Joe Sturges
Graphic & Web Designer
EXPERIENCE
Graphic Designer - 420 Rally
May - April 2014
Converted logo from PSD file to Vector and cleaned paths for print production. 
T-shirt mock-ups for Men & Womens cuts, badges, and various signage for the event. 
Ads/banners for website, facebook, and instagram. Worked on Wordpress website and content.
Created PDF’s for sponsor/vendor applications with editable areas.
 Artwork created aired on national news including CBS, CNN, and Fox.
Managed T-shirt booth at the concert overseeing 4 other employees & handled purchases/inventory.
Creative Director - David Benrimon Fine Art & Benrimon Contemporary 
December 2008 – August 2013
Maintenance and updating custom websites, cross browser compatability, using CSS, Flash, HTML, JavaScript/JQuery, Mobile design, MySQL, PHP, RSS, SEO, Social Media, Wordpress, and XML.
Custom mass emails, table coding, implementation and multiple monthly email newsletters via Constant Contact and DadaMail.
Catalog design using InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop adjustments, retouching and digital photography.
Logos, letterheads, banner ads, business cards, envelopes, graphics, press releases and SWOP advertisement designs using Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop.
SWOP advertisement designs using Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop.
Operation and maintenance of a MH871 34" Vinyl Cutter for text and logos.
Printer - Sitour USA
November 2008 - December 2008
Setup designs in Postershop to rip and print on Polystyrene.
Operated Color Span Display Maker 72 UVR to print banners, corrals, custom signs,
lift posters and signs
Graphic Designer - Verge Sport America Ltd.
March 2005 - June 2008
Sports clothing design using Corel and Adobe Illustrator using Pantone or Digital colors.
Flat panel designing for base layers, jackets, jerseys, nordic, t-shirts, triathlon, sizes from XS to
XXXL and designed custom socks.
 Logo creation, vector replication and typographical layouts.
 Flash image gallery for jerseys.
Personal customer contact via phone and email.    
Graphic & Video Designer - Regional News Network
October 2004 - March 2005
Broadcast design, video editing using After Effects, CG Inscriber, Photoshop and Premier.
Created fullscreen, monitor, plasma, quarter and other graphic elements for nightly broadcast.
Graphic & Web Designer - Simmelink/Sukimoto Editions
March 2003 - October 2004
Assisted in the process of creating limited edition prints.
Custom web site using CSS, HTML and JavaScript.
Graphic & Web Designer - Ladue Design
June 2004 - August  2004
Worked on banners ads, CSS, Flash, HTML and web sites.
Graphic & Web Designer – Bakwoods
September 2003 – 2010
Implemented and updated bakwoods.com. Using  AJAX, CSS, DHTML, Flash, HTML, JavaScript, OS Commerce, SEO, XML and XHTML.
Screen printing from design to print on t-shirts, sweatshirts, sweatpants, jackets and long sleeves.
Digital Imaging Assistant - SUNY New Paltz, Academic Computing
April 2001 - October 2003
Organized and scanned images from library to create a database.
Adjusted images using Photoshop for color correction, sizing and graphic optimization.

EDUCATION
State University of New York
2003, New Paltz, NY
B.S. Visual Arts
Middlesex University
2002, Trent Park, UK
Study Abroad Program 
Cornell University
1998, Ithaca, NY
Summer College Session
FREELANCE
Mission Wear | 2015, May 7th
Photographed Charity Event 
Rockwall Pub & Grub | 2015
CSS, HTML, JavaScript, PHP, Wordpress
David Benrimon Fine Art | 2013 - Present
HTML, JavaScript, PHP, Responsive email newsletters, catalog updates, XHTML
Benrimon Contemporary | 2014
HTML, JavaScript, PHP, Responsive email newsletters, invitations XHTML
Incite Response | 2013
Responsive emails for clients. Testing via EmailonAcid.
Haifleigh Brandworks | 2013
Multiple websites updated & improved.
HTML, JavaScript, PHP, XHTML
Verge Sport America LTD. | 2013
Wordpress, Bigcommerce, CSS, PHP, 
HTML, JavaScript, MySQL, Responsive Design, Xampp
http://joe.v-gear.com  http://cross.vergesport.com
Lili Contemporary | 2011
Custom CMS, JavaScript, MySQL, PHP, XHTML
Sleepstore USA |  2008 - 2013
CSS, Flash, PHP, HTML JavaScript, SEO
http://sleepstoreusa.com
Pate Sucree Cookies | 2011
CSS, E-Commerce, HTML, JavaScript, MySQL, PHP, Photoshop
Hard X Music | 2011
CSS, HTML, JavaScript, Joomla, MySQL, Photoshop, PHP http://hardxmusic.com
Painter’s Restaurant | 2006 - 2011
CSS, Flash, JavaScript, Joomla, MySQL, XHTML, 
http://painters-restaurant.com
Galerie Mistinguette | 2008 – 2010
Custom Database for artworks, CSS, Flash, HTML, JavaScript, MySQL, PHP
Favata’s Table Rock Tours | 2007 - 2010
CSS, Flash, JavaScript, XHTML
Beso Restaurant | 2008
CSS, Flash, HTML, JavaScript, Image Editing, Gallery
Pharr + Anderson Architecture | 2008
Flash, and XML
Joe Sturges
Graphic & Web Designer
FREELANCE 
Virgina A O’Dwyer Real Estate | 2008
CSS, Flash, HTML, JavaScript
Zpita Restaurant | 2008
CSS, HTML, JavaScript, Menu PDFs

INTERNSHIPS
Publications Department
SUNY New Paltz New York
Summer of 2002 
Graphics Plus Printing
Cortland, NY
Summer of 2001
Interactive Personalities
Minneapolis, MN
Summer of 2000
ADOBE SKILLS
Adobe Creative Cloud CS6
Adobe Master Collection CS3
Acrobat
After Effects
Bridge
Dreamweaver
Flash - ActionScript 2.0
Illustrator
InDesign
Photoshop
Photoshop 3D
Premiere

WEB DEVELOPMENT
Cascading Style Sheets / CSS3
CGI
Constant Contact
Content Management Systems
cPanel
E-Commerce
Hand Coding
Hexadecimal Colors
HTML / HTML 5 / XHTML
JavaScript / JQuery
Joomla
MySQL
PHP
Responsive Design
Server Side Scripting
Shopping Carts
Wordpress
XML
Image Compression

OPERATING SYSTEMS
Windows Vista
Windows XP
Windows 7
Ubuntu
MAC OS 
AIGA Member
References Furnished Upon Request

EMAIL DESIGN
Responsive Design
Email on Acid
Mozify
Constant Contact
Dada Mail
Hand Coding
Tables
Inline CSS
Hexadecimal Colors
HTML / XHTML
Image Compression

COMPUTER SKILLS
Comfortable using PC & MAC
Act!: CRM Software
Bandcamp
Corel
CG Inscriber
Digital Photography
Email Blasts
Font Lab Studio 5
File Transfer Protocol
Filezilla
Flash FXP
Microsoft Office
Powerpoint
Excel
Word
Outlook
Raster and Vector Capabilities
Responsive Email Design
Responsive Website Design
Typography
3D Studio Max

COLOR KNOWLEDGE
Pre-Flight Preperation
Color Theory
Color Seperations
Color Profiling
Color Densities
Spot Color vs. Digital Printing
RGB Color Model
CMYK Printing
Pantone Matching System
Hexadecimal Colors

ACHIEVEMENTS
• Created a unique custom font using Illustrator
and FontLab

• Photography of statues in NYC used in Simon
Pattersons “Under Cartel” Exhibition at the
Haunch of Venison, July 2012 - September 2012

• Deans List at SUNY New Paltz