james wenzel’s résumé
Objective:
Freelance Design
Education:
Columbia College Chicago BA in Graphic Design (fall 2005-07) GPA: 3.371
Purdue University Visual Communication Design (2003-05) GPA: 3.36
Freelance:
Six-pack beer design for Lockdown Brewing Company (4 Beer Styles)
Label re-size and redesign for Lockdown Brewing Company (4 Beer Labels and 1 Root Beer 12oz/22oz)
Label design and brand development for O'so Brewing Company (4 Flagship Beers)
Case design for O'so Brewing Company (1 case for 4 beers and seasonal beers)
Total Tackle package design for Maurice Sporting Goods
Multiple poster and mailer design for Maurice Sporting Goods
Website, Beer List, and Logo redesign for Kasey’s Tavern (kaseystavern.net)
Website design for Printers’ Row Catering (printersrowcatering.com)
Website design and brand development for Rise & Shine (riseandshinehandmadecrafts.com)
Website design for St. Athanasius in Evanston (saintas-mascot.net)
Logo design for Simple Lube (simplelube.com (site is not updated yet))
Logo Clean Up and Stationery design for Printers Row Meat
Logo designs for Business Solutions - MoneyPools, and Outcome
Logo design for Risinger Professional Painting
Posters, guest checkbook fliers, and table fliers for Bar Louie
Vector illustration for Mammoth Industries
Concert posters, T-Shirt, and Symbol for musician Packy Lundholm
Skills:
Adobe(CS3)- Illustrator Photoshop InDesign and Dreamweaver
Microsoft- Word Excel and Powerpoint
Type Tool, Scan Font, and FontLab Studio, HTML, basic SEO, basic PHP, and CSS
Silkscreen Printing and Oil Painting
Work Experience:
2006- current Hackney’s Printer’s Row server and bartender
2001-2006 Sunset Foods in the produce section stock and customer guidance
2000-2001 Walgreens service clerk
Interests:
Playing musical instruments: mandolin, guitar, and tenor banjo
Oil painting
Screen-printing
Free form papermaking
Cooking, Brewing, and Pickling
Websites:
jamescwenzel.com
AIGA Portfolio
Coroflot Portfolio
LinkedIN Page
James Wenzel Graphic Design Profile on DesignFirms