JAKE THOMAS
952 Atlantic Avenue #2L Brooklyn, NY 11236
(646) 675-7137 • jakethomascreative@gmail.com
www.jakethomascreative.com
EXPERIENCE
Operations Manager
Barbara Hillary, Explorer and Keynote Speaker - Arverne, NY
2009 to Present (Part-time)
- Assistant to the first African-American woman to reach the North Pole
- Relations with event managers, donors and expedition logistics organizers
- Responsible for all graphics and print materials
- Powerpoint presentations
- Donation letters, expedition proposals and other correspondence
- Website management- www.barbarahillary.com
- Fundraising and light accounting
Web Designer
The Working and Herding Dog Digest- Fort Worth, TX
(a quarterly magazine on the business of show dogs in the Working
and Herding categories)
August 2010 to September 2010
- Updated design for the magazine's website
- Updated website to match current web standards
- Added advertising space and a subscription ordering portal
Print & Web Designer, Retoucher, Scanning Expert,
& Production Artist
Modernage Custom Digital Imaging Labs - NY, NY
2000 to Present (Full-time)
- Promotions, advertisements and point-of-purchase materials
- Customer service educxation and signage
- Web design/maintenance for Headshot Repros, a Modernage subsidiary
- Design/maintenance of Headshot Repros' online ordering system
- Retouching and archival restoration
- Troubleshooting & printing on large-format photographic and CMYK printers
- TV and theater clients' PR materials
- Scan film and flat art
Senior Security Officer
The Metropolitan Museum of Art - NY, NY
1996 to 2000
- Public relations with the visiting public
- Protected artwork and visitors
- Promoted the study of the Museum?s collections
EDUCATION
BFA in Illustration
School of Visual Arts, 1992-1996
- Full scholarship, including books and materials
- Computer Arts, Animation, Film, and Cartooning
- Participated regularly in school contests and exhibitions
DIGITAL SKILLS
- Photoshop, Illustrator, Quark XPress, Acrobat and Dreamweaver
- Word, Powerpoint and Excel
- Layout and design
- Retouching and archival restoration
- Mac expert, PC comfortable
OTHER SKILLS
- Letter-writing and professional correspondence
- Photography
- Traditional illustration methods: pen & ink, pencil, oil and
acrylic painting, mechanical drawing and cell animation
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