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JAMES E. PFEFFER JR.614 Myatt Street _ Smyrna, TN 37167Home:
(615) 223-1849 _ Email: [email protected]
CAREER OBJECTIVECreative Art Director
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Working, Freelance Art Director/Illustrator: Working
independently within clientdeadlines, original and business-minded
with over 25 years experience in creating, designing and presenting
innovative advertising design/illustration for AAAAad agencies,
publishing companies, and private commissions utilizing
Macintoshcomputer with CS3 creative software and original
electronic and illustrative drawing and watercolor techniques.
Productive leader or team a"player excelling ineffective
decision-making and problem solving
EDUCATIONMay 2010 Savannah College of Art and Design
Savannah/Atlanta, GAMaster of ArtsMajor: Illustration Design
Online
December Baylor University
Waco, TX1972 BFA, ArtMajor: Commercial Arta"Deanas List, Fall
1971, Spring 1
972PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE1983 to Jim Pfeffer Penan Ink and
Watercolor
Smyrna, TN Present Watercolor Fine Artist, Illustrator and
Graphic Designer (Self employed)Oversaw establishment of
www.artoftheauto.com website which highlights and sellsantique
automotive fine art and design, fine art painting, watercolor and
airbrush illustration, printmaking and photography for limited
edition prints and four-color t-shirt designs for silk-screen
printing.
August 2005 Nossi College of ArtGoodlettsville, TN to May 2007
Adjun
ct Art Instructor - Part Timea"Responsible for instructing
several classes: Basic Drawing 1,Basics of Watercolor, Graphic
Design 2, Anatomy & Figure Drawing. Instruction relies on
existing class schedule of accomplishment and innovation by
instructor.
June 1997 to United Methodist Publishing HouseNashville, TN
January 2005 Art Director/Designer, Marketing
Communicationsa"Produced color andblack & white electronic
design, illustration, photo composition and photo retouching using
Macintosh G-4/5 computer system for print media including
magazine
and newsprint product ads, direct mail pieces, product and book
catalogs, pointof purchase displays and posters, magazine cover and
product logo design, and corporate identification. Oversaw process
from conception through mechanical preparation and PDFs supported
by NPS graphics retrieval system for pre-press
RELATED ACTIVITIES & INTERESTSaPresident local chapter of
Classic Thunderbird Club InternationalaVolunteer to the ArtQuest
for Children, Frist Center for Creative Arts, Nashv
ille, TNaProficiency in Digital Photography, Macintosh, Adobe
Photoshop & InDesign, Wo
