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San Francisco, California, United States

Manage a wood and metal sign-building shop serving the Golden Gate National Recreation Area; Direct operations within the shop, including building signs for identification, pedestrian and vehicular wayfinding, and safety, build fences, repair structures, and respond to other facilities-related requestsSupervise and delegate tasks to one direct report; understand and meet evolving departmental goals; Ensure compliance with accessibility requirements and safety standards, including under the Manual on Uniform Traffic Devices and the Americans with Disabilities Act

San Francisco, California, United States

Design and illustrate pictures and symbols for signage that communicates important messages to all visitors; Produce new signs in accordance with internal and external guidelines and directions using design guides produced by outside agencies and through receiving feedback from the Marketing Team; Consult on graphic design decisions and meet graphic design needs for partners including the California Department of Parks and Recreation (State Parks) and the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy; Create vehicular signage specific to federal and state messaging and branding; Advise on fabrication techniques for primary trailhead signage for Mount Tamalpais State Park; Convert graphic files on Adobe into files compatible with various print software such as Omega and Flexi; Hand paint letters, including stylized, military-era lettering, and perform color correction and pixel matching

San Francisco, California, United States

Designed symbols to bridge historic park signage with new design trends and industry standards; Took and processed new orders; managed records including maintenance reports and purchasing orders

San Francisco, California, United States

San Francisco, California, United States