Sean Tourangeau
- Account Type:
- member
- Location:
- Colorado Springs, CO USA
- Member since:
- January 24, 2008
- Last Login:
- January 26, 2016
- Last Update:
- December 20, 2008
- Bio:
Skills
- Primary Skill:
- Skilled Artist
- Secondary Skill:
- Novice Designer
- Tertiary Skill:
- Intermediate Production
- Summary:
- SEAN P. TOURANGEAU
http://hammerheadgraphics.iwarp.com or http://stourangeau.deviantart.com
stourangeau@earthlink.net
EXPERIENCE:
6/2003 to Present - DexMedia- Denver, CO
Graphic Designer
Member of the Graphics Customer Care Center that provides customer and agency support for 37 Sales offices in the 14 state region.
-Exceeded the average production quotas (averaged 11.55 adds/day).
-Accommodated special requests for unique designs by hand drawing, designing, sizing, scanning and cleaning art to be used in final advertising.
-Composed and designed sold and speculative display advertising.
-Performed V.A.R. (Virtual Artist Room)/one-on-one consultations with sales reps and external customers to create effective ads.
-Handled vender/agency calls concerning DexMedia advertising specs
and standards; provided excellent customer service to internal/external customers.
-Created accurate advertising for clients by working within directory schedules, specifications and designated applications.
-Extremely proficient and assisted other team members when needed in PhotoShop, Illustrator and the DexGraphics ad layout software.
-Participated on special assignments in other DexMedia offices (5 weeks in the Colorado Springs office and one week via satellite for the Albuquerque book).
-Assisted with beta testing on the Keystone operating system prior to the company wide release (3 month project).
9/2002 to 5/2003- USGS- Denver, CO
Technical Illustrator
Member of the World Energy Team that provided detailed information on the status
of world energy (oil and gas) resources.
-Created digital technical illustrations from source material provided by geologists.
11/1997 to 3/2002- QwestDex (US West)- Bellevue, WA
Graphic Artist
Member of the Display Graphics Team that provided display advertising for over
10,000 customers across a 12 state region.
-Accommodated special requests for unique designs by hand drawing, designing, sizing, scanning and cleaning art to be used in final advertising.
-Composed and designed sold and speculative display advertising.
-Published accurate advertising for clients by working within directory schedules, specifications and designated applications.
-Performed one-on-one consultations with sales reps and external customers that move ads from spec to sold.
10/1995 to 3/1997- Microsoft Corporation- Redmond, WA
Contract Production Artist
Member of the Interactive Media Production Team that created online games and
content for the Microsoft Network (RE-man Interactive On-Line Comic Book Project).
-Created animations used on the Microsoft Network (MSN).
-Produced the color for the \\\"Covers\\\", \\\"Pop-up\\\" and \\\"What-if Panels\\\" for RE-man.
-Created and placed text bubbles and assorted navigation icons and resized final artwork that provided for faster download.
-Converted final artwork into proper formats for accurate display on the internet.
-Designed background tiles and placement maps that were aesthetically pleasing and promoted easier navigation.
-Selected to design the \\\"RE-man Desktop Theme\\\" for the \\\"Kids Plus Pack\\\" for Windows 95.
2/1995 to 9/1995- Edmark- Corporation Redmond, WA
Production Artist
-Produced digital artwork for various educational software titles.
EDUCATION:
The Art Institute Of Seattle; Seattle, WA
Associate Degree, 12/1994
Visual Communications, Graphic Design & Illustration specialization
The Art Institute Of Seattle; Seattle, WA
Continued education in Multimedia and Animation, 2001 to 2002
SKILLS:
Adobe Photoshop - Adobe Illustrator - Adobe Image Ready
Adobe Streamline - Adobe InDesign - BBEdit Lite
HTML - Macromedia Flash MX - Corel Painter
Debabelizer - QuarkXpress - Advertising Design
Cartooning - Graphic Design - Web Design
Character Design & Development - Logo Design
Illustration - Vector Illustration - Customer Service
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
FREELANCE EXPERIENCE
2005 - 2007 TattooJohnny.com - Tattoo Designer
2007 Fractalsmith Games - Contributing Illustrator
2007 Amazing-Labs - Contributing Illustrator
2006 Xoom Entertainment, Orlando, FL - Concept Artist
2006 Spokster - Vector Illustrator
2006 Audio Partnership, London, UK- Character Designer
2004 - 05 WeiEmpire.com - Character Designer
2001 - 20002 LogosFirst, Sammamish, WA - Digital Designer
2001 Media Mosaic Inc., Renton, WA - Vector Illustrator /Digital Designer
1999 Creative Photo Concepts, Bothell, WA - Illustrator
1994 - 1995 The World Builder Press, Bonney Lake, WA - Illustrator
1994 International Marketing Inc., Seattle, WA - Illustrator
AWARDS
2005 Winner of the Simon & Schuster Design the U.S.S. Titan Contest
Recent Activity
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