I am a Graphic Designer and Illustrator living in St. Paul Minnesota. I have over 10 years in Print Design and 4 years in New Media Design. I have solid experience in every aspect of product launches including interface design, packaging, promotional and instructional material.

Accomplishments

• Designed numerous web sites for both the general population and business to business.
• Designed, illustrated and produced packaging for Musicland, Simitar Videos, and Collier's Encyclopedia CD-ROM.
• Wrote, illustrated, designed, produced and successfully published the book COFFEE DREAMER.
• Successfully designed graphics for best selling Mylar Balloons, AirWalkers and other 3-dimensional shapes.
• Expert in Adobe Illustrator, Quark Express, and Adobe Photoshop. Ten years of Macintosh experience.

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Christopher Tibbetts Design, CTIB, Third Monkey Press
(Since April 96)
Print and New Media design and illustration. I specialize in clean, high impact design for anyone with a need for agency quality without agency prices. Most people find me extremely easy to work with as well as economical.

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Creative Director for ArtWorks, Minneapolis MN.

Provided creative direction in all endeavors of this advertising agency in Eden Prairie. Projects included Video and Software packaging to Corporate Identity packets. Heavy use of photo illustration. Client list included Nordic Track, Collier's Encyclopedia, Musicland, Magtek, K-Mart, Stearns and others. Produced own designs including illustrations. Directed photoshoots, attended press checks and maintained Macintosh system (Feb 95 to April 96).

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Design, Illustration and Production for Freelance Professionals, Minneapolis MN.

Various assignments for 3M (product illustration), Digital Impressions (design of promotional and instructional materials) and other local companies (June 94 to Feb 95).

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Art Director for Portable Products, St. Paul MN.

Set up Computer Graphics department. Produced all packaging and P.O.P. Heavy design input. Contact with venders, press checks, purchasing equipment and training assistants (April 93 to June 94).

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Freelance

Sieben, Grose, Von Holtum, McCoy & Carey, Ltd. (Illustrations for courtroom). Fingerhut (Product catalogs). Aardvark Graphics (designs/art) (Sept 92 to April 93).

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Graphic Artist for Anagram International, Inc., Eden Prairie MN.

Product Development and Design. Initial concepts through final art. Also, marker comps and airbrushed product mock ups. Heavy involvement with licensed designs for Disney, Warner Bros. and Sesame Street. On Macintosh: All Ad Slicks. Color mock ups for new packaging and product designs. Final art for new products (July 90 to Sept 1992) .

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Graphic Artist for Benchmark, Minneapolis MN.

Varied production/design assignments (March 1990 to March 1991).

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Desktop Publisher for Burgess International.

Designed college textbooks (Jan 89 to March 90).

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Computer Artist for Creative Visuals, Minneapolis MN.

Business slide presentations (July 88 to Dec 88).

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Education

Minneapolis Technical Institute 1986 to 1988. Graduate two year program in commercial art.
Internships at M V P and Litho Specialties, Inc.
University of Wisconsin, River Falls 1976 to 1981. B.S. Double major: Sociology/Studio Art.
Periodic training updates at Electronic Easel and Science Museum.

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©1997 Christopher Tibbetts, CTIB DESIGN, THIRD MONKEY PRESS. All rights reserved.
E-mail to: ctib@ctib.com
P.O. Box 600365 St. Paul MN 55106.