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Craig Shira
Craig.Shira gmail.com
OBJECTIVE:
I am seeking a full-time career that involves creativity, art, and design. My goals include working on projects that involve conceptual art, story-boarding, story development, color correction, or graphic design. I also seek to enrich the community through education and contributing to make it safer.
SKILLS:
- 17 years of sketching, character design, cartooning, and life drawing
- 9 years experience with Adobe Photoshop
- 13 years editing HTML in text editors "by hand"
- Skilled in Microsoft Word and familiar with Excel
- Experience with Maya, SoftImage, and Visual Studio.net
- Experience with Final Cut Pro, After Effects
- Art director and producer of a first-person Flash adventure game
- Produced and directed a short documentary
- Adept with Mac or Windows-based computers
EXPERIENCE:
ArtPress Publishing
Printmaker
From: May 2004 To: January 2009
Being a niche printing shop focused on the specialized IRIS printer, my responsibilities include opening and closing the shop, managing production, and running the shop as needed. Tasks involve correcting color of prints to original paintings and photographs, maintenance, repair, and operation of IRIS printers, preparing and cleaning prints, customer interaction, managing shipments, maintaining supplies, and sustaining workspace organization.
Saint Maximilian Landsknecht Re-Enactment Guild
Secretary / Treasurer
From: Jan 2010 To: present
I take notes at meetings, manage membership, and am involved with the finances of this 501(c)3 non-profit educational corporation. As a member, I educate the public on historical life and how it applies today.
Webmaster
From: Dec 2005 To: present
I am fully responsible for the website, having designed the website and graphics, added content, and ensure its maintenance.
President
From: Feb 2009 To: June 2009
I facilitated the organization’s operations and was the liaison between Renaissance Fair organizers and the guild.
San José Police Department
Volunteer
From: Jan 2008 To: May 2009
I worked in Truancy Abatement Burglary Suppression (TABS) center filing paperwork, performing data entry, answering phones, taking notes from phone conversations, and riding with officers in search of truants.
WORK AS AN INDEPENDANT CONTRACTOR
Paul Fortis Fine Art
Web-Developer
From: Dec 2006 To: Jan 2010
Worked with the client to design a website, added content, and I currently maintain the site as needed.
Les Kelley Inc.
Graphic Designer
Oct 2007, Sept 2008, Nov 2009
These contracted jobs consisted of collaborating with the client to design a calendar, and when done, printing and cutting the pages.
Mitra Shahidi
Contract Illustrator
May 2009
Served as a contract artist to illustrate backgrounds in Flash.
K.V.C.
Independent Dealer
March 2009
Walked door-to-door to set up appointments and demonstrated products.
Los Gatos Ballet and Pilates
Web-Developer, Illustrator
From: July 2008 To: Feb 2009
Organized files, fixed problems and bugs, and designed a logo.
A.R.T.
Mover
Dec 2006, December 2008
Packaged, unpackaged, moved, and displayed original artwork.
Tax Networks
Web Consultant
From: Jan 2006 To: Sept 2008
Provided support to website designer, cleaned up HTML code on requested pages, performed audio transfer, created various graphics, and offered input on the company's presentation.
Pam Giles
Photographer
From: July 2008 To: Aug 2008
Photographed interior of house, fixed images, and printed sheets.
Jennifer Binkerd
Graphic Designer
From: Nov 2007 To: March 2008
Worked with the client to design a theme for wedding materials. Once the design was created, I designed wedding invitations, RSVP cards, recipe cards, and bookmarks.
Thomas Giles Art
Web-Developer
From: Mar 2007 To: Aug 2007
Designed website and added content.
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Heritage Bank of Commerce
Intern
Summer 2000
Data entry, transferring money, stopping payment on checks, research, reorganization.
Agnews Developmental Center
Volunteer
From: Sept 1998 To: Dec 2000
Assisted therapists and worked with clients with mental and physical disabilities.
EDUCATION:
Cogswell Polytechnical College, B.A., Computer and Video Imaging, emphasis in Digital Illustration, 06/2006
Cogswell Polytechnical College, B.S., Digital Arts Engineering; emphasis in Visual Effects, Animation, 06/2006
California Basic P.O.S.T. Certificate, 11/13/2009
HONORS & AWARDS:
- Dean's and President's Honor Roll (Cogswell)
- Magna Cum Laude (Cogswell)
- Valedictorian (Cogswell)
ACTIVITIES:
- Founding Member and President (for three terms): Cogswell Fencing Club
- Officer: Saint Maximilian Landsknecht Reenactment Guild
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