Kathleen KAT JOY Figueroa, Visual Designer.......................................... email, 650-490-0739

Communications Designer, Gilead Sciences, Foster City, CA., April 2009 ~ present

• Format graphics and text for publishing of company news, and events and notices on GNet, the company intranet website
• Publish stories, events, and web pages via content server
• Maintain organization of time sensitive company news, events & notices, and web pages
• Design and maintain HTML web pages and company newsletters
• Designer of Flash pages, graphics, gif animations, color correction and retouch of images
• Manage special projects associated with site video productions, photo shoots, print vendors, special graphic design requests
• Edit audio / video clips
• Staff photographer

Flash Artist, Illustrator / Web Design January 2005 ~ Present

• Flash developing incorporating animation, sound graphics, some ActionScript and interactivity.
• Hand coding and HMTL, CSS and knowledge of Javascript, experienced in Dreamweaver
• Web design, graphic art, medical illustrations and Flash animation.
• Clients include: BioForm Medical, Inc., Security Property Management, Safescout, R and M Properties, Wetdog Production and Software Training, Chefables, Sit'n Sleep, MXPLAY, Trifling Myrtles.

California Certified Resident Manager
Bay Area Property Management, Redwood City, CA November 2010 ~ present
Security Property Management, San Carlos, CA. June 2005 ~ October 2010

• Superior management, organizational and leasing/sales skills associated with site operation.
• Enforce house rules and property policy, problem solve, tenant relations, liaison between tenants and property manager.
• Created SPMs website. Consultant to staff on architecture, maintenance and updates of website.

BioForm Medical, Inc.,San Mateo, CA. May 2007 ~ November 2008

• Manage special projects: medical illustrations; create mock-ups for sales/marketing pieces; produced electronic learning tools using Flash animation; designed company holiday cards; designed logo for 2008 National Sales Meeting, designed Flash animated Jeopardy game (actual answers and questions not shown here for confidentiality purpose) Jeopardy game for Northwest Regional meeting.
• Editor for Sales Training Manual, Sales Play Book and maintain materials for new hire trainings, practice development, and regional meetings.
• Edit audio files, and clean up layouts for PowerPoint presentations, create forms in Word and Excel.
• Efficiently provide a wide variety of administrative services to the Executive Assistant of Sales, VP of Sales, Sales Regional and Territory Managers, Marketing Department, Director of Practice Development, Executive Assistant to CEO and Controller.

Sign Designer, Muralist Kat Joy Sign Design 1997 ~ 2008

• Design and execute large-scale signage and artwork by applying medium directly on a wall or substrate.
• Paint in various styles.
• Create graphics and prepare files for printing.
• Direct other artists in applying large scale hand painted and adhesive signage.
• Marketing, sales, writing proposals / contracts, purchasing, invoicing, customer service.

On call Artist for Evans & Brown Co, San Francisco, CA. February 2005 ~ February 2010

• Mural artist, and decorative painter for wall and ceiling murals.
• Designed and executed large scale trompe l'oeil lettering signage.
• Assure and maintain quality control.

Lead Artist for Jarel Design September 1996 ~ February 2004

• Lead artist in charge of composite fabrication, sculpting, fine detail painting, airbrushing, vacuum forming, mold making and casting with elastomer and urethane resins.
• Responsible for quality control and supervising other artists.
• Produced movie props and promotional kits for USA Studios, and Paramount Studios and 3D models of toys for Mattel, and Wild Planet.

SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE: Adobe Creative Suite Master Collection Hand coding HTML, CSS, and Flash Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook Visual Web Developer FTP programs

Final Cut, Windows Movie Maker, iMovie Audacity and other audio editing programs Oracle Content Server Oracle Menu Application Xara3D Concur (expense report application)

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drawing and Painting, California State University, Long Beach, CA. Additional courses in computer generated art, human anatomy, medical illustration, and marketing.
• Flash Development, Web Technologies, and Web Video at Foothill College, Los Altos, CA.
• Drawing and painting, advertising design, AutoCAD, mechanical drawing, 3D and 2D design at El Camino College, Torrance, CA.

SHOWS, GALLERY EXHIBITS:
Space Gallery, San Francisco; South First Street Billiards, San Jose, CA; Michaelango Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA; ArtHouseKids, Willow Glen, CA; Faux Salon, Campbell, CA; Red Devil Lounge, San Francisco, CA; b. Ella, Ashland, OR; Folk Tree, Pasadena, CA; Gift Gallery, Long Beach, CA; Hot Stuff, Long Beach, CA; FYB Gallery, Long Beach, CA; Redondo Festivals of the Arts, Redondo Beach, CA; Que Sara, Long Beach, CA; Walser's Art Supply, Torrance, CA; The Center, Long Beach, CA; Executive Suite, Long Beach, CA; El Camino College, Torrance, CA.