Chad Michael Bush
voice: (520) 241-5494
fax: (866) 503-0960
mail: PO Box 40804 Tucson AZ 85717
email: chad@ravenseyedesign.com
Objective
- To produce the highest quality web and graphic print design employing my widely varied skills and drawing on my highly creative vision and practical sensibility.
Education
- Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI. Bachelor of Arts: Journalism and Spanish majors, graphic design minor.
- Graduated with honors, December 19, 1992. Overall GPA: 3.58/4.00, Cum Laude.
- Foreign study: Centro Mexicano Internacional, Morelia, Michoacán, México. January to June, 1991.
Work Experience
- GRAPHIC AND WEB DESIGNER, Raven’s Eye Design, Tucson. August 1999 to present. Sole proprietor of full service web and graphic design company providing a variety of services including website design, hosting and management, brochures, CD covers, corporate identity, logos, advertising, newsletters, illustration, and consulting.
- WEB DESIGN INSTRUCTOR, University of Arizona, Outreach College Webmaster Certification program, May 2004 to present. Teach hand-coding XHTML and CSS, image editing, project management, usability, Flash, and several other web design topics; develop curriculum and oversee student certification.
- GRAPHIC DESIGNER, Interactive Composition Corporation, Portland, OR. September 1997 to August 1998. Designed, electronically typeset and edited technical textbooks and scholastic periodicals for a multifaceted pre-press company using Quark XPress, Photoshop, Illustrator and LaTeX.
- ENGLISH GRAMMAR TEACHER, Centro Mexicano Internacional, México. November 1996 to March 1997 and January to June, 1991. Developed and taught several levels of advanced English grammar to five daily classes of Mexican students at a private college and high school.
- STAFF WRITER, Arizona Capitol Times, Phoenix, AZ. July 1993 to May 1996. Reported on all aspects of state government for a specialized weekly newspaper. Recorded all formal Senate action for a legislative bill tracking service. Compiled information for several reference publications.
Skills & Interests
- Expert with industry standard graphic and web design tools, including current versions of the Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Flash, Acrobat). Expert at XHTML and CSS coding, and skilled with PHP and Flash programming. Familiar with Mac OS X, Unix and Windows operating systems. Skilled in marketing, advertising and public relations..
- Professional copy writer and editor.
- Fluently speak, read, write and translate Spanish.
- Trance saxophone player and multi-instrumental recording artist; visual fine artist.
References
- References, design and writing samples available upon request. Extensive design portfolio samples available in person or on the internet at ravenseyedesign.com.