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Michael
R. Cooke
Graphics for a Jaded
Nation |
Design
and Illustration for Print and Digital media
23-44 28th St., Long Island City, NY,
11105
Tel: 1(718) 545-0639 • email: mykill5@mindspring.com |
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QUALIFICATIONS: |
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QUALIFICATIONS: |
• Professional Illustrator and
designer capable of diverse styles
• Pioneered ACME Group's Corporate Intranet and Web Presence
• Adapts rapidly to new technology and software developments
on Windows and MacOS platforms |
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EXPERIENCE: |
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1987 - present |
Freelance, Long Island City, NY
Freelance Artist/Designer
• Art/layout for advertising, catalogs, Children's Book
mock-ups, cartoons, logos, web design...etc.
Capable with pencil, ink, gouache, dyes, markers, Acrylic and
oil paint ... |
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1987 - 1989 |
The Grapevine Weekly, Ithaca, NY
Freelance writer/artist, "Itha-cat" comic strip
• Creator of comic, manual paste-up and layout of copy and
ads |
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1993 - 1994 |
Xyt'l Corp., Long Island, NY
Art Director
• Responsible for design and copy edit of corporate brochures
and business proposals, also logo and form generation. |
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1994 - present |
Acme Group, New York, NY.
Designer, Applications Specialist and Web Coordinator
• Graphic Designer: Created or refined final corporate look
of collateral for many business ventures, including Electrical
Speciality Enterprises, Wizard Communications, HS and Const,
ACME ...etc.
• Applications Specialist: trainer and trouble shooter for
Mac OS and Windows (95 & NT) and various software applications
(Microsoft Office,Filemaker Pro, Adobe Various...etc.).
• Web Coordinator: Pioneered Acme Group's internal Intranet
(using OReilly WebSite on NT), and Internet presence including
everything from webpage design to connection / ISP comparison
and determination. |
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EDUCATION: |
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Graduated: 1985 |
Honors math/science program,
Stuyvesant High School, New
York, NY
"Gold" graduation Art award |
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Completed: 1987 |
Illustration, Design and Cartooning Trade
School,
Joe
Kubert School of Cartooning and Graphic Art, Dover, NJ |
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Completed: 1988 |
Liberal Arts, Graphic design, Fine Art,
Tompkins Cortland Community
College, Dryden, NY |
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SOFTWARE: |
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• OS experience: |
Mac OS, Windows (95 & NT) |
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• Graphics/Design: |
PageMaker , Quark Express, Photoshop, Illustrator,
Painter5, Paint Shop Pro, CorelDraw, Canvas5, Kai Power tools.... |
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• Business: |
Microsoft Office, FileMaker Pro, Lotus Smart
Suite |
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• Web related: |
Adobe Pagemill 2.0/3.0, Symantic Cafe and
Visual Page, Gif builder, Gif Construction set, OReilley Website,
Internet Information Server... |
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