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Celine Damonte
www.celinedamonte.com
celine.damonte@comcast.net
Experience:
Web and Graphic Designer/Project Lead
Bradbury & Bradbury Art Wallpapers
July 2002 - Present
Responsible for design, project management, site architecture, programming and interface for www.bradbury.com. Site to showcase each of the 700+ Bradbury wallpaper samples, making them available to order online. Coordinated seamless front-end interface with SiteLink (Dydacomp) back-end shopping basket/checkout. Responsible for advertisement design, catalog design and product photography (digital).
Web Designer, Freelance
Biocompare
July 2005 - Present
Banner design, ad design, HTML email design. Primary focus is the repurposing of various vendor images for features and articles on the biocompare.com site.
Visual Designer, Freelance
August 2001 - Ongoing
Web design for both corporate and retail/e-commerce clients. Providing site design and web production services for various clients, including Bridges Marketing Group, Good Night Naturals, Earthsake, Rodmell Press and others. Digital photography for client sites.
VP of Design, Partner
Black Diamond Living Magazine
June 2004 - June 2005
Responsible for all advertising design and management, as well as assisting with editorial design for regional magazine. Design and maintenance of BDL Magazine website (www.bdlmagazine.com). Photography and photo editing. Design of additional products and publications as needed.
Visual Designer, Interactive
Clear Ink Corporation, Walnut Creek, CA
August 1999 - August 2001
Designed web sites for corporate and e-commerce clients. Worked on all aspects of creating a site, from design and architecture to coding templates and content implementation. Accustomed to working with engineers, producers and account executives. Thorough knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Photoshop, ImageReady and Flash. Trained new employees.
Graphic Designer
Schurman Fine Papers, San Francisco, CA
August 1997 - August 1999
Managed art, color, and design for large product releases for Papyrus stores. Produced gift boxes, gift wrap, gift bags, greeting cards and stationery items using advanced computer graphics techniques. Worked in conjunction with art directors and artists on design of high-end specialty collections. Responsible for creating templates for gift boxes/packaging as a product specialist. Responsible for proofing bluelines and sample proofs from both foreign and domestic print vendors. Experienced in buying and proofing four-color scans. Involved in web site design and development.
Graphic Design and Production Coordinator
Vanstar, Inc., (formerly ComputerLand Corporation), Pleasanton, CA
February 1993 - February 1995
Performed layout and design using QuarkXPress. Assisted in photography direction and selection. Coordinated freelance and staff designers, assisting production manager in scheduling and task trafficking for quarterly computer products catalog: "Computers 800". Coordinated writing and editing of catalog copy. Created scripted interface between pricing database and catalog Quark pages to maintain accuracy and to streamline production. Managed catalog department Macintosh network server and provided department with technical support.
Catalog Associate Editor
ComputerLand Corporation, Pleasanton, CA
January 1992 - February 1993
Worked with major computer product vendors on creation of catalog advertisements and promotions. Performed design and production of catalog and marketing-related projects. Proofread and edited catalog pages and performed occasional writing of advertisement copy. Managed catalog network files, providing Macintosh troubleshooting for catalog department.
Graphic Artist, Alphabetics Graphic Design, San Francisco, CA
February 1989 - September 1991
Produced magazine features, advertisements, brochures and collateral using both computer and traditional graphics methods. Managed advertisements and handled all production for 148-page monthly magazine. Assisted production manager with project planning, trafficking and organization. Trained and supervised freelance artists.
Education:
Bachelor of Arts in Industrial Arts, Emphasis in Graphic Design
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, May 1991, Honors
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