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

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

• Format graphics, text and maintain organization of time sensitive news items, notices, and web pages for the company intranet website
• Publish stories, events, and web pages via content server
• Design and maintain HTML web pages, company newsletters, Flash pages, logos, banners, web graphics, print graphics
• Edit audio / video clips, Staff photographer, associate in web video casting
• Manage special projects associated with site video productions, photo shoots, vendors

Flash Artist / Illustrator / Web Design / Graphic Artist, January 2005 ~ Present

• Flash developing incorporating animation, sound, graphics, some ActionScript and interactivity.
• Animated banners
• Web graphics, print graphics, medical illustrations
• Hand coding and HMTL, CSS and knowledge of Javascript
• Web design; 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.

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.
• Edit audio files, layout PowerPoint presentations, create forms.
• Efficiently provide a wide variety of administrative services to the Executive Assistant of Sales, VP of Sales, Marketing Department, Executive Assistant to CEO and Controller.

Sign Designer, Muralist Kat Joy Sign Design 1997 ~ 2008

• Sign design. Sign painting. Murals.
• Design, execute, and direct artists in applying large-scale paintings.
• 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.