Tim Swan Design

Brunswick, ME, October 1998 - ongoing
Design of web sites and print material for:

• SafetyWorks, Maine Department of Labor
• Maine Coast Heritage Trust website
• Rough Type, a technology blog by Nicholas Carr
• Sustainability by Design
• Nicholas G Carr, author
• Beginning With Habitat, Maine Natural Area's Program
• International Society for Industrial Ecology
• Trout Unlimited, a national conservation organization
• TUTV, a support website for TU's weekly fishing show on ESPN
• Web site for The Startup Garden, a book by Tom Ehrenfeld about starting a small business
• Web site for Nicholas Carr, writer
• The Harvard Business Review
• All MarCom, a marketing consulting company
• Web site for Michael Sanders, author of The Yard, and From Here, You Can't See Paris
• Gina Sawin, a fine artist
• Coastal Conservation Association, a coastal conservation organization

Creative Director

Saga International Holidays, Ltd., Boston, MA, March 1993 - October 1998

• Directed and approved design, copy, and photography for over 2400+ pages of catalog and collateral annually
• Managed copy, design and production team of 12; developed and directed sources of outside creative
• Designed and implemented corporate intranet and internet sites
• Oversaw photo shoots and stock photography contracts and pricing
• Directed the implementation and maintenance of in-house desktop-based production systems
• Directed print-buying and production for 6.9 million dollar promotional budget, including pre-press approval and printing press checks
• Designed and implemented job initiation and production database to manage schedules and costs
• Implemented electronic file-sharing of copy, photography and art with UK studio

Graphic Design Consultant

Swan Design, Brookline, MA, September 1988 - March 1993

Clients included: Reebok, Grand Circle Travel, Babson College, Morgan Creek Records, Saga Holidays, TransNational Travel, Ambassadair, Ports of Call, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Mercer Management Consulting

Senior Art Director

Saga International Holidays, Ltd., Boston, MA, October 1983 - September 1988

Graphic Designer

Harrington/Jackson, Boston, MA, September 1982 - October 1983

EDUCATION

University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, Major: Fine Arts

SKILLS

20+ years of design and typography experience

Technical web capabilities: image preparation and compression; browser limitations; cascading style sheet implementation; experience with cgi-scripting, php/mySQL scripting, ASP scripting

Comprehensive Macintosh-based design knowledge, including: daily user of Quark XPress, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Macromedia Freehand, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Macromedia Fireworks, BBEdit, MS Office, etc.

Troubleshooting of Macintosh publishing systems

2-6 color pre-press knowledge (both film and direct-to-plate)

Comprehensive photographic knowledge