Richard L. Thompson

SOFTWARE SKILLS

Adobe Creative Suite, including InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Dreamweaver
Mac OS X 10.11
Basic front-end: HTML/CSS/jQuery
Basic Windows/Office

EXPERIENCE

Map Designer and Illustrator Freelance and agency contracts, since 1995

Selected clients :

Flying Point Press, Boston MA
Rizzoli USA, New York NY
Crown Publishers, New York NY
Sbragia Family Winery, Geyserville CA
Quivira Winery, Healdsburg CA
Wine Spectator magazine, New York NY
Ernest and Julio Gallo Winery, Vanguard Division, Modesto CA
Italian Trade Commission, New York NY

Graphic Designer Freelance, 10/98 to 12/04

Design and layout of drug formulary books for Community Health Plan of Washington (2001—2006 editions) and Regence BlueShield (1999—2003 editions), including charts, tables, and indexing. Introduced both clients to PDF workflow for streamlined editing.

Production Artist Sound Publishing, Bainbridge Island WA, 3/00 to 9/04

Designed and created black and white and four-color print ads for local newspapers, including the South Whidbey Record, Bainbridge Review, and various special publications; color-separated, quality-checked,
and uploaded color separated page files to press within tight press deadlines; formatted print
text and images for web publication and uploaded stories and photos to Web site.

Photo Editor Wine Spectator magazine, New York, NY, 1/94 to 6/95

Designed and created an archival library system for the Wine Spectator library of 40,000 photos; arranged photo shoots, including acquiring and returning product and props; researched and purchased photography; negotiated re-usage rights for stock.

EDUCATION

San Francisco Art Institute San Francisco, CA, 9/84 to 12/88

Independent study in Great Britain, France, Italy, and The Netherlands.

School of Visual Concepts Seattle, WA, 5/14

User Experience, Level 1