first job in publishing. I stayed in DC for four years working in ad agencies, and design firms. My reasons for moving westward were largely motivated by skiing and Denver's proximity to the Rockies. So I was thrilled to be able to land a design and production position in the marketing department for SKI Magazine, Skiing Magazine and Warren Miller Entertainment. I have worked there ever since, doing design, print-production management and skiing as much as humanly possible.