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ivan aguiar - senior designer/photographer
8050 Oakdell Way, Ste. 2304
san antonio, tx 78240
888.820.0428 toll free
or 425.344.4710

objective
Seeking brain-swelling challenges in a creative environment, get all jacked on caffeine, and repeat it over and over until it’s right. Build it, break it, build it again, break it again, craft it, mold it, shoot it, draw it, publish it.

experience
BDA, woodinville, wa—february 2007 ~ november 2008
senior photographer, designer - publication development
• served as a leader within the Publications Department in areas of photography and project management
• served as departmental and group role model as both photographer and team leader
• worked closely with project managers, project leads, and photography team to ensure that overall output standards are consistent with project goals
• developed and managed imaging solutions that demonstrate creative excellence in all phases of the photographic process
• was responsible for excecution and supervision of all phases of the project needed for successful, on-time completion
• evaluated and communicated scheduling; project status/progress with Project Portfolio Manager and Project Leads
• upheld the creative mission and standards of both the department and BDA, as set forth by the Publications Department and BDA management
• was responsible for supervising team training and development of photography and post-production
• was responsible for evaluating the performance of each team member on an on-going basis, and during the formal review process
• assisted in non–photography related department tasks (file maintenance, archiving, supply management, systems admin, etc.)
• developed and maintain strong partnerships with clients to ensure the level of service quality always exceeds expectation

BDA, woodinville, wa—january 2001 ~ 2007
senior designer, print/web - creative services
• served as a leader within creative services department
• worked closely with creative director to ensure overall creative vision and standards were consistent with the goals of the company
• provided creative direction of specific projects to production teams so that client objectives were successfully met
• developed design solutions that demonstrated creative excellence for all phases of the design process (from concept to final execution)
• responsible for ensuring execution of all phases of design project needed for project completion
(developing comps, art direction of photo shoots, securing illustrations, presschecks, etc.)
• introduced web design and web architecture to the creative services department
• planned, grafted, designed and finally built sites for specific clients
• trained and mentored various coworkers expressing a desire to learn web
• designed a template for web standards based on the back end accounting engine of the company
• initiated the idea of bringing photography in-house, instead of out-sourcing it
• designed web sites around the look and feel of the new photography style
• agency-driven style, photography and design, catalogs and POP promotion pieces for key clients: michelin, dell, intel, fedex, home depot, and others

oneworld creative, miami, fl—january 1999 ~ 2001
art director/photographer
• led creative, design and marketing agency servicing national Fortune 500 clients in the supermarket, banking, and pharmacy sectors
• involved in all stages of all projects, from idea to reality, to fulfillment
• created calendars and other promotional pieces for miscellaneous clients
• collaborated with designers on project status
• regularly attended the necessary press checks for current projects
• trained creative staff on procedures at the pre and post production stage
• held daily production meetings to cover storyboards and critiques on assignments
• held one on one evaluation meetings with designers, sought areas of improvement
• hired contract or permanent graphic designers for miscellaneous projects
• crafted an automated system for backup & catalogue of current and past projects

bridge studio, miami beach, fl, miami, fl—october 1995 ~ 1996
design director/stock photographer
• carried out specific instruction of the creative director, for design purposes
• full attention to system integrity, maintained computers and network
• was prone to dealing with service bureaus for film creation, price quotes and deadlines
• had the authority to purchase supplies and/or product for office use
• had charge in stock photography usage as the actual supplier for miscellaneous
• crafted an automated system for backup & catalogue of current and past projects
• managed the visual workflow and addressed certain issues and hurdles that came up during production
• collaborated with fellow designers and creative director, on issues and critiques

trinity church, san antonio, texas—february 1994 ~ september 1994
head of graphics department, image & typesetter
• sole creator of line-art image library; for general use by department
• designed weekly bulletin layout and other related graphical print tasks, using macintosh
• produced camera-ready art for in-house print shop

freelance
• Sew Much More, Inc. Austin, TX, July 1998~2008, art direction, advertising, marketing, web & print
• fivehumans.com, Seattle, Wa, September 2008, photography, web consultation
• Weyerhauser, Seattle, WA, February 2007, photography
• the Winterpills (music band) Whately, MA, March 2008, photography
• Mono in VCF, (music band) Tacoma, WA, April 2008, photography
• the Dimes, (music band) Portland, OR, April 2008, photography
• the sun-ups (music band) Seattle, WA, November 2002~March 2006, photography, art direction, web/print
• true dimensions, Austin, TX November 1998, creative direction/graphic designer - miscellaneous ad campaign
• plantation house, Pflugerville, TX June 1998, creative direction/photography/graphic designer - advertisement
• meek, San Antonio, TX June 1997~1998, creative direction/graphic designer - music cd

technical skills
• avidly affluent in all adobe CS apps (photoshop, illustrator, indesign, dreamweaver)
• additionally, skilled in quark Xpress, freehand MX, lightroom, keynote, capture NX
• strong knowledge of computer equipment, hardware, peripherals, PC/Mac OS X, Mac with VMware or boot camp, PC: windows XP
• strong knowledge of prepress, separation and photographic process, printing and fulfillment: folding, binding, delivering
• over 19 years of photography experience, 15 of which are professional
• extensive experience in the photo studio with product still, food, and people
• has a keen eye for typography and content layout
• excellent verbal and written communication skills
• verbal and written proficiency in english and spanish
• strong, tactile enclination to visual projects, skething, building, cutting, presentation
• unusual logical thought process for troubleshooting, computers, cameras, printers, software

formal education
san antonio college, san antonio, texas january 1991 ~ may 1994
Associate in Arts Degree, Digital Design/Visual Arts
• graphic advertising arts, photography, video production, journalism, creative writing, photo-journalism
• art courses and critique intensive labs
• concentration in the visual realm of photography
• rules and origins of typography
• business and administration side of graphic arts

additional education/instruction
adobe photoshop seminar november 1998
macromedia seminar january 1999
macromedia web applications seminar october 1999
macromedia flash 4 - 1 week course april 2000
adobe photoshop, illustrator, indessign march 2001
macromedia dreamweaver/fireworks, july 2001
apple mac OS X introduction september 2001
adobe creative suite introduction october 2003
adobe creative suite 2 introdcution june 2005
apple pro apps, final cut pro, motion, dvd studio pro seminar october 2005
adobe creative suite 3, adobe acrobat professional july 2007
nikon school, 2002-2008

references, printed pieces, electronic versions, available upon request