Gary Hoare

78 Fairfax Road - Apartment 2 - Worcester, MA 01610

(401) 595-5022 - gih@garyhoare.com


Experience:

Freelance Designer

February 2004 to Present; APC Corporate Headquarters, West Kingston, RI via Communications Collaborative; Boston, MA

- Design of advertising materials such as mailers, brochures, and print ads

- Implementation of template based designs for print-on-demand materials


Freelance Designer

July 2003 to February 2004

- Graphic design, production, and web design for clients such as Lightolier, The Ocean Classroom, Philip Johnson Associates, and Rosewater Publications.


Designer

July 2001 to July 2003; Staples Corporate Headquarters; Framingham, MA

- Creation and revision of circulars and other print advertising.

- Digital photography and photo editing.

- Copy-writing.

- Computer system management.

- Digital photography and photo editing.


Freelance Production Artist

October 2000 to July 2001; Aquent, Inc.; Boston, MA


Graphic Artist

July 1999 to October 2000; Harwood Manufacturing; Providence, RI

- Preparation of artwork for ad-spec items and product catalogs.

- Creation of artwork for three-dimensional, pewter souvenirs.

- Member of the 2001 New Products Committee.


Graphic Artist

April 1996 to July 1999; Wagner Communications; Mansfield, MA

- Design and direction of all in-house design projects.

- Supervision and training of part-time employees.


Volunteer Designer

Attleboro Museum; Attleboro, MA

- Creation of graphic material such as catalogs, posters and mailings.

- Artist Coordinator for Attleboro’s Fire and Ice Festival, 1995.


Education:

RISD Bookworks

Summer 1997; Rhode Island School of Design; Providence, RI


Computer Aided Graphic Design, Graphic Design II

Fall 1995 to Spring 1996; Massasoit Community College; Canton, MA


BFA

September 1994; University of Massachusetts; Amherst, MA


Computer Skills:

Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe PageMaker, QuarkXPress, Macromedia FreeHand, Networking, FTP, HTML, CSS


Activities:

National Poetry Slam

Member of the 2000 Providence, and the 2001 and 2003 Worcester Teams


Digital photography