Crippen Resume

 

Employment

Graphic Designer/Exhibit Builder, Folio Los Angeles, Irvine, CA
(www.thefoliogroup.com)

March 1999 to present

I have been designing and producing trade show exhibits and displays.
Work is on a very large scale with some displays as large as two stories tall.

Graphic Designer, Webmaster - University of Nevada, Reno
(www.unr.edu)

November 1988 to March 1999

I worked with university and state agency clients to design and produce publications, catalogs, websites. I also designed and produced the promotional materials including advertising, recruiting posters, brochures, etc.

Projects were developed from concept through final production with emphasis on client needs and budgets. Outside vendors and inhouse talent were coordinated according to project requirements. Maintained university web site news stories.

Achievements

• July 2000: Designed, authored book, "Rockhounding in the Great Basin".
Now in production with the University of Nevada Press.

• Many print awards plus the 2000 Golden Web Award
Reno Gem and Mineral Society website:
(www.geocities.com/Baja/Canyon/9989)

• Article published in May 1998 Rock & Gem Magazine

Designed and built my own 2000 sq ft solar house in 1993-94

Distinguished Employee Award, Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, 1980

Skills

Mac, PC, Claris, Freehand, Illustrator, Pagemaker, Photoshop, Quark, many others, Type 70+ wpm, HTML code. I am currently studying Java and other supportive skills.

Other skills include airbrush, architectural & landscape design, calligraphy, certified diamond cutter, gemstone faceting, industrial video production, lapidary, neon design & construction, photography, travel writing.

Education

Narbonne High School, Harbor City, CA - Diploma, Liberal Arts Mathematics

1967-1969 Los Angeles Harbor College, Wilmington, CA - Associate of Arts, Commercial Art 1964-1967

1969-1970 Calif. State University of Long Beach - Industrial Design

Added skills, training, night classes on-going.

Contact

1589 Camelot Drive, Corona, CA 92882
(909) 340-3992
rickcrippen@usa.net

 

References and additional experience if requested.