Erik Vaughn
Belleville, IL
http://eskoartz.weebly.com
Objective
I am seasoned graphic artist looking to use my creativity and artistic skills to bring customers ideas to life. Also to gain employment in an environment where I can utilize my skills as a designer and grow.
Skills
Experience
B.A. Promotions
1523 W Business US Highway 60, Dexter, MO 63841
Art Director
June, 2012- December, 2013
Cap America Inc
1 Cap America Dr, Fredericktown, MO 63645
Graphic Designer/ Digitizer
May, 2011- June,2012
Paxton MediaPaxton Media owned several publications in Southwest Michigan and Northern Indiana, I worked on ads for all these publications.
3450 Hollywood Rd, Saint Joseph, MI 49085
Lead Graphic Designer / Artist for News Dispatch (News Paper for LaPorte, MI)
2008-2011
Lazer Graphics Inc
1101 Pipestone Rd, Benton Harbor, MI 49022
Graphic Designer
2006-2008
Education
Eau Claire High School
7450 Hochberger Rd Eau Claire, MI 49111
High School Diploma/ Honor Roll
May, 1997
Westwood College
3150 S Sheridan Blvd, Denver, CO 80227
The Bachelor of Science Degree Program in Game Art & Design
Maintained a 3.7 GPA
May, 2006
Belleville, IL
http://eskoartz.weebly.com
Objective
I am seasoned graphic artist looking to use my creativity and artistic skills to bring customers ideas to life. Also to gain employment in an environment where I can utilize my skills as a designer and grow.
Skills
- I have been in the graphics field professionally for the last seven years. I recently relocated to the St. Louis area and am currently freelancing. I have worked for screen printers, advertisement agencies, and promotional companies. I can hand draw and paint in Adobe Photoshop using my Wacom Graphics tablet. I have experience working with Mac's and PC's. Basic HTML knowledge.. I am experienced with Prepress and FTP Technology. I maintain my own computers. I am proficient in CS6, Illustrator, Adobe Flash, Quark, InDesign, Microsoft Works, Power-Point, Excel, and Word. I also have a background in Customer Service.
Experience
B.A. Promotions
1523 W Business US Highway 60, Dexter, MO 63841
Art Director
June, 2012- December, 2013
- Determined best artwork for customer order, and emailed them for proofing.
- Worked within strict daily deadlines.
- Created designs for t-shirts, business cards and other promotional items.
- Separated artwork for screen printing.
- Work with customers with artwork changes and questions.
- Worked with sales people on ideas of customers design needs.
- Ran the operation of the art department for order flow and printing schedule.
Cap America Inc
1 Cap America Dr, Fredericktown, MO 63645
Graphic Designer/ Digitizer
May, 2011- June,2012
- Created logos for hat embroidery this included turning logos into vector artwork.
- Sized logos for hat dimensions.
- Digitized logos for embroidery.
- Worked with group of other artist to come up with ideas for catalogs.
Paxton MediaPaxton Media owned several publications in Southwest Michigan and Northern Indiana, I worked on ads for all these publications.
3450 Hollywood Rd, Saint Joseph, MI 49085
Lead Graphic Designer / Artist for News Dispatch (News Paper for LaPorte, MI)
2008-2011
- Created ads for customers on a daily basis using Adobe Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator.
- Worked with salespeople to create layouts and ads that was to the customers approval.
- Worked within strict newspaper deadlines. The job called for fast creativity.
- Created web ads with Adobe Flash and Adobe Photoshop.
- Laid out classified for papers using Adobe InDesign and Quark.
- Managed ad deadlines and proofs through Xpancex.
Lazer Graphics Inc
1101 Pipestone Rd, Benton Harbor, MI 49022
Graphic Designer
2006-2008
- Created designs on Adobe Illustrator for T-Shirts orders.
- Separated Designs with Adobe Photoshop for screen-printing.
- Manipulated photos with Photoshop to for some design
- Created flyers and advertisement such as flash movie for company.
- Created posters and order forms for schools for fund raisers.
- Hand drew and created vector clip art for designs.
- Handled customer needs such as artwork needs, quotes, and time frame of finished product.
- Set up booths at coach’s clinics. This includes computer networking, laptop setup, artwork slide-shows, and printing needs.
- Worked with customer in person for designs for school shirts and other apparel in a timed session. Also followed up with customer on order that was created at shows.
Education
Eau Claire High School
7450 Hochberger Rd Eau Claire, MI 49111
High School Diploma/ Honor Roll
May, 1997
Westwood College
3150 S Sheridan Blvd, Denver, CO 80227
The Bachelor of Science Degree Program in Game Art & Design
Maintained a 3.7 GPA
May, 2006
- Completed classes such as Microsoft Office, Business, Design, Art and Art History, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Flash, Animation, and Character Design.