River Mortenson
16916 Lauri Lane, Occidental, CA 95465  (707) 874-2824

e-mail formorts@sonic.net
portfolio  http://www.sonic.net/~formorts/portfolio/portfolio.html

Objectives

To use my graphic skills to develop web and print projects as part of a team 
in a local organization.

Skills

Applications - Adobe Photoshop, Image Ready, Adobe Illustrator, QuarkXpress, 
Adobe PageMaker, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Macromedia Flash, Macromedia 
Freehand, Microsoft Word, Agfa Photolook, Epson SilverFast, Fetch. 

Production - Website Design, HTML, Agfa Selectset Output, Digital Stripping, 
Color Correction and Trapping, Scanning, Impostion of Labels, Branding.

Qualifications

   * Created three websites and several mock sites that demonstrate diverse
     styles.  Please see websites in my Portfolio.
   * Designed brochures and catalogues using four-color printing.
     Experienced in color correction, trapping and outputting complex
     graphic files on an imagesetter. Please see print examples in my
     Portfolio.
   * Set up the first digital graphic network at a printing company.
   * Worked directly with customers in the design of their print and web projects.
   * Assisted in logo project for Agilent, completing project ahead of
     deadline
   * Devised new approaches to solving the technical problems of efficiently
     changing mechanical drawing files to Adobe Illustrator 8 on an NT
     platform.
   * Created a brochure for SRJC Graphics Services, a "Day Under the Oaks" poster,
     and a brochure for the Foundation Dinner at Santa Rosa Junior College.

Experience

   * Graphic Design Support, Volt Services at Agilent Technologies, Santa Rosa 
     1999 to 2000
   * Graphic Artist and Production Technician, Mariner Graphics, Healdsburg
     1991 to 1999
   * Graphic Design Trainee, Graphic Services, Santa Rosa Junior College
     1989 to 1991

Education

   * Web Graphic Design Certificate, Santa Rosa Junior College, 2001
   * Graphic Design Certificate, Santa Rosa Junior College, 1991
   * BA, Psychology, minor, Art, Goddard College, Vermont