Education California State University, Long Beach Long Beach, California Bachelor of Fine Arts, Photography September 1987 to June 1995
Art Center College of Design
Pasadena, California Extension courses in Graphic Design January 1996
Employment Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. Anaheim, California Senior Graphic Designer May 2007 to January 2009
Responsible for design of internet and printed materials including: Advertising, point of purchase displays, signage, packaging, store windows, website layout & landing pages, banner ads, logotypes, stickers, posters.
Ocean Pacific Apparel Corp.
Andrew Koki Ito 18413 Haas Avenue Torrance California 90504 Tel. 310.323.1873 Cell. 310.617.9655 Email. akivisuals@yahoo.com
Irvine, California Senior Graphic Designer September 1998 to February 2007 Responsible for design of printed materials including: Advertising, point of purchase displays, T-shirt graphics, skate deck graphics, catalogs, line sheets, logotypes, hangtags, signage, labels, stickers, posters, multimedia visual presentations. Photography responsibilities include: Athlete/musician studio shoots, product shoots, and sports photography of sponsored athletes. Also responsible for purchasing, calibration & maintenance of design workstations, network printers, studio photography equipment. Operated company multimedia center.
Sideout Sport, Inc.
Monrovia, California Art Director December 1994 to March 1997 Responsible for design of printed materials including: Magazine advertisements, company letterhead, T-shirt graphics, catalogs, line sheets, logotypes, hangtags, point of purchase displays, signage, labels, posters. Photography responsibilities include: Model shoots, product shoots, and sports photography of sponsored athletes. Other Related Business Skills include: Ability to do color separations (4-color process, indexed color & spot color) technical and freehand drawing ability, ability to design story boards, sourcing ability, ability to produce spec sheets, ability to produce spread sheets.
Joey Ikemoto Photography, Inc.
Torrance, California Staff Photographer September 1990 to June 1995
Responsible for setting up and photographing studio & location shots. Trained assistant photographers. Experience in Fashion Photography, Commercial Photography, Product Photography, Architectural Photography & Portraiture. Knowledge of current Canon digital photography systems. Knowledge of Hasselblad, Mamiya, and Pentax Medium Format Cameras, Nikon & Canon 35mm Cameras, and Sinar & Ebony Large Format Cameras. Knowledge of Lighting Systems and Techniques.
Computer Skills Adobe CS package including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign & Bridge, Freehand, Quark XPress, Adobe Lightroom, Apple Aperture, Microsoft Excel, Word & Powerpoint, MAC OSX
Online Portfolio www.akivisuals.com/AKIportfolio