Earl W. Jessee
1700 Lincoln Village Circle #2223
Larkspur, CA 94939

415.250.3746
earl@jessee.org

 

 


1272 Hobart Street
Chico, CA 95926

530.342.2652

* The Best Examples of Recent Work

P e r s o n a l   S t a t e m e n t
 

My interest in design has driven me since my first experiences as a young photo journalist for my high school yearbook and newspaper. I found graphic design to be the perfect blend of art, organization, literature and information, and I have devoted myself to the exploration of all facets of communication with an emphasis in graphic design.

I am a native of Chico, California, where my alma maters' mascots left cat tracks (Bobcats, Cougars, Panthers, and finally Chico State Wildcats... yes, that's Kindergarten through College). At Chico State, I was involved first involved with the Journalism department, where I earned my stripes as the Photo and On-line Editor during my three semesters with The Orion. I graduated Cum Laude from the College of Communication and Education in May 2001, and have since worked for Quinn Interactive, a small Web design and development studio in Sausalito, CA. There, I have become privy to the ins-and-outs of the business world, while working hard for a small, savvy design firm.

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  Though most of my experience has been in design and development for the world wide web, as reflected by this resume, I am no stranger to print. While on-campus, I was involved with editorial layout of CSU, Chico's award-winning student newspaper, The Orion, advertising and poster design for the CSU, Chico Women's Center, brochure work for the Publications Office, recruitment materials and academic planning guides for the Office of Admissions and Records, literary magazine design and production for the English Department, and signage and display for various departments and organizations.

 


E x p e r i e n c e

Quinn Interactive
May 2000 - Present

107 Caledonia, Suite H
Sausalito, CA 94965

http://www.quinn.com/

Reference:
Phil Quinn
phil@quinn.com
415/332-3920 tel
415/332-5678 fax

 

Tasks include design, production and maintenance of large and small-scale web sites, digital photo manipulation, advertising design, technical research and writing.

Web Development
Atomz
Communication Strategies, LLC
  *
Nelson Nameplate  *
ProfitTools.com  *
Quinn Interactive  *



CSU, Chico  


Instructional Media Center
Dec 1998 - Present

Reference:
Laura Kling
lkling@csuchico.edu
530.898.6113

 

Tasks include design, production and maintenance of department, program and organization web sites and brochures; design, production and maintenance of The 1999 - 2001 University Catalog; design of The 2001 - 2003 University Catalog (CSU, Chico's 600+ page online course catalog).

Web Development
CSU, Chico Web Site  *
CSU, Chico Course Catalog 01-03
CSU, Chico Course Catalog 99-01

Network Management and Design  *
Center for Economic Development
Education Services Center   *
Faculty Senate
Publications Office
INSIDE Chico State  *
Chico Statements  *
Chico Excellence

I was principal designer for the web sites listed above, except "Chico Statements." Some projects were art directed.

     


Lightside Group
Oct 1996 - Dec 1998

1835 Broadway
Chico, CA 95928

http://www.lightsidegroup.com/

Reference:
Phil Quinn
phil@lightsidegroup.com
530.345.5416

 

Tasks include design, production and maintenance of large and small-scale web sites, digital photo manipulation, advertising design, technical research and writing.

Web Development
The Access Store  *
Bird in Hand
The National YoYo Museum
Bill Main & Associates
CSU, Chico Course Catalog 97- 99
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences



CSU, Chico    

CSU, Chico Research Foundation
Winter 1997 - Spring 1998

Reference:
Dr. Fred Condo
fcondo@csuchico.edu
530.898.5637

 

Tasks include image production, photo production, hardware maintenance, HTML coding. Worked in ASP environment.

Web Development
California Prison Industry Authority

     

CSU, Chico    

Dept. of Liberal Studies
Fall 1996 - Spring 1998

Reference:
Kirk Monfort
kmonfort@oavax.csuchico.edu
530.898.6663

 

Tasks include design, production and maintenance of department and program web sites.

Web Development
Dept. of Liberal Studies
Freshman General Studies Thematic

     

CSU, Chico    

Hillel/Jewish Student Union
Fall 1996 - Fall 2000

Reference:
Nitsa Schiffman
ischiffman@csuchico.edu
530.345.7108

 

Tasks include design, production and maintenance of organization web site.

Web Development
Hillel/Jewish Student Union

     

The Orion
Spring 1998 - Spring 1999

Reference:
David Waddell, advisor
dwaddell@csuchico.edu
530.898.4782

The Orion Online

 

Photo Editor:
Spring 1998
Tasks include editorial and news photography, direction of five-person photography staff, editorial management position.

Online Editor:
Fall 1998 - Spring 1999
Tasks include design, production and maintenance of full-text, weekly online edition of 25+ page student newspaper (approx. 130 issue files per week), unix administration and hardware maintenance.

     


E d u c a t i o n

CSU, Chico
Fall 1996 - Present

College of Communication and Education
Dept of Communication Design

BA in Graphic Design
Graduated: Spring 2001
Cum Laude

Awards
Outstanding Student Leader, Spring 2000
Department of Communcation and Education

Outstanding Student Achievement, Spring 2000

 

Involvement
Freshman General Studies Thematic
(Honors Thematic)

The Orion
(See above)

Designers in Progress (DIP)
(Member)

Watershed Literary Magazine
(Design and Production for print piece)

eCommerce Society
Founder, Board Member

Feed Alanna project
(Art Director)

 


S k i l l s

Studio
Mounting
Matting
Presentation
Trimming
Mock-up
Photography

Printing
Digital Pre-production
Color Correction
Color Separations
Checking Film
Press Check

 

Applications
BBEdit

Macromedia Dreamweaver
Macromedia Fireworks
Macromedia Freehand
Macromedia Flash
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Acrobat/Distiller
QuarkXpress

Platforms
Macintosh
Windows PC
Unix (limited knowledge)

 

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