Guy Gondron

protoguy11@yahoo.com

Career Objective: Maintain permanent full-time employment in an environment that will foster my professional design & creative art skills as part of a dynamic team of competent people.

Education: Associate of Science Degree in Advertising Design from The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale.

Experience

Phoenix Art Group
4125 North 14th Street
Phoenix, AZ 85014
602-241-1060

Art Director: Jen Raboin
January 2007 to September 2007

Title:Artist

Responsibilities:Create original artwork for the Phoenix Art Group gallery as well as reproductions of these and other Phoenix Art Group originals.

FOX35 - WOFL
UPN65 - WRBW
FOX51 - WOGX
35 Skyline Drive
Lake Mary, Fl 32746
407-741-5187

Art Director: Paul DeVault
Creative Director: Rick Snyder

August 2003 to January 2007

Title: Graphic Designer

Responsibilities: Broadcast graphics for news and promotions, including On-air design in 2D and 3D; still and animated, print materials, outdoor promotions and signage, web graphics

In 2003, WRBW UPN65 was acquired by Newscorp, along with the Fox affiliate in Orlando, WOFL FOX35 and FOX51 WOGX, Ocala to form a triopoly. Graphics for all three stations are designed and created by our Creative Services department.

UPN65 - WRBW

2000 Universal Studios Plaza
Suite 200
Orlando, Fl. 32819
407-248-6500

August 1995 to August 2003

Title: Art Director

Responsibilities: Broadcast graphics for promotions, including On-air design in 2D and 3D; still and animated, print materials, outdoor promotions and signage, web graphics. I was also responsible for any in-house sales materials and business documents such as letterhead design.

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FOX 7 - WSVN

1401 79 St Causeway
Miami, Fl. 33141
305-795-2661

September 1994 to August 1995

Title: Art Director

Responsibilities: As Art Director, I oversaw all on-air and off-air design for both the broadcast and print departments. This included supervision of up to 13 artists as well as the Chyron operators. In addition to designing and supervising the creation of broadcast graphics, I also designed and oversaw the construction of a number of set pieces for in-house news productions. I was also responsible for the design and supervision of construction for an entirely new and expanded art department.

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Univision Television Network
9405 NW 41 St
Miami, Fl. 33171

July 1989 to September 1994

Title: Broadcast Design Supervisor

Responsibilities: Supervision of broadcast design department, including both the promotions and news department artist teams. In addition, I was responsible for creating on-air promotions and news graphics as well as outdoor signage, both for the station itself, such as building signage, inside and out, and outdoor promotions such as billboards.
Further, I was responsible for a large number of set designs for news and entertainment shows produced both in-house and out-of-house. This included designing sets for productions in New York, California, Texas and Chicago as well as designing sets for production aboard cruise ships. I was responsible for supervising the construction, load-in, set-up and load-out of these sets as well as the graphics that accompanied them.

Hardware and Software:
I have worked extensively on Quantel Paintbox, Macintosh and PC computers and am proficient on all three platforms.

I am highly proficient in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe After Effects, Chryon Lyric and Quark Express.

I am experienced with Adobe Image Ready, Adobe Pagemaker, Newtek Lightwave 3D, Dreamweaver and Curious Maps. I also have some experience with HTML and XML.

Awards: Promax Golden Muse and an Addy Gold.

Furthermore, I feel that I have an edge over many designers in that I am also an experienced and accomplished artist, having over 30 years experience drawing and painting, Having had several one-man and group showings.
My work can be seen at Moving Images

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