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Earl S. Jackson ph: (619) 624-9636 cell: (619) 206-0208 ej1234ea8@westpost.net www.edesigns-sandiego.com Portfolio: http://www.flickr.

com/photos/66243026@N00/sets/72157616350553038/ Professional Objective: A design position in a company where proven leadership, excellent design skills, quick and competent decision making will result in achieving organizational obj ectives and goals. Profile: a Highly motivated, goal-oriented professional with more than 15 years graphic d esign experience a Skilled in producing creative and original graphic illustrations and designs a Excellent time management and project organization skills a Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite 4&5, Microsoft Office and Pre-Press Product ion Professional Accomplishments: a 2010, Certified in interactive media through 875-hour hands-on, portfolio-base d program. a 2009, Completed over 400 graphic projects per quarter for a total of 24 indivi dual senior retirement communities at Kisco Senior Living. a 2004, certified by The City of San Diego Personnel Department on Appointing Au thority Interview Training. a 2003, Earned a total operating revenue of $5,786,456 of which $476,176 was dir ectly from graphics production for The Publishing Service Department. a 2003, Received a Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding Service with The City of San Diegoas General Services Department. a 2003, Received the Employee of the Quarter award from The City of San Diegoas Publishing Services Division. a 2003, Certified by the International Association for Continuing Education & Tr aining (IACET) on How to Supervise People. a 2001, Completed a four day Diversity Training Course with The City of San Dieg o. Professional Experience: a Created all print graphics used for lead generation while working for the mark eting department at Kisco Senior Living. a Entered all job requisitions into a job tracking spread sheet used to track de velopment status and billable hours for all graphic jobs at Kisco Senior Living. a Entered graphic requisitions into the Avanti job tracking system to be recorde d, tracked, and invoiced for The City of San Diegoas Publishing Services Departm ent. a Developed multimedia projects for the mayor, city council and various departme nts for The City of San Diego. a Produced nonlinear digital video used in educational interactive CD textbooks for Glencoe McGraw/Hill. a Maintained graphic software and supervised as many as three designers for IMPA CT Design Inc. a Provided graphic support and product demonstration during corporate trade show s for ENCAD Inc. a Designed and produced all point of sale in-store displays for The Navy Exchang e. Technical Skills: Adobe Photoshop CS4

Adobe Illustrator CS4 Adobe InDesign CS4 Adobe Acrobat CS4 Adobe AfterEffects CS5 QuarkXPress HTML/XHTML Cascading Style Sheet Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 Adobe Flash CS4 Adobe Premiere CS5 Power Point Apple Quick Time Final Cut Studio Quick Time VR i DVD Education: a 2010 Interactive Multimedia Certificate Program, Continuing Education, San Die go, CA a 1993 Commercial Art/Desktop Publishing I&II, Regional Occupation Program, San Diego, CA a 1989 Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design, San Diego State University, San Diego , CA a 1984 Associate of Arts in General Studies, Olympic College, Bremerton, WA Affiliations: a Adobe Photoshop Group a E-marketing Association Network a Graphics Professionals Group Work Experience: 07/09-Present E Designs, San Diego, CA, Principal Fully licensed design studio specializing in print, web and multimedia developme nt. Clients include The City of San Diego and Literacy In the Community, LLC. 01/05-05/09 Kisco Senior Living, Carlsbad, CA, Graphic Designer Created and developed print graphics used for lead generation for Kiscoas market ing department. Responsibilities include creating original artwork for direct ma il pieces and advertisements, working with outside advertising agencies and prin ting services bureaus in developing and producing all collateral pieces. Maintai ned digital photo archives and updated all working native graphic files. 05/01-01/05 The City of San Diego, San Diego, CA, Multimedia Coordinator/ Supervisor Created all multimedia projects for mayor, city councils and various city depart ments. Responsibilities included business presentations, CD development and inte rnet web page development. Supervised three artists. 05/99-08/00 The Wimbley Group Inc., Chicago, IL, Manager of Creative Services Managed all creative projects including story boarding television commercials, d irect mail, magazine ads and internet development. Clients included General Moto rs, Ben & Jerryas Ice Cream, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Database Technologie

s. 10/98-10/99 Glencoe McGraw/Hill, Carlsbad, CA Graphic Designer Captured and edited nonlinear digital video and graphic layout used in interacti ve CD textbooks. 08/98-10/98 IMPACT Designs Inc., San Diego, CA, Production Manager Scheduled and managed all graphic projects used for advertisements in national t elephone directories. Supervised three designers. 01/97-08/98 ENCAD Inc., San Diego, CA, Application Specialist Designed and produced application assistance for events and logistics activities in the marketing department. Maintained the digital marketing library of images and graphic files. Provided graphic design, product demonstration, and technica l support for corporate trade shows such as: Seybold 97, Print 97, HOW Design Co nference, Aspen Design Conference 97 and Siggraph 97. 1993-1997 NTN Communications Inc., Carlsbad, CA, Senior Graphic Designer Designed graphics used in NTNas interactive network broadcast games and marketin g support. 1990-1993 Navy Exchange NAS Miramar, San Diego, CA, Visual Merchandiser Designed and produced all point of sale and promotional materials. Responsibilit ies included store layout environmental design, and interior decoration.

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