Ricardo Cortez
Graphic Designer

What's Happening:

Having over 5yrs of experience I am currently working as a designer for the largest newspaper company in the South Valley, just south San Jose, Ca in garlic capitol of the world; Girlyo, Ca.

Been there, Done that:

I have worked as a freelance designer for 5yrs managing  multiple accounts, and as a contracted designer for various departments at Santa Clara University. I have successfully worked under strict deadlines ranging from print, digital media, web design and custom design work. Thus, allowing me to become expert in organization, attention to detail and multi-tasking customer accounts...Phew!

Education:

Santa Clara University Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design

Skills:

PC and MAC platforms	Dreamweaver	Illustrator
Photoshop	Flash	Html transitional
Xhtml	CSS	Java Script
PHP	CMS / Wordpress Blog	OsCommerce
Action Script 2.0	MySql	XML
Adobe After Affects	iMovie	Maya 3D imaging
Sony Acid	Microsoft Office	FTP software

Extras:

Fluent in Spanish, and moderate understanding of Portuguese
80-90wpm typing

Experience:

Freelance Designer / Fine Artist, '03-'08

Marketing Coordinator, 1/08-5/08
Main Street Media Group, Gilroy, Ca

• Managed, designed and maintained designs and advertisers’ accounts, as well as the corporate headquarters.
• Learned  new skills and lead programs to increase revenue for the company leading them into the digital arenas of website creation and handling back-end web work under strict deadlines.
• Became a leader of new territories for the company. Enhanced my sales skills as well as back end coding while managing multiple design accounts.

Graphic Design Instructor, 7/07-8/07
DeAnza College / Giant Campus, Cupertino, Ca

• Instructed a class of ten through a five week program in the areas of Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver, Sony Acid and Adobe AfterEffects.
• Created instructional material and documents
• Advanced my communication, leadership and organizational skills as apart of a team as well as independently leading students without direct supervision

Junior Designer / Intern, 9/06-6/07
Design in Mind, Santa Clara, Ca

• Produced corporate identity for various professional organizations from the likes of Yahoo!, General Motors and local law agencies; often at the same time.
• Applied organizational skills to multiple accounts while meeting deadlines
• Gained valuable experience dealing with clients, managing design accounts and tracking progresses of projects through to completion

Designer / Assistant 12/04-12/06
Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, Ca

• Contracted as a Graphic Designer for the De Saisett Museum of Art, Multi Cultural Center, Center for student Leadership, Art Department and Center for Science, Technology and Society.
• Designed interactive and static flash demos which were projected on a globe projection, maintained and updated SCU websites.
• Gained experience working with standardized web templates, identity guidelines, furthering the “brand” of Santa Clara University and dealing with multiple departments