CK YOUNG Design
 
RESUMÉ

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manager of advertising & graphic design / Smucker Quality Beverages, 37 Speedway, Chico, CA, 5/2004-present.
• packaging design & production
• marketing & sales support for RW Knudsen Family, Santa Cruz Organic, After the Fall, Natural Brew juice products
• responsible for brand consistency

• creative direction for photography & illustration

designer / Wirestone, 920 20th Street, Sacramento, CA, 9/99-5/2004.
• design for web, new media, print, advertising & marketing
• interface design for corporate email blasts and newsletters
• design within brand guidelines for Fortune 500 companies
clients: HP, Microsoft, Agilent, Motorola, Apple


designer / CKYoung Design, Sacramento and San Francisco, CA, 1997-present; San Francisco, CA, 9/97-10/98.
• design for print, web, museum exhibitions, exhibit graphics
• advertising design and print collateral for trade show conferences
clients: CA State Library, CA Center for the Book

exhibit designer (contract position) / Daniel Quan Design, San Francisco, CA, 1997-98
• designed interactive exhibits and interpretive graphic panels for the Humpback Whale Room, Maui Ocean Center, Hawaii
• designed and produced interpretive graphic panels for Joshua Tree National Park


sr. exhibit designer / California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA, 1/95-9/97. exhibit designer, 1/92-1/95, sr. graphic designer, 10/90-12/91.
• developed permanent and temporary exhibitions on teams
• project managed temporary exhibits: budgets, schedules, meetings, production, and installation
• participated in the exhibit design process: concepts, floor plans, elevations, perspective drawings, models
• designed exhibit furniture: kiosks, podiums, cases, vitrines, wall mounts
• worked with preparators and builders to ensure design integrity
• supervised exhibit designer, exhibit graphic designer, freelancers
• designed exhibit print collateral: invitations, posters, banners, signs
exhibitions: Earthquake!, Witness: 100 North American Endangered Species,
Rugs of Teec Nos Pos,
and Jurassic!

associate art director / Discover Magazine, Family Media Inc., New York, NY, 10/88-2/90.
• cover and editorial design and digital production
• photo and illustration research, procurement and editing
• supervision of art assistant and freelancers

assistant art director
/ Datamation Magazine, Cahner’s Publishing Co., New York, NY, 2/88-10/88.
• cover and editorial design
• photo and illustration research, procurement and editing

References and portfolio gladly provided upon request.

web site design | interface design | exhibition design | graphic design | resumé
 

 

 

digital expertise
software: Adobe Photoshop, Expert, 10 years
QuarkXpress, Expert, 8 years
Adobe Illustrator, Expert, 11 years
Adobe Pagemaker, Expert, 12 years
Macromedia Dreamweaver, Expert, 6 years
Macromedia Fireworks, Intermediate, 5 years
Adobe InDesign, Intermediate, 1 year
hardware: work primarily on Macintosh and cross-platform to pc compatibles
graphics: expert in graphics software programs,
print design and production, including large format graphics for exhibition.

education & training
BFA / Visual design
University of Hawaii

Lighting Design Workshop
by NAME/CAM/PG&E
San Francisco, 1998

Photoshop Intensive Class
Media Alliance
San Francisco, 1996

Interactive Multimedia Workshop
Center for Electronic Art
San Francisco, 1995
Quark Xpress Class
Media Alliance
San Francisco, 1994

Architectural Drafting
UC Berkeley Extension
San Francisco, 1992

membership
Art Directors and Artists Club of Sacramento (ADAC)
American Association of Museums (AAM)
National Association of Museum Exhibitioners (NAME)

contact: info@ckyoungdesign.com

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