Local job seekers in Tech and New media
Visual Designer
Top skills: Visual Design, Branding, Marketing, Event Graphics, Iconography/infographics, Design and Production for a variety of print formats.
Tools of trade: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Microsoft PowerPoint
Fun facts: I make terrariums and I love coffee. I know a lot of useless trivia, especially movie and pop culture related facts. I am a native San Franciscan.
Experience: Riverbed Technology, KIXEYE, Apple Symantec, TiVo, Walmart.com
Visual/Web Designer
Top Skills: Graphic Design, Web Design, Video, Photography, Project Management
Tools of the Trade: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Premiere, Powerpoint, WordPress, HTML
Fun Facts: I love to Salsa dance. My wife and I often go to Salsa by the Sea at the Santa Cruz Wharf and dance the afternoon away. I volunteer with the Watsonville Film Festival, the multicultural film festival of the Monterey Bay, in the areas of graphic design, marketing and fund development. I enjoy gardening.
Experience: Amazon Lab126, Levi’s, American Red Cross, San Jose Mercury News
Graphic Designer / Motion Designer / Presentation Designer
Top Skills: Storytelling via Graphic Design, Motion Graphics & Title Design, Type & Logo Design, Presentation Design, Style Guides, Visual Strategy, Hi-Res Photo editing,
Videography
Tools of the Trade: Adobe Creative Suite—After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro, Acrobat Pro, Keynote, PowerPoint, Sketch, hand-lettering
Fun Facts: I temper my digital life by enjoying various analog processes and gadgets. After working on “The Motorcycle Diaries” film, I shipped my motorcycle to Europe & solo-toured for 6 weeks.
Experience: Pixar: Graphics for sets, marketing & title design, Disney Studios: title design, Live-action filmmaking, Teaching at AFI (American Film Institute), Visual Effects Society (VES)
Top Skills: Storytelling, copywriting, interviewing (getting clients and CEOs to tell their stories), Non-Profit Fundraising (direct response letters, email campaigns, newsletters); Public Speaking, Presentations, SEO, graphic design
Tools of the Trade: PowerPoint, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign, SEO, Keyword Analysis, WordPress, HTML
Fun Facts: I have a certificate in Basic Construction – love DIY house projects; wrote and published a San Francisco guide book, “Walking San Francisco’s 49 Mile Scenic Drive.”
Experience: 20 years’ experience writing for America’s most notable non-profits
Want to learn more about one of our candidates? Email our Talent Scout, annie@bavc.org