GUY PALM : Designer • Illustrator • Production Artist • Assistant
Temporary Address: 1813 Brentwood Drive, Greeneville TN 37743
Home: 423-787-0222 • Cell: 847-687-8664 • guy@palmprints.com
www.palmprints.com/portfolio

A knowledgeable and versatile artist, equally comfortable with design work or production work. Over thirty years experience, from printing to programming, stripping to scanning, bindery to retouching, paste-up to illustration and front counter sales to interactive design. Exceptionally meticulous and detail oriented. A flexible mind, with patience and humor. Clever, resourceful and self-taught in many ways. Learns fast, works fast and teaches others. Looking for opportunities to apply and expand my skills. Experienced in advertising, pre-press, speaker support slide presentations, interactive multimedia and a little bit of web design. Consistently responsible for significant percentages of departmental efficiency as a direct result of organizational successes, innovative techniques and custom built tools. I've been hired and later re-hired by three different companies who have recognized and appreciated my skills and enthusiasm. More than once I have had job descriptions invented just so I could be hired into them. I bring a creative force to any field.

SKILLS
Design • Illustration • Retouching • Scanning • Production • Hand Work • Bindery

SOFTWARE
Photoshop CS4 • Illustrator CS4 • InDesign CS4 • Quark 5 • Dreamweaver CS3 • Powerpoint • Flash 4

2001-2010
Content Specialist
THE BRADFORD GROUP - Niles, IL
The go-to person for daily maintenance of advertising department. Responsible for file archiving, creation of layout templates and business forms, updating logo and art device library, monitoring stock photography CD collection, shooting FPO photography of products, scanning, retouching of products with models and any other task that would free up time for designers to create, including maintaining printers and supplies. Assisted in development of a digital asset management system. Also a liaison to the international offices needing our files, and, responsible for file organization on our servers. In addition, occasionally helped with hardware, software and pre-press troubleshooting, as well as consulting on design issues. Also helped with documentation of processes for orientation of new employees and freelancers. Along with daily tasks, focused on large projects, like scanning hundreds of old background transparencies. I started as a temp, and a position was created just for me and my skills. As a result of ever-increasing scope of responsibilities, I was promoted from Administrative Assistant to Content Specialist.

1999-2000
Graphic Specialist
BRITANNICA.COM - Chicago, IL
Faithfully executed daily design and production of site graphics, including original drawings, cartoons and Photoshop artistry. Responsible for designing the opening graphic on the home page every day. Each design had to relate to a specific topic of a featured article. Writers would often ask for cartoons or illustrations to go with other articles as well. Moved comfortably from production work to design of User Interface ideas utilized in special online web features like; Psychedelic Rock, Ethnic Conflicts, Academy Awards and 2000 Olympics. Designed an actual trophy for a special Britannica award. Designed weather logos and web site channel logos. Also managed freelance help.

1996-1999
Computer Artist
DESIGN ACCESS MULTIMEDIA - Evanston, IL
On the job training in a multitude of software programs, including video editing and processing with Media 100 and After Effects and MediaCleanerPro. Sound editing and processing with ProTools and SoundEdit16 and WaveConvert. Programming with Authorware and Director and PageMill. Animation with Flash and Infini-D and Poser. Responsible for Graphic User Interface design, spot illustrations, audio and video production, animation and interactive programming. Created custom interactive CDs for companies like Reuters, Sandoz, Walgreens, Bellcore, GBC, Boise. Also independently responsible for the maintenance of the Lions Clubs International Web Site and all of its eight language translations.

1988-1995
Computer Artist
CLICKS, INC. - Northbrook, IL
Hired without experience and self taught on Zenographic software, creating logos, custom clip art, scanning, retouching and special effects for speaker-support slide presentations. Doubled existing symbols library. Later self taught on Photoshop, Illustrator, Powerpoint and other software, producing presentations for companies like Baxter, Abbott and Sears. Also responsible for all hand work including making signs. Hired and later re-hired again.

1983-1992
Art Department
MID-CENTRAL PRINTING AND MAILING - Wilmette, IL
A one-person art department. Started as a temp. When supervisor quit I was given a battlefield promotion. I was responsible for all type, art, stripping, plate making, bindery and later, part-time personnel. Hired and later re-hired again, twice.

1985-1986
Art Department
AMERICAN PRINTWORKS - Santa Barbara, CA
Started at front counter sales, running large copiers, assisting customers, and doing all bindery work. Because of versatility and enthusiasm, owners bought a Compugraphic Typsetter and asked me to create an art department.

1976-1981
Art Department
KENILWORTH PRESS - Kenilworth, IL
Started at front counter sales, taking in print orders and doing bindery work. Later took over art department. Made numerous improvements in efficiency. Hired and later re-hired again.

Graduate New Trier High School, Winnetka, IL - 1975.
Participated in “The Center for Self-Directed Learning”, an experimental educational program - 2 years. Emphasis in "The Center" was in learning how to learn and taking responsibility for your own education, which I've applied to every job I've ever had as well as life itself.
Santa Ana Community College - 1975