LEE M. BARTOW - DESIGN RESUME

Lee M. Bartow • Digital Artist [Sight. Sound. Words]
86 N. Franklin Street • Nyack, NY 10960
Phone: 845.553.3084
Email: leech@aex.org

*Professional references available upon request.

Employment:

• Summer 1997-Present • ANNIHILVS • Nyack, NY
Title: Owner/operator
Coordinate activities of self-financed independent microlabel for underground music.
Responsible for all facets of operations, including sales & distribution, website design and administration, layout and design of packaging, promotional materials, and t-shirts.
Peripherally to these activities, I have been organising and promoting live music events since the late 1990s.

• January 2008-February 2008 • BizBash • New York, NY
Title: Designer (Freelance)
Layout and design of print and web promotional material for trade show and corporate event marketing.
Home-based Freelance position.

• January 2007-August 2007 • Hylas Publishing, Incorporated • Irvington, NY
Title: Junior Designer
Responsibilities include layout, design and production of books and book jackets, as well as creating mockups for trade show presentations.
Focusing on a variety of subjects, ranging from science and chemistry to US Presidents and dog breeds.
Position included some photo research and extensive file management.

• October 2006-January 2007 • ADR Studios, Incorporated • Irvington, NY
Title: Associate
Assisted in design and installation of audio/video systems for private residences, corporate buildings, churches and live venues.
General clerical and administrative duties, received training in Vectorworks.

• July 2000-January 2002 • HarperCollins Publishers, Incorporated • New
York, NY
Title: Designer (Freelance)
Layout and design in Children’s Marketing Division of major publishing house.
Created and modified artwork and layouts for sell-sheets, brochures, promotional material, print ads, displays, packaging, and in-house catalogs.
Scanning for Design Department using Epson Expression 836XL scanner, retouched and archived artwork for Marketing Division database.

• Fall 1999-Winter 1999 • Interactive8, Incorporated • New York, NY
Title: Design Intern (P/T)
Worked closely with Design Department Managers and Site Producers at web design firm.
Deadline-intensive. Digital photography. Scanning, retouching, and archiving web artwork for the History Channel, A&E, M&M/Mars, and the Discovery Channel.
Also received some basic HTML training.

• Spring 1994-Spring 1999 • Pennysaver Response Media Group • Elmsford, NY
Title: P/T Production Assistant • P/T Proofreader • Graphic Artist
Started as part-time Production Assistant, tasks included manual paste-up and layout of weekly direct-mail publication.
Coordinated positioning with Sales Associates. Worked part-time as Proofreader December 1996-August 1997.
Transferred to Art Department December 1998.
Created and modified ads, modified camera-ready art for spot color process.
Designed spot and four-color mailers, worked on special projects including Wedding and Home Guides.
Coordinated design specifications with Sales Associates, retouched and archived artwork and logos.
Position included digital photography using Kodak & Olympus digital cameras, scanning for Art Department, using Epson ES 1200C scanner.

* More than sixteen years Macintosh experience, including various versions of Adobe Creative Suite applications, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Acrobat, QuarkXpress, Transmit FTP, Fetch FTP, Macromedia SoundEdit16, Felt Tip Sound Studio, Digidesign Protools, Emagic Logicpro, Adaptec Toast, Microsoft Word, Microsoft XL, Adobe Type Manager, Microsoft PowerPoint, Symantec Suitcase, and experience with a variety of database systems.

Education:

• Fall 2009-Present • SUNY Purchase College • Purchase, NY
Continuing Education/Bachelor Degree Completion Program, Liberal Studies
Currently working toward completing Bachelor's Degree, prior to entering Grad School
*3.0 GPA as of Spring 2010

• Summer 2004-Summer 2007 • New York University • New York, NY
School of Continuing and Professional Studies
Currently Enrolled in Sound Design Certificate Program

• Spring 1996-Spring 1998 • Ramapo College of New Jersey • Mahwah, NJ
Major: (BA) Communication Arts (Contract Major-Incomplete)
Concentration: New Media, Writing & Music
*Awarded Cara Michelle Hirschman Memorial Scholarship, Fall 1997
*Awarded School of Contemporary Arts Award for Outstanding Academic
Achievement in Communication Arts (Music), Spring 1998
Received highest marks in design courses such as Desktop Publishing,
Digital Video Art, & Publication Design

• Winter 1993 • Margiotta Studio • Nanuet, NY
Privately-owned studio for continued training in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe
Illustrator, & QuarkXpress

• Spring 1991-Summer 1993 • Rockland Community College • Suffern, NY
Major: (AA) Liberal Arts
Concentration: Visual Arts & Writing

• Fall 1990-Winter 1991 • Chamberlayne School of Design at Mount Ida
College • Newton Centre, MA
Major: Graphic Design
Concentration: Writing & Design