Bruce Philpott
Sebastopol, California

To use the graphics and photographic skills I've acquired through years of experience and training to provide both immediate and long term profit for a growing company; to increase sales by developing and producing a wide range of print media and/or web sites in support of all departments; to create an image bank of photographs which will enhance a company's advertising and publicity releases for years to come.

Graphic Designer and Photographer
The Terlato Wine Group
Rutherford Hill Winery, Chimney Rock Winery, Alderbrook Winery, Sanford Winery

Creating a broad variety of print media and web pages supporting direct wine sales and Terlato wine clubs using InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash, ImageReady, FrontPage and HTML.

Improving efficiency of data input into graphics projects using Excel; monitoring project and equipment useage costs; creating templates and styles to streamline repeated projects and achieve product images of consistant, high quality.

Producing eye-catching, quality digital photographs of products, people and places for advertising and publicity. These photographs are not only proving to be invaluable in our current graphics projects, they are forming an image bank which will continue to enhance the company's image for years.

In general: Efficiently and artistically combining my original photographs and art with text to yield attractive print and web "collages" which sell the company's products.

Graphic Designer and Photographer, Self-employed

Bruce Philpott Graphic Designs: Designed and produced logos, print graphics and web sites on both Macintosh and Windows using Photoshop, Illustrator, QuarkXPress, InDesign, PageMaker, Dreamweaver, Flash, ImageReady, and HTML. Clients included Delta Machinery, Empire Manufacturing, Santa Rosa Junior College, Paperbacks Unlimited, and the CB Tool Group.

Philpott Photography: Created canvas mounted family wall portraits, indoors and at scenic locations. Earned Best of Show in Professional Photography at the Sonoma-Marin Fair. Selected to judge photography competitions in Sonoma and Marin counties.

Customer Service and Graphic Designer
The CB Tool Group - Santa Rosa Tool, Santa Rosa, California

Served the varied needs of professional and advanced amateur woodworkers. Responsible for creating and maintaining the website, business forms, signage, catalog work and point of purchase graphics for a chain of four retail stores using Dreamweaver, Flash, ImageReady, HTML, QuarkXPress, PageMaker, Photoshop and Illustrator.

Journeyman Printer
The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, California (a New York Times Company)

Produced quality color ads in high production for a daily newspaper using MultiAd Creator in a Macintosh environment. Responsible for production of special sections and the bimonthly HomeFinder Magazine. Other skills included cutting detailed color separations, proofreading and paste-up.

Journeyman Printer
Petaluma Argus-Courier, Petaluma, California

Produced quality color ads in high production for a (then) daily newspaper on a Compugraphic AdVantage. Pasted up, cut detailed color separations. Installed terminals interfacing with Systems Integrators Software mainframe linking with Associated Press and other wire services. Wrote software for reporters' laptop computers.

Production Manager
The Terra Linda News and The San Rafael Pointer
San Rafael, California

Managed production of both news and advertising for two weekly newspapers using Compugraphic equipment. Designed business forms, created logos. Did graphics camera work, lithography, stripping, paste-up and color separating and taught these skills to staff.

Photography Teacher
Petaluma, Rohnert Park, Novato and Napa Recreation Departments

Taught Creative 35mm Photography enabling over a thousand adults to achieve the photographs they'd always wanted.

Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology - Sonoma State University, 1977
West Coast School of Professional Photography - Brooks Institute
Certification in Photoshop and InDesign - Santa Rosa Junior College
Advanced Photoshop and InDesign Seminars
- National Association of Photoshop Professionals (member)
Continuing computer graphics classes - Santa Rosa Junior College

2005 Adobe Graphics Achievement Award
(one of the first people ever to receive this award) -
            Santa Rosa Junior College
            Computer Information Sciences Department
Certificate - Certification Training in
            Adobe InDesign - 2004
Certificate - Certification Training in
            Adobe Photoshop - 2000
Best in Show - Professional Photography -
            Sonoma-Marin Fair - 1988
First Place in Fine Art - Professional Photography -
            Sonoma-Marin Fair - 1988
First Place in Group Portraiture - Professional Photography -
            Sonoma-Marin Fair - 1988
Award of Merit -
            Professional Photographers of America - 1984
Award of Merit -
            Professional Photographers of America - 1983
Award of Merit -
            Professional Photographers of America - 1982

Helping Other
Photographers
& Graphics
Designers :

Moderator of www.photozo.com: One of nine forum moderators world-wide on an international digital photography forum/community
Writer: Author of eleven short tutorials for digital photographers and users of Adobe Photoshop

The Family Connection: As part of a three-person team, helped homeless families to obtain housing and realize their goals of independence.
The Sierra Club: Produced their monthly tabloid, The Redwood Needles, for one year.
Sonoma County Literacy League: Taught English as a Second Language (ESL).