Bonnie JK Sheets
627 9th Street • Ramona, CA 92065 • 760-787-0964 sheetsb@snuvo.com
Professional Objective
Skilled technical illustrator with extremely varied task management and design skills with a talent for adapting to varied requirements, seeking solid opportunities for designing products and consumer materials for market leaders in the technology sector of the greater San Diego area.
Experience
Orange Book Directories, Graphics Department – Ramona, CA - Jan 2007 to Present Established a ground-up workflow process required by a company-wide conversion to new software. Adapted Adobe file formats to work within limits of Yellow Magic proprietary directory building software. Created new print advertising logos and display ads to order, using customer’s input, for immediate completion. Performed personal printhouse press checks to complete seven complete full-color directories. Trained all employees in the company to use the new process. Freelance Technical Illustrator and Graphic Artist - 1980 to Present Technical illustrations for technical manuals and wholesale product suppliers, computer animations, business images, logos, cards, letterhead, brochures, advertising, coloring book illustrations, commissioned artwork, wall murals, game boards, T-shirts, clothing design, floral design, embroidery design, pottery design, clipper art, catalogs, and yellow page ads. Freelance Past Projects and Employers • Photolynx Inc. Santa Ysabel, CA 2006-2007 - Graphic design, software tech support. • Write On The Edge, Inc. Vista, CA 2005-2007 - Technical Illustrator. Various clients including: - Hewlett-Packard Inc. - 15 user manuals - Illumina Inc. - user manual illustration - Nanogen Inc. - R&D illustrations - FastSoft Inc. -user manual illustration - Ethertronics Inc. - user manual illustration • CraneMorley Inc. Los Angeles, CA 2000-2004 - Technical Illustrator. Various clients including: - Toyota Corp. - new model training manuals for 2001 - Honda Corp. - new model training manuals for 2001 - Motorcycle Safety Foundation - student workbook for 2001 • Manual Labour, Inc. San Diego, CA. 2001-2007 - Technical Illustrator. Various clients including: - Ikan Corp. - user manual illustration 2007 - Nissan Corp. - new model training manuals - Sony Electronics Corp. - service repair manuals • Safari Video Productions - packaging design for 13 video titles and product catalog, San Diego, CA • San Diego Trivia - board game graphic design, San Diego, CA
Industry Skills
• Technical illustration • Graphic design • Hand-drawn illustration • Technical manuals • Retail packaging • Audio/video packaging • Concept product design and prototyping • Commissioned artwork • Images, business identities, and logos • Advertising media design and copywriting • Photo retouching, colorizing and restoration • Training design and implementation • High visibility yellow page and periodical ads • Electronic printing prepress and press checks
Application Skills
• Adobe Illustrator • Adobe Photoshop • Adobe InDesign • Adobe Flash • Adobe Acrobat and Pitstop Professional • Web images • Book Layout & Production • GIF and SWF animations from Illustrations • PC or Mac platform • Microsoft Office: Word, Visio, and Powerpoint • Image compatibility with Yellow Magic
Education
Associates Degree, Computer Graphic Design - Platt College, San Diego, CA 1991 Certification, Graphic Design - Regional Occupational Program, San Diego, CA 1986 References and portfolios available upon request.
4/8/2009