JUDITH ORNER BRUCE
[email protected]
judithbruce.com
626.827.2724
EXPERIENCE
2012-Present JOBruce Studio Gresham, OR
Illustrator/Graphic Designer/Fine Artist
Create fine art-colored pencil, pen and ink drawings, digital art
2010-2012 American Range Pacoima, CA
Creative Services Manager
Design and/or implement price sheets, parts catalog, technical manuals, spec sheets, flyers, and related printed design projects. Answer requests for graphics materials. Work with outsourced designers. Proof and correct literature for typographic and grammatical consistency. Includes update of literature and graphic materials. Interact with several departments to gather resources and information for projects. Use of Adobe Suite and Microsoft software. Knowledge of Constant Contact
2000-2010 Dacor Distinctive Appliances City of Industry, CA
Senior Graphic Designer
Design and/or implement the creative for printed collateral sales support material. Create, revise, and output printed collateral sales materials, graphics for website and e-marketing projects, fulfill image requests, produce and submit ads for national publications, discuss, brainstorm and plan creative marketing projects, provide direction, data and materials to vendors and contractors, in-house creative projects for regional and national levels, correct or enhance photos and vector images, maintain library of photos, digital files and web-based digital asset management system, freehand drawing and illustration, sign off invoices for printing, photography, and creative services, Software: Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, QuarkXpress, Microsoft Word, Entourage, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Fetch and Toast, Proficient in Macintosh and PC
1993 (established) Public Eye Art Monrovia, CA
Illustrator/Graphic Designer/Fine Artist
Illustrated: Puppy Love and Colored Pencil Craze
Fine art commissions-drawings in colored pencil and ink
1980-1993 Food for Less Supermarkets La Habra, CA
Illustrator/Graphic Artist
Freehand and digital illustrations for newspaper and tabloid ads, gather resources and product for illustration, create and maintain digital art files and original artwork library, interface with desktop publishers and buying/marketing departments, illustrations for outside vendors, design and execution of promotional materials including T-shirts and bags, layout, paste-up and layout for weekly newspaper (LA Times and several local papers) and tabloid grocery advertisements, Adobe Illustrator, QuarkXpress, Pagemaker, Freehand
1979-1980 City of Hope National Medical Center Duarte, CA
Graphic Artist
Artwork for research and medical doctors, produce charts, graphs, diagrams and illustrations for journals and conferences, paste-up, posters and occasional cartoon design, use of transfer letters, drafting materials & machine, including Leroy lettering, discuss with doctors to convey technical information in visual terms
1977–1979 Ole’s Home Centers Pasadena, CA
Senior Production Artist
Design, layout, paste-up, and pre-press color-cutting for bi-weekly advertising circular, direct involvement with merchandising department, product illustration
1976–1977 Licher Direct Mail Pasadena, CA
Graphic Artist
Design, layout, paste-up, produce camera-ready work, collaborate with client on project from conception to completion, operate copy camera and strip negatives (preparation for offset press)
1975–1976 Fred Craig Productions San Gabriel, CA
Cel Painter-Paint characters for animation
EDUCATION
Citrus College Glendora, CA
Computer Art Classes, PC Windows, software: Photoshop, QuarkXpress, Illustrator, Painter5, Homesite, & Front Page
University of California Santa Barbara, CA
Bachelor of Arts Degree, 1975
Pasadena City College Pasadena, CA
Commercial Art, Advertising Art, Illustration, Perspective & Rendering
California State University Los Angeles, CA
Fine Arts: Drawing, Painting, Etching and Art History
Pasadena City College Pasadena, CA
Associate of Arts Degree, 1972