Website: www.kmchanarts.com

Older Work: www.flyingcats.20m.com

Summary

Education in graphic design with traditional and electronic media. Demonstrated sense of visual design. Capable with popular creative software, web graphics, and multimedia. A lifetime appreciation of the arts.

Software & Skills

Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, PageMaker, Flash, and Dreamweaver. Corel Painter, Softimage XSI, and Macromedia Director. Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Macintosh and Windows familiarity. HTML programming. Design ability, attention to details, and teamwork.

Education

Full Time Student from August 2007. Enrolled at American River College during the school year for classes to update skills and to pursue a certificate in Art New Media – Illustration. Includes Fine Art and Digital Art Classes.
Associate's Degree in Art New Media. Certificates in Graphic Design, Web Graphics, and Multimedia. AMERICAN RIVER COLLEGE, Sacramento, California (2001).
Bachelor's Degree in English Literature. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Davis, California (1985).

Work History

Full Time Material Handler: BIO-RAD LABORATORIES (2006-2007). Lateral transfer due to company workforce reduction. Shipping, receiving, and warehouse duties. DHL and FedEx processing. Forklift, scale, and pallet jack operation.

Full Time Production Chemist: BIO-RAD LABORATORIES (2003-2006). Production of enzyme immunoassay plates and chromatographic cartridges for medical diagnostic use. Producing solutions for production use. Assisted in transfer of operations from West Sacramento, CA to Hercules, CA location in 2005.

Temp Clerk: KELLY (2001-2003). Varied assignments with biotechnical and light industry production, postal, clerical, inventory, stocking, assembly, packaging, or janitorial duties as needed with Vision Service Plan, Blue Shield, and Bio-Rad.

Production Mail Clerk: KELLY / SPHERION (1997-2001). Production Billing for MCI.  Postal, clerical, data entry, conveyor, inventory, stocking, packaging, or janitorial duties as needed. Changed to part time work as funding for full-time college effort from 1999-2001.

Insurance Mail Clerk: CALFARM INSURANCE (1993-1997). Distributed, processed, and transported mail for insurance company, with some data entry.

Production Mail Clerk: KELLY (1988-1993). Production Billing for MCI. Long term assignment. As stated above.

Temp Clerk: KELLY, MANPOWER, and independent contract (1986-1988). Postal, clerical, inventory, stocking, packaging, or janitorial duties as needed.