Resume and Bio
Angela Reat
Art Director/Graphic Designer
Description:
Angela is currently active in branding and peripherals for the nationally recognized wine and restaurant arena in Portland. It is a vibrant and competitive scene in which innovation and craft walk hand in hand. Her approach, and her results, are in-sync with this industry’s marriage of tradition and creativity. It gives her great pleasure to represent her clients’ products in a striking and memorable style.
Resume:
design:
PRINCIPAL
Imprint Design (Studio)
1995-present
ASSOCIATE CREATIVE DIRECTOR
(actual title was "principal artist")
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Public Affairs
2005-2007
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Creative Resources, Rome Italy
2002-2005
ART DIRECTOR OF WEB DEVELOPMENT
The Design Room, San Francisco, CA
1999-2001
ASSOCIATE ART DIRECTOR OF WEB DEVELOPMENT
Guidance Solutions, Los Angeles, CA
1997-1999
project management
IT PROJECT MANAGER FOR CISCO SYSTEMS NETWORKER'S TRADE SHOWS AND CONFERENCES
Conference Planners, Burlingame, CA
2001
freelance
CREATIVE DIRECTOR/branding & identity/print & web
USA; San Diego, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland (OR),
Italy; Rome
ONGOING, 1995-present
(to name a few)
PORTLAND:
Portland Zoo
Nike Golf
Aha! Marketing group (Alling Henning Assoc)
Regence Health Care
Ecova (formerly Eco energy and sustainable management)
Oliver Wyman
Fred Myer
Secret Society Ballroom
OTHER:
Disney
Warner Bros.
Universal Studios
Chiat/Day
Addison
UCSF School of Pharmacy
1185 design
Sardegna Energy
World Food Program (U.N. in Rome, Italy)
Unicef
American Women's Association of Rome
+ over 40 more (see client list)
etc:
GRAPHIC DESIGN INSTRUCTOR
Sky Due (computer skills school) Rome, Italy
2002-2004
American Embassy of Rome
2003
City College of San Francisco
2000
EDUCATION
San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA
B.A.I.A., Bachelors of Art in Industrial Art (emphasis Furniture).
President of IDSA SFSU division (Industrial Society of America)
Brunel University London, England
Exchange student in the school of design
1995 WEST OFFICE EXHIBITION DESIGN
Design for non-profit Science Museums, Intern and Assistant Designer
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DESCRIPTIONS OF DUTIES, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES
EXPERIENCES:
FREELANCE
As a freelancer I have experienced working with a wide variety of clients in Portland, OR, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco and Rome, Italy (see client list). This experience has exposed me
to a multitude of projects specializing in graphic design including both digital and print formats, as well as scoping projects from conception to completion by mentoring clients on their graphic
goals, working within determined time lines and meeting budgeted plans.
UCSF PUBLIC AFFAIRS (The University of California San Francisco)is responsible for all of the media relations both inside the University and with the public. My responsibilities have
included:
• Creating original innovative designs for various UCSF publications.
• Maintaining, enhancing & monitoring UCSF Id standards.
• Preparing and creating job proposals, client presentations, estimates, time lines & budgets.
• Guide & strategize with clients determining design directions for their communication needs.
• Hire & art direct assets (photographers, illustrators, printers, free-lance designers),
which includes coordinating printing bids, press checks and budgets.
• Project management: planning and monitoring jobs from concept to delivery
• Job management from projects initiation to delivery and archiving
CREATIVE RESOURCES is comprised of American and Italian women in Rome, is an identity, marketing and promotions organization. As director of Identity, Graphics and Marketing my responsibilities
include logo review and redesign, online presences, collateral design unity (creating and keeping all graphics within the style guide’s boundaries). Our clients range from the US Embassy in Rome,
The World Food Program (WFP), a division of the UN, various retail shops, to the tourism industry.
CONFERENCE PLANNERS facilitates large-scale conferences, trade shows, training seminars and industry events for leading information technology companies, nationwide. As the IT project manager, I
helped corporate clients, such as Cisco Systems, develop and execute major promotional and educational events.
My responsibilities included:
• Developing business requirements
• Authoring technical documentation
• Managing escalating project issues
• Meeting with clients and team to effectively facilitate the projects' evolving
information technology requirements
THE DESIGN ROOM was a full service design firm specializing in identity design, collateral and web design. As Art Director my responsibilities included:
• Working directly with clients to develop project scope and deliverables
• Accompanying Business Development in sales meetings and developing estimates for
job time estimation and job costing purposes
• Developing creative briefs
• Creating site architecture documentation, interface design, site maps,
navigation schematics, and page elements for a broad range of websites
• Strategic design converting business requirements into digital assets
• Managing, mentoring and coordinating workflow of design staff
GUIDANCE SOLUTIONS located in Los Angeles, is a leading developer of customized e-business solutions. They mainly work with traditional businesses, such as Footlocker and Bidwell & Company,
to identify and implement new opportunities on the Web. My responsibilities included:
• Managing Senior and Associate Interactive Designers as well as Art Contractors
• Managing and balancing personnel resources of the art department
• Working with design and production staff to establish composition and layout
• Identifying, communicating and selecting necessary resource needs for the art
department by assuring that artists complete work within budgeted hours
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