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CHRISTUS Schumpert’s bike-run fundraiser, “Run with the Nuns”, was a two year project that called upon nearly every skill set I had; photography, web, print and entirely too much time with the “pen tool”.

The printing consisted of several posters, brochures, shirts and mailers.

Designing entertainment promotionals has always been one of the perks of the job. I used a mix of Photoshop and Cinema 4D to create several of the posters for the above for the River City Repertory Theatre.

Southfield is a unique private academy in both it’s heritage and focus on the arts. I used several “macro” shots of architectural features and student creations to recreate the same feeling for the read that I received on my initial tour through the school.

I have served twice as interim Creative Direct for SB Mag Magazine (Sept 07/May 08 issues) and as a freelance artist for illustrations, lead-ins and cover artwork.

One of my favorite commissions was definitely the Soldier’s face from the “Home from War” story.

I started shooting my own supplemental photography with a “point-and-shoot” when I couldn’t find proper stock for a project. Later I moved up to a Canon Rebel as my 1st SLR. Eventually I experimenting with .RAW format and working more regularly as a photographer in design jobs.

Currently I’ve got my eye set on a D300.

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Application Knowledge



Proficient on Mac (OSX) or PC
Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator, Quark XPress, Preps,
Dreamweaver, Flash, Wordpress, Cinema 4D, Adobe Audition
HTML, Javascript, CSS, AJAX



Employment History



2004 - Present
Graphic Industries (MSP)

Senior Designer/Pre-Press/Photographer

Developed large scale identity packages from concept to print.
Shot and staged photography for various projects
Color correction, restoration and alteration of photography
Worked directly with Clients in developing materials and maintaing relations
Pre-press operation of both film and direct to plate systems



2006/2008
SB Magazine

Interim Creative Director/Contract Designer

Commissioned colorist for monthly satire illustrations and lead-ins
Commissioned for the March 2006 cover art and cover story designs



2002 - 2004
J. Bowen Creative Services

Graphic Designer/Media Development

Worked in print, video and web.
Creation of trade show booths and environmental design
Designed DVD menus, theatrical posters and box art for
independent film studio, Wolfe Video
video editing duties on weekly TV productions



1999 - 2001
National Mail-It

Graphic Designer

General graphic design duties and maintenance of company web assets
Responsible for AD creation and pagination of regional Direct-Mail publications


About Me



Matt Beckham
age - 26yrs
Bossier City, Louisiana
p: 318.458.1887 | ...... Contact me on Skype
e: info@thomasmattbeckham.com


> Download a .pdf of my resume.

My status

Awards



2007 Crestock International Photoshop Competition
Week 2 - 1st place winner

2007 Crestock International Photoshop Competition
Week 1 - 7th place runner up

2007 Silver Addy Award (SBFA)

2004 Boeing Technology - Winnipeg Division
Accomplishment Award 2004

2002 Regional Silver Addy Award

5 Gold Addy Award (SBFA)

7 Silver Addy Award


Additional Work Ethic



Able to work with minimal/no budget per project
and produce high-quality results

Work within time constraints and project restrictions.

Daily contact with clients - Maintaining customer
accounts and confidence.

Able to organize group efforts on large campaigns.