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John Thaler
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43 Country Way
Wallingford, CT 06492
John A. Thaler
@jathaler
JThaler
Graphic Design | Illustrator
Technical Proficiency
Design Proficiency
Experience
Creative Thinker • Driven • Organized
Platforms: Mac OSX and Windows XP, Vista, 7, and 8
Adobe Illustrator – CS5, CS6, CC
Adobe Photoshop – CS5, CS6, CC
Adobe InDesign – CS5, CS6, CC
Adobe Dreamweaver – CS5, CS6, CC
Reading and writing HTML
Reading and writing CSS
Adobe AfterEffects – CS6, CC
Autodesk Maya – 2014
Hand and computer illustration
Typography
Page layout
Printing and quality
Photo retouching
Packaging
Identity, logo design, & branding
Some experience with Javascript
June – Present (Freelance)
The Perfect Promotion, New Britain CT
Product promotion design and art direction for various outsourced design
projects. Prior to freelancing, also did an internship focused primarily on
product imprints and art direction for their tradeshow.
February – March 2014 (Freelance)
Japanese language professor, CCSU, New Britain CT
Event poster design. The film being showed was directed by Linda Hoaglund,
entitled Things Left Behind, dealt with photography by Ishuichi Miyako, as a
testament to the survivors of the atomic bombs dropped on Japan in 1945.
August–December 2013, Graphic Design Intern
New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain CT
Collaboration with other designers in the design of any piece of web or
printed content that advertised and promoted museum events & exhibitions.
Work ranged between traditional print and web based projects.
January – May 2013, Creative Director
Deuces Wild: Satirical Newsletter, CCSU, New Britain CT
As Creative Director, my duties included layout and finalizing the newsletter
for print from week to week. I was also in charge of designing ad posters and
the club logo.
Education
(2010 – 2014) Central Connecticut State University, New Britain CT
BA in Graphic / Information Design
Relevant Coursework:
Fundementals of Graphic Design (DES 122) Design III (DES 436)
Design I (DES 222) Web Design II (DES 326)
Design of Typography (DES 225) 3-Dimension Imaging (DES 425)
Design II (DES 322) Design IV (DES 438)
Web Design I (DES 325) Computer Applications Design (DES 499)
DESIGN
May 2015 – February 2016, Graphic Designer
Executive Auto Group, North Haven, CT
Collaboration with creative director and marketing team on all aspects of
advertisement for 11 different auto dealerships, and multiple brands, which
included everything from print, web, and multimedia design.