Jim MacQuarrie
Graphic Design & Production Artist
676 N Raymond Ave
Pasadena, CA--http://www.JimMacQ.com
Facebook/Twitter/LinkedIn/Instagram@JimMacQ
Skills:
•Adobe Creative Suite
•Microsoft Office
•HTML & CSS
•MacOS Proficient & PC Literate
•Typography
•Logo Design
•Style Guides & Templates
•Traditional Paste-up
•Mock-ups & Presentations
•Cartoons & Illustrations
•Technical illustration
•Information Graphics
•Writing & Editing
•Proofreading
•Prepress & Flightchecking
Professional History:
Lavi Industries
Valencia, CA • January 2012 to April 2018
Design, print and fabricate signage and public guidance; design and produce brochures, spec sheets, assembly instructions, catalogs; create technical illustrations; produce trade show booth graphics, displays and prototypes; maintain and operate large-format inkjet and dye-sublimation printers, vinyl cutter, and color laser printer.
Lancer Creative Services
Pasadena CA • November 2008 to January 2012
Provide full-service graphics & design support for manufacturers, publishers, and retailers. Projects include illustration, production and lettering for comic books, technical illustration and schematics, packaging, logo design, photo retouching, and design & programming of websites.
M-Audio, Inc.
Irwindale, CA • May 2004 to November 2008
Package production, product information sheet layout and production, product photography and retouching, and illustration for instruction manuals and advertising. Created templates, master pages and style sheets. Co-authored brand style guide. Managed digital assets library.
Writing:
GeekDad
geekdad.com • April 2011 to Present
Contributor. Write articles, reviews, interviews; writer/illustrator, “Word Nerd,” a humorous educational feature about frequently-misused words.
Atomic Junk Shop
AtomicJunkShop.com • October 2016 to present
Writer/editor/webmaster/designer; articles, reviews, essays, interviews about pop culture past and present, including film, animation, comics, TV, conventions, cosplay, and news.
Comics Work:
Spinner Rack Comics: Logo design, Editorial page design, art corrections, pre-press.
About Comics: Pencils, inks, letters, colors.
Captain Rochester: Illustration, lettering, editorial pages, pre-press.
Grayhaven Comics: Logo design.
Alterna Comics: Logo design.
Pro Bono:
Pasadena Roving Archers
2002 to Present
Coach/Webmaster/volunteer • Certified archery coach working with young archers ages 8-16 in competitive program. Design brochures, ads, website.
Pasadena Pops
1992 to 2001
Design & production, posters, advertising, program books, website, mailers, fundraising brochures, for local orchestra.
Memberships:
CAPS (Comic Art Professional Society)
2006 to Present • Current President, previously Vice-President and Treasurer.
NCS-LA (National Cartoonists Society)
2016 to Present • Member, Los Angeles Chapter.
Education:
Glendale Community College • Digital Animation
Pasadena City College • Advertising & Graphic Design
Citrus College • Newspaper Production, Photography
