Résumé

Joseph (Jozef) Becker

Graphic Designer

Production Artist

Professional Musician

​About Me:     I am a graphic designer, production artist and a working musician.  

Since graduating in 2002 with a BFA in Graphic Design from the California College
of the Arts (CCA), I have gained experience working in advertising (package design), commercial retail (print production) and design (digital production). 

I started playing the drums as a kid, joined my first band in junior high school and haven’t stopped. I have performed, recorded and toured in multiple independent rock bands, a family musical act and tribute bands.

Qualifications

• Proficient in Mac and Windows platforms
• Expert in Adobe InDesign CC
  
• Proficient in Adobe PhotoShop and Illustrator CC
  
• Proficient in MS Word and Excel
  
• Proficient in Quarkxpress
  
• Versatile in digital and manual illustration
  
• Superior work ethic, independent, dependable and collaborative team player
  
• Able to work under tight time constraints while maintaining a professional attitude and sense of humor
  
• Project-based production artist with years of experience working within creative departments and on freelance projects
  

Education
California College of the Arts

• BFA in Graphic Design
  

City College of San Francisco

• Associates Degree in Humanities

Experience
Program Leader
Pomeroy Recreation and Rehabilitation Center
June 2019 to Present​

• Working with children and teens with disabilities
  

Contract Print Production Artist
Havas Worldwide International Advertising Agency

November 2016

• Production of large-scale print advertisements for an international client
  
• Adobe Creative Suite, on a Mac platform

Contract Print Production Artist
Dome Construction Leading S.F. Bay Area Construction Company  

September 2016 – November 2016

• Creation and production of Job proposals and various print projects
  
• Adobe Creative Suite, MS Office in a Windows platform
  
  

Studio Coordinator
Gensler Leading worldwide architecture and design firm  

July 2015 - July 2016

• Administrative support and projects for 35+ Architects
  
• Adobe Creative Suite, MS Office in a Windows platform
  

Contract Digital Production Artist

Gensler Leading worldwide architecture and design firm  

September 2013 - February 2015

• Formatted 10,000 + assets for the new website: www.gensler.com
• Researched and curated images of projects and principals from forty-six offices from around the globe
  
• Fixed image flaws, cropped, color corrected and prepared images for the website
  
• Designed organizational method to accommodate new demands (naming conventions)
  
• Uploaded formatted images to the website creating heroes where required
  
• Basic html for feature stories and news items
  
• Troubleshooting after website launch in June 2014
  
• Researched and collected images for on-going new item features
  
• Collected and curated images for high-level meetings
  
• Adobe Creative Suite in a Mac platform

Contract Digital Production Artist

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. Retailer of gourmet cookware, home furnishings and agrarian supplies

April 2013 -  July 2013

• Digital asset formatting and correction for www.williams-sonoma.com
  
• Updating images to reflect featured and sale items
• Basic html and copy-editing
  
• Adobe Creative Suite, MS Office in a Windows platform

Contract Print Production Artist

Chapman, Cubine, Adams + Hussey Direct Mail for leading non-profits

January 2013 - March 2013

• Created and edited direct mail for numerous non-profit organizations
  
• Quarkxpress and Adobe Photoshop on Mac platform

Contract Print Production Artist

Restoration Hardware Retailer of designer lighting and home furnishings

June 2012 - September 2012

• Extensive PhotoShop corrections of raw footage
• Object manipulation to illustrate symmetry for store displays
  
• Created lay-out maps for multiple store locations (in-house)
  
• Adobe Creative Suite in a Mac platform

Contract Print Production Artist

New Bay Media Publisher of Guitar Player, Bass Player and KeyboardMagazines

March 2011 - August 2011

• Built lay-outs for Guitar Player, Bass Player and Keyboard Magazines
  
• Built lay-outs for their Bi-Annual Gear Round-up ​
  
• Adobe Creative Suite on Mac platform

Seasonal Contract Print Production Artist

Pottery Barn Teen and Kids Retailer of specialty home furnishings

March 2007 - March 2011

• Extensive lay-out work utilizing the company templates and preferences
• Manipulation of text and images following direction of the lead designers
  
• Collaboration with copy editors, designers and buyers
  
• Created seasonal catalogs and inventory books
  
• Adobe Creative Suite in a Mac platform

Contract Print Production Artist

MPR & Associates Publisher of annual "Condition of Education" book for the US Government

January 2007– March 2007 

• Compilation and lay-out of data for the Condition of Education publication
  
• MS Word, Excel and Quarkxpress in a Windows operating system

Contract Print Production Artist

Wells Fargo PCS 
February 2006 – September 2006

• Working with WF templates and preferences
  
• Manipulation of text and images following direction of the lead designers 
  
• Collaboration with copy editors and lead designers
  
• Creating promotional material and on-line forms
  
• Adobe Creative Suite in a Mac platform

​Print Production Intern
Primo Angeli, Inc.

February 2001 – September 2001

• Create comps
  
• Researched and created mood boards
  
• Edited photos
  
• Provided support for the design team
  
• Adobe Creative Suite in a Mac platform
  

Graphic Design

Becker Design, San Francisco, CA 2002 - 2006

Ptolemaic Terrascope Magazine British Alternative Music publication, relocated
to the US

• Art Director Designer and Production Artist
• Designed and produced the first US edition of acclaimed British alternative music magazine
  

125 Records American independent pop music label

• Contract Designer
• Created advertisement in Amplifier Magazine
  
• Type treatment for CD cover for Loud Family, Attractive Nuisance
  

Valley Record Distributors US largest “One-Stop” music and video distributor

• Graphic Designer and Advertising Coordinator
• Produced weekly newsletter
  
• Created posters, flyers, and collateral items
  
• Booked advertising in periodicals and radio

MediMedia

• Print lay-out and production for a newly patented cancer drug
  

​Children’s Day School Private preschool through middle school

• Committee Chair, Graphic Designer and Production Artist
• Designed all promotional items: invitations, mailers, auction catalog cover, advertising, signage
  
• Created collateral items for fund-raising auctions
  

Wide Hive Records Independent Jazz and Hip-Hop label

• Contract Designer
• Designed music catalogs for inclusion with CD packaging
  

Additional Experience

Primary caregiver for two children 2002 - 2006 

Professional Drummer/Percussionist

Drummer/percussionist with rock bands on independent record labels throughout
​the 80s and 00s 
Recorded sixteen + albums and toured and recorded in Europe and the United States extensively

• Thin White Rope
  
• True West
  
• Game Theory
  
• The Loud Family
  
• The Graves Brothers Deluxe
  
• The Sippy Cups (Family Music Act)
  
• Danny Pearson Band
  
• The Jean Genies (Bowie Tribute Act)
  
• Country Joe McDonald Band
  

Drummer/percussionist and graphic artist with The Sippy Cups, 2005 - 2010, www.thesippycups.com

• Performing throughout the US major venues and festivals
  
• Recorded three full-length LPs and two singles
• Arranging transportation for 7+ members, gear and props
• Creation of promotional pieces: postcards, posters and props
  

Photographic Model
Modeled for Charles Schwab, Hewlett Packard (national ads, in Newsweek, Forbes, Time, US News) Adobe, US Postal Service, Cisco Systems, Willmington Trust and others