Chad D. Cole

Graphic Designer

3605 South Sand Lake Rd.

Reading, MI 49274

(517) 283-2257 phone/fax

(917) 921-0688 cell phone

The@Coledawg.com Or Coledawg76@hotmail.com

GENERAL EDUCATION

Graduated May 1994

Owens High School, Reading, MI

BACHELOR OF ARTS

Graduated May 1999

Spring Arbor College, Spring Arbor, MI

Major: Illustration

WORK EXPIERIENCE

Freelance Artist

November 1999 – Current

Freelance graphic designer who has worked for...

(1) Hasbro (inking figures for G.I. Joe and Transformers packaging art)

(2) Mattel (inking figures and micro comics for "Highway 35" Hot Wheels collection)

(3) Silver Key Publishing (inking small press comic book)

(4) Tri-State Cylinders (designed company business cards)

(5) Buck Magnet Woodshop (designed company logo, letterhead, and business cards)

(6) Brownlee Drywall (designed company logo and business cards)

(7) Alsons Corporation [a Masco Company] (currently designing company catalog, company price book, and providing line art illustration for parts sheets and home installation instruction sheets)

Support Specialist/Prototype Specialist

November 1999-April 2001

Constructed prototypes of potentially new toy designs for presentation purposes at various toy shows and sales meetings.

Flying Colors Toys Inc: Dexter, MI

(now located in Malibu, CA)

Manager - Dave Hauger (616) 522-0185

GRAPHIC DESIGN PROGRAMS

I AM MOST EFFICIENT WITH

(In order of proficiency)

Adobe Photoshop 7.0

Adobe InDesign CS

Macromedia freehand MX

Adobe Illustrator 10

DreamWeaver MX

BobCAD-Cam 18.0

PageMaker 7.0

Flash MX

REFERENCES

Bryan Hill

Professional Screen Writer

Forest Hills, NY

(718) 897-1835

Bill Bippis

Art Director for Spring Arbor University

Spring Arbor, MI

(517) 524-6822

Eric Boyer

Assistant Store Manager for Wal-Mart

Jonesville, MI

(517) 283-3114