Rhett Kennedy
1089 Rymar Way, San Jose, California 95133 ● Cell: 408.499.7636
● Email: [email protected] ● Website: www.tyrliondesign.com
Artist and Imagineer dedicated to high quality art and satisfied clientele.
Profile
Professional Experience
Tyrlion Design, San Jose CA 2011
Illustrator and Graphic Designer (2011-2013)
AppleOne, Santa Clara, CA 2011
Graphic Designer, Zazzle (2011)
Graphic Designer and Sheet Fed Printer (2009 to 2011)
Education
B.A. Degree, Studio Art, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
Computer Skills
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Acrobat Distiller, Quark Xpress, Corel Painter, Onyx Postershop, Filemaker Pro; MS Office 2010 (Outlook, Publisher, PowerPoint) cross-platform proficiency (Mac and Windows/PC), Microsoft Office 2010
Websites
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/rhett-kennedy/30/746/a67
http://tyrliondesign.wordpress.com/
1089 Rymar Way, San Jose, California 95133 ● Cell: 408.499.7636
● Email: [email protected] ● Website: www.tyrliondesign.com
Artist and Imagineer dedicated to high quality art and satisfied clientele.
Profile
- Extensive background in printing and graphic design; adept throughout the complete project lifecycle from initial sketches and illustrations to printed end product.
- Highly versatile, quality-focused and resourceful with outstanding communication, organizational, and prioritization skills.
- Proven strengths in designing bold and visually-appealing brochures, posters, business cards, and logos; superior sense of design and typography.
- Exceptional team-building, staff training, and leadership skills.
- Highly collaborative and cooperative, deadline-focused, and perform effectively under pressure.
- Possess excellent multi-tasking abilities; able to balance multiple creative projects concurrently.
Professional Experience
Tyrlion Design, San Jose CA 2011
Illustrator and Graphic Designer (2011-2013)
- Services include illustration, layout and photo restoration.
AppleOne, Santa Clara, CA 2011
Graphic Designer, Zazzle (2011)
- Applied expertise in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator towards the launch of new product lines at Zazzle.
Graphic Designer and Sheet Fed Printer (2009 to 2011)
- Advanced through multiple promotions based on exemplary performance and productivity to most recent role managing high-volume sheet-fed and roll-fed printing on multiple medias and substrates.
- Proficiently integrated several types of materials including paper, scrim vinyl, Coroplast®, PVC, styrene, foam core, doors, glass, max-metal, magnets, and self-adhesive vinyl.
- Enhanced efficiency by developing PDF workflow via Adobe InDesign to expedite pre-flighting and preparation for printing.
- Applied sharp leadership skills toward training, coaching, mentoring and supervising employees in large format printing procedures and machine maintenance, and created in-house user manuals for printers.
- Created and edited designs and often created designs from scratch for brochures, posters and logos.
- Drove cohesive efforts between production manager and department employees to optimize and streamline workflow, inventory control, and troubleshooting/problem solving efforts.
- Leveraged keen eye for detail in designing posters, brochures, and business cards for clients such as United States National Park Service.
- Proofed and printed negatives, troubleshot and pre-flighted files, and instructed new staff in company procedures and equipment use.
- Promoted from role as Typesetter (1994 to 1997) based on exceptional performance and work ethic.
Education
B.A. Degree, Studio Art, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
Computer Skills
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Acrobat Distiller, Quark Xpress, Corel Painter, Onyx Postershop, Filemaker Pro; MS Office 2010 (Outlook, Publisher, PowerPoint) cross-platform proficiency (Mac and Windows/PC), Microsoft Office 2010
Websites
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/rhett-kennedy/30/746/a67
http://tyrliondesign.wordpress.com/