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Andrew Gruner
18412 52nd Ave W. #16
Lynnwood, WA 98037
phone: 206.794.0946
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Summary

Graphic Designer with over seven years of professional experience. Diverse background in print, web design, branding, and photography. Strong in concept development. Passion for life-long learning.

Professional Experience

Graphic Design Contractor

Lumera Corporation, Bothell, WA

2007 - 2008

  • Web design, development, and maintenance of 30+ page corporate web site in PHP
  • Designed and developed dynamic identity elements for subsidiary companies
  • Authored design standards to maintain consistent corporate branding
  • Created Flash animations and technical illustrations that explained complex processes of company’s technology
  • Designed trade show graphics

Graphic Designer

Seagull Scientific, Inc., Bellevue, WA

2003 - 2007

  • Start-to-finish concepting, design, and production of print ads appearing in international trade publications
  • Designed and administered 50+ page, multilingual corporate web site in .NET
  • Designed user interface icons for company’s flagship software application
  • Designed oversized graphics and banners for annual industry trade shows
  • Routinely provided professional-quality photography for marketing projects using digital SLR camera and studio lighting
  • Designed, developed, and deployed advanced multilingual Flash application
  • Worked with translators to create localized marketing materials which maintained company brand identity

Graphic Designer

Mackie Designs, Inc., Woodinville, WA

2000 - 2002

  • Designed and administered corporate, product-based, and intranet websites
  • Integrated audio and visual components for websites
  • Designed printed materials including product brochures and promotional apparel
  • Designed quarterly HTML email newsletter
  • Regularly coordinated and directed photo shoots with Seattle photographers, as well as providing in-house studio product photography
  • Developed concept logos and identity

Volunteer Work

Pilgrim Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA

2001 to present

  • Serve as webmaster for church website, installing and administering Ruby on Rails based content management system
  • Chaperone Youth trips
  • Served for two years as church newsletter designer and co-editor

Software

  • Adobe Creative Suite 3: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash, Dreamweaver
  • Microsoft: Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint
  • Miscellaneous: QuarkXpress, TextMate, MySQL, Subversion, Git
  • Platforms: Macintosh, Windows
  • Languages: XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, ActionScript, PHP, Ruby on Rails

Additional Skills

  • Drawing and painting
  • Scale model construction
  • Creative writing

Education

MESA STATE COLLEGE, Grand Junction, CO

Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art – Concentration in Graphic Design

1996 - 2000

  • Graduated Magna Cum Laude with 3.89 GPA
  • Received full-ride scholarship
  • Member, Honors Program
  • Member, Alpha Chi, National Honor Society
  • Member, Student Art League

References and Portfolio

Available Upon Request