Timothy Austin
Graphic Designer
www.TACitUp.com
Cell: 562-858-7689
Tim@TACitUp.com

Employment History

Yogamatic: Design Manager
Santa Monica, CA
March. 2009- Present

Chameleon Images Inc.: Graphic Designer
Brea CA
June 2008 – Feb. 2009

Studio 495: Graphic Designer
CSUF
Jan. 2007 – Dec. 2008

 

Freelance: Graphic Designer
Bellflower, CA
Jan. 2005 - Dec 2005

US Marines: MP
Camp Lejune NC
Dec. 1997 - May 2002

iActive Inc. Internship: Graphic Designer
Huntington Beach CA
Sept. 1996 – Oct. 1997

Education

BFA Graphic Design
Dec. 2007
CSU Fullerton, CA

Dean’s List Spring 2007

Military Law Enforcement
March 1998
McClellan, AL

Associations and Achievements

CSUF Graphic Design Club

AIGA California Member

Dean’s List for Spring 2007

Work Experience:

Anymatic LLC
Anymatic LLC is a custom sportswear company currently creating yogamats, boardshorts, bikinis, and athletic tees.  I have been the designer and manager responsible for new products from conception through design and production to customer feedback.  Intimately involved in the design, production, launch, management and maintenance of Shortomatic and Vans custom boardshorts.  Managed the production and fulfillment for all products from Yogamatic and Shortomatic.  Designed and produced all types of advertisement and media for packaging, web, social network, and web videos.  Managed, maintained, updated, and created new content for Yogamatic, Shortomatic, Kinimatic, and Shirtomatic websites.  I have designed special one-of-a kind designs for many celebrities including a yogamat for Oprah Winfrey and Jennifer Aniston, shorts for Tom Ford, and bikinis for Leila Hurst.

Chameleon Images Inc.
Chameleon Images is a design firm specializing in print and web media. I was a production artist and designer for print and interactive media.  Part of a team of 4, we were responsible for the gathering and correction of all photos to design KSwiss’s quarterly catalogs.  Designed and produced multiple web pages for clients.  Designed and produced interactive presentations for clients including Boeing.

Studio 495: Graphic Designer
Studio 495 is an internship for CSUF.  As an intern for the university we created posters for the theater, art catalogs for master student expositions, university catalogs and phonebooks, and exhibit designs.  In a team or 30 we created designs as well as competed to have our designs published.  I won the honor to design and have published the 50th Anniversary Spring 2008 catalog cover, 2 theatric posters, 2 art exhibit posters, and the catalog for the Humana Ex Mechina exhibit.

Freelance: Graphic Design
Throughout the year I helped many small businesses solve graphical problems.  I created direct mailing advertisement, complete company identity packages, full tradeshow exhibits, slideshow presentations, and package designs.

US Marines
Honorably discharged as Corporal and combat veteran.   Managed the training of over 2,000 troops and personally trained groups of 30 – 120 troops at a time.  Was personally responsible for a group of 5 Marine Military Police.  War stories are reserved for interviews and employers.

iActive Inc.
I first worked in graphic design as an intern after class while attending high school and during summer vacations. Was really only a go-for but I did a little design work and it shaped my entire future.

Computer Knowledge

Hand Skills

Mac and PC
Illustrator
Photoshop
InDesign
Captivate
VisualHub
iMovie HD
Dreamweaver

Flash
QuarkXPress
MS Office
Troubleshooting
Computer Building
Webpage Creation
Networking
and MUCH more...

Typography
Matting
Book Binding
Graphite Drawing
Charcoal Drawing
Ink Drawing
Acrylic Painting

Oil Painting Watercolor Painting
Wood Working
Photography
Image Creating
Coffee Brewing

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