Jim C Morales Email & Phone Number

California, United States

Petaluma, California

Greater St. Louis Area

Provided expert direction and problem solving for client creative campaigns. Engaged in managing all aspects of freelance business operation, including generating clients, planning projects, gathering client requirements and completing projects on time and on budget.• Completed multiple freelance print and web projects for clients• Website development for a group of political candidates in St. Clair County, IL.• Developed print and digital graphics for domestique, a road… Show more Provided expert direction and problem solving for client creative campaigns. Engaged in managing all aspects of freelance business operation, including generating clients, planning projects, gathering client requirements and completing projects on time and on budget.• Completed multiple freelance print and web projects for clients• Website development for a group of political candidates in St. Clair County, IL.• Developed print and digital graphics for domestique, a road bike company. Show less

Burlingame, Ca - St. Louis, Mo

Recruited in midst of major company rebranding campaign to provide creative direction and graphic design expertise in areas of product rebranding, package art design, product mockup & photography, sales material design, digital design, image retouching, compositing and visualization. Concurrently manage up to 20 creative projects per week.• Developing image libraries containing thousands of image files used for web and print purposes.• Photograph 100+ products for… Show more Recruited in midst of major company rebranding campaign to provide creative direction and graphic design expertise in areas of product rebranding, package art design, product mockup & photography, sales material design, digital design, image retouching, compositing and visualization. Concurrently manage up to 20 creative projects per week.• Developing image libraries containing thousands of image files used for web and print purposes.• Photograph 100+ products for marketing and sales materials.• Manipulating hundreds of product images to showcase rebranding options.• Developed Firepower website UI design.• Created hundreds of flyers, brochures, catalogs, and sales sheets. Show less

San Mateo, California

Coordinated cradle-to-grave project logistics and design for up to 40 projects per month, including sales materials, calendars, package art, books, licensed products, and websites, providing creative input on product photography, visualization, digital photography, company stationery and promotional materials. Created covers for 350+ calendars per year, including initial design development and working with licensor through the approvals process, delivering print-ready files for final… Show more Coordinated cradle-to-grave project logistics and design for up to 40 projects per month, including sales materials, calendars, package art, books, licensed products, and websites, providing creative input on product photography, visualization, digital photography, company stationery and promotional materials. Created covers for 350+ calendars per year, including initial design development and working with licensor through the approvals process, delivering print-ready files for final output.• Promoted through series of increasingly responsible decision-making roles, leading to Senior Graphic Designer role, complete with additional design duties of creating poetry, coffee table and historical book cover designs while concurrently working on multiple calendar design projects. • Trusted with managing redesign of corporate stationery, a vital part of company’s brand identity.• Integral part in design and production of licensed calendars for key clients, including Caterpillar, Mattel, Smiley World, Bravado, BBC, Martin Guitars, Cepia, Petco Foundation, Concord Music Group, InStyle and Sony. • Delivered 60+ licensed titles. Each project finished within 1 to 3 months with licensor approvals.• Closely collaborated with key stakeholders, including multiple photographers, print specialists and production specialists, regarding timely and accurate project deliverables.• Served as on-the-spot photo consultant, fielding calls from 50+ contributing photographers and providing answers on all aspects of migrating from film to digital.• Researched ISPs, data bandwidth, file types, file compression and other aspects of data transfer as part of company’s image editing department migration to an overseas vendor. • As IT Manager, improved power and speed of production computers, servers and networks and managed three (3) major IT server upgrades while also leading migration of prepress from a postscript file-based workflow to a more efficient PDF process. Show less

Redwood City, California

Worked closely with clients on a variety of projects ranging from restaurant menus, wine labels, print ads, stationery and fliers. Managed and performed graphic design, typesetting, prepress and outputting film for plates. Managed production equipment and maintained supplies.

Millbrae, California

Business card and stationery typesetting, spec'ing and design. Supported in-house laser printers and desktop computers.

San Mateo, California

Ran photo and film processors loading paper and chemicals as needed. Made adjustments for optimal image output with minilab interface. Helped customers submit film for printing, paying for orders, purchasing film, photo albums or other photography products.

Commercial Photography

Attended classes in Commercial photography focusing on medium and large format cameras and studio strobe lighting.

Bachelor Of Fine Arts (B.F.A.), Illustration, General Fine Arts, Photography

Fine Art, Photography, Graphic Design

Summer Scholarship Program, Photography And Industrial Design, Pass

Awarded a summer scholarship to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Elected to take classes in Black and White photography.