experience

Kaiser Permanente | Oakland, CA
[feb 2011 - present]

Creative Solutions Designer
print design and web design/production for Brand Services, Communications and Public Relations as part of Kaiser Permanente's Program Offices/Corporate Communications.

Pacific Sun | San Rafael, CA
[july 03 - feb 2011]

Art Director/Production Manager
manage a team of five designers for a weekly newspaper. responsible for all aspects of layout and design, from editorial to ads, to promotional collateral and media kits. work with freelance photographers and illustrators, assign cover art, and design covers each week. art direct photo shoots.

manage and oversee design and production of several print publications that the Pacific Sun produces.

our web site was designed and is managed by another department but i am responsible for collection of files for uploading to web site. oversee making of all online ads.

oversee and manage production of short videos for our web site. these are for editorial or advertising for clients.

Writer
write occassional pieces for the paper.
samples: cover story on social networking, short piece on taxidermy, story on cremated remains

Funky Door Yoga | San Francisco, CA
[dec 03 - july 03]

Web Site Designer/Graphics Consultant/Front Desk/Yoga Teacher
designed and maintained web site for owners of four bay area bikram yoga studios. consulted on various graphic needs of the studios. worked the front desk for three months, taught yoga for one month, before deciding to go back into design full-time.

Young & Rubicam | San Francisco, CA
[may 00 - dec 02]

Interactive Designer
part of a small interactive team for a large ad agency. responsible for a variety of interactive projects. helped design, code and produce everything from banners to full-blown web sites. job included working directly with other designers, copywriters, account reps, and clients.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | San Francisco, CA
[nov 91 - may 00]

Online Art Director
[nov 96 - may 00]
responsible for all graphics on the SF Bay Guardian (a newsweekly paper) web site, adapted artwork from the print product of the newspaper for the web, provided art for web exclusive stories, maintained a freelance art budget, designed all site pages.

Assistant Art Director/Graphic Designer
[nov 91 - nov 96]
responsible for editorial layout and design, worked with freelance illustrators and photographers, scheduled and art directed photo shoots for special sections of the paper, designed ads and promotional pieces, did paste-up, prepared color overlays, reviewed freelancer portfolios.

Arts Writer
[nov 91 - may 00]
contributed music /arts articles/reviews and calendar capsules on a regular basis. sample: interview with harrod blank, reposted on van web site

Santa Barbara Independent | Santa Barbara, CA
[jan 90 - june 91]

Designer created ads and promotional pieces for newsweekly, responsible for implementing an outside design/typesetting service: "Visual Impact" (included helping create company name, logo, promotion and business structure), worked individually with clients on specific design projects including newsletters, business cards, logos, letterhead, and ads.

Arts Writer wrote a monthly column, covering the local underground music scene, as well as writing music/arts previews/reviews on a regular basis.

KCSB, UCSB College Radio Station | Santa Barbara, CA
[sept 86 - june 91]

Publications Coordinator
[89-90]
art directed/edited/published a quarterly 24-page program guide for the station.

Disc Jockey
[86-91]
hosted a weekly radio show.

Animal Town Game Co. | Santa Barbara, CA
[sept 89 - jan 90]

worked for a mail order catalog doing shipping/receiving and customer service until they relocated and moved to another city.

Nicoletti’s Gourmet Coffee/Deli | Santa Barbara, CA
[sept 86 - sept 89]

assistant manager for two busy food units on the UCSB college campus.

computer skills

InDesign, Photoshop, Imageready, QuarkXpress, Illustrator, HTML, BBEdit, GoLive, Dreamweaver, Acrobat, Pitstop, Word, familiar with CSS, Flash, Excel

education

BA in Psychology
University of California,
Santa Barbara, CA [1990]

classes in design, web design, video
on an ongoing basis

things that keep me sane

rock and roll, books and magazines, playing guitar, bass and ukulele, documentary movies, thrift stores, carbohydrates, yoga, the beach, dirtbike riding

contact

beth
@rockinvan.com | 415.819.3350
1538 Fulton Street Apt. B
San Francisco, CA 94117

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