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80 Churchill Street #37 Waterloo, Ontario N2L 2X2 (519) 725-3997 [email protected] CraigMusselman.com CRAIG MUSSELMAN OBJECTIVE A position in Graphic/Web Design. SUMMARY Internationally recognized Photoshop artist with over 3 years experience in graphic design for print and web Successfully earned Web Design & Development Diploma (2010) and Digital Imaging Diploma (2007) Experienced in training and facilitating Photoshop and other digital media safety training to a diverse population Creative and artistic with an intuitive sense for marketing techniques Skilled in establishing rapport with clients and co-workers Cross-disciplined learner with a desire to learn new concepts SKILL SET Adobe Photoshop Adobe Indesign HTML / CSS Adult Teaching Quark Xpress Proofreading Tutorial Writing EDUCATION Web Design & Development Diploma, Trios College, Kitchener, ON Digital Imaging Diploma, Conestoga College, Kitchener, ON BSc. Physics/Math, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON AWARDS AND PUBLICATIONS Graphic Design Adobe Flash Actionscript Dreamweaver Marketing Project Management Wordpress Adobe Illustrator Storyboarding Concept Design Game Design Costume Design Colour Theory Book Author/Designer Artist and Gardener Photo References A Year of Flowers Deluxe Edition (Coffee Table Book) Author/Designer/Photographer 464 pages, Summer 2012 Machines and Magic (Art Book): Author/Designer International Sci Fi fantasy art 156 pages 2011, featured full page in ImagineFX Feb 2012 issue #79 Winner Best Photoshop Halloween Tutorial: Instructables.com 2011 Region of Waterloo Arts Fund: grant fully funding TalentNextDoor project 2011 KWArtsAwards: nominated in 2 categories 2011, winner 2012 Rotunda Gallery (Solo Photoshop Show), Kitchener City Hall: 2011 Talent Next Door (3 Full Art Books), Author/Designer. Novel Covers (2): Including Poul Anderson for Nowa Fantastyka (Poland) Best In Show Award: Advanced Photoshop Magazine #24 (UK) FXpose - Featured Portfolio: Imagine F/X Magazine #8 (UK) Best Digitally Altered Photo, KPL Photography Contest: 2009, 2010, 2011 (Kitchener, Canada) Co-Author/Artist Thomson Technologies Photoshop techniques textbook (USA) Gold-Best All Time Photoshop: Worth1000.com Photoshop Competition Site 2007 (USA) 80 Churchill Street #37 Waterloo, Ontario N2L 2X2 (519) 725-3997 [email protected] CraigMusselman.com DESIGN EXPERIENCE CRAIG MUSSELMAN AUTHOR / DESIGNER, TalentNextDoor.com, 2010 - Present Successfully cold-called and recruited several hundred artists to submit artwork and bios to showcase 5 different art books Designed all related marketing and creative including: logo, brochures, social media portals, book layouts as well as the TalentNextDoor.com, MachinesAndMagic.com ShootItForMe.com websites Nurtured client relations, liaised with gallery managers, publishers and marketing facilitators Completed layout using Indesign and Photoshop for outsourced printing Successfully arranged and hosted tie-in gallery shows Promoted projects in television & radio interviews with Rogers, CTV, 98.5FM Awarded funding grant 2011 from “Make Art Happen’ artusfund.ca Generated sales in excess of $20 000 SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER, C.R. Visuals, Kitchener, 2007-2008 OTHER EXPERIENCE Reported to and advised Art Director Caroline de Gruchy Created digital graphic designs for branding development, client communications, marketing, print-on-demand services and advertising for both internet and walk-in clients Devised all aspects of design from pencil thumbnails and storyboards to fullcolour print and digital output using Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash Managed design interns and facilitated their training Liaised with remainder of the team to ensure assets met requirements for web, designs were being implemented correctly, and editing was correct PHOTOSHOP INSTRUCTOR, Button Factory Art Centre, Waterloo, 2011 Designed and instructed classes in Photoshop Acted as a Guest Lecturer at Conestoga College Doon Campus, local arts groups and various websites WOODWORKING TECHNICIAN, Emerson Inc, Cambridge, 1997-2009 Oriented new employees about safety training, process training, oversaw drill boring machine setup, quality control, routine maintenance, disaster control, and creative solutions in a “just in time” atmosphere INSTRUCTOR, Worker’s Compensation Board, Kitchener, 1995 Taught remedial junior and high-school courses in Math, Physics, Chemistry and English at a private adult high school