RESUME
SUMMARY
A versatile and creative artist with 15 years experience in graphic design. Strengths include working in a variety of styles, speed of work, an ability to synthesize ideas into a cohesive presentation, as well as verbal and written communication skills.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Ilium Associates
Bellevue, WA
Jan. 2011 - present
Graphic Designer:
Marketing design including brochure, ad, and catalog layout. Some environmental design.

Accoutrements/Archie McPhee & Co.
Mukilteo, WA
1998 - 2009
Graphic Designer
A full design spectrum including product development (ideas and illustrative specs), package design, illustration, web site design & maintenance (www.mcphee.com), catalog & calendar design (layout and concepts), t-shirts, photography, copy writing.

Right Mind Media LLC
Auburn, WA
2000 - present
Graphic Design and Illustration
Freelance work - Posters, cd artwork, stickers, illustrations, logos and two self published children's books (www.acatnamedegg.com) (www.donarwhalshaveblowholes.com).
Clients include: City Arts Magazine, KEXP 90.3 FM, WINO Magazine, Chop Suey, Tin Hat Bar & Grill, One by One, Penny Dreadfuls Productions

Jet Equipment & Tools
Auburn, WA
1996 - 1998
Graphic Designer:
Ad layout, brochure design, package design, web site maintenance, catalog layout.

Central Washington University Student Activities
Ellensburg, WA
1993 - 1996
Graphic Designer:
Ad layout, brochure design, poster design using both computer-assisted and traditional paste-up methods.

EDUCATION
B.A., Graphic Design, Central Washington University:
7 quarters of drawing, 4 quarters of painting, ceramics and minor in Philosophy.

COMPUTER SKILLS
Photoshop, Freehand/Illustrator, Photography, HTML, Some messing around in Flash

SPECIAL SKILLS
Illustration in a variety of styles, Works quickly on multiple tasks, Musician and songwriter of 15 years, Sense of humor, Plays well with others, Occasional mind reading.

AWARDS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
-Time Magazine's 50 coolest sites of 2005 (mcphee.com).
-Best Halloween Catalog Cover 1998
(Archie McPhee), Catalog Age.
-Farell Merit Scholarship Award for art culminating in a showing of 20 pieces at the Sarah Spurgeon Gallery.

OTHER INTERESTS
Family (lovely wife and 3 wee ones), Making Music, Baseball
Hello. My name is Matt and my goal is awesomeness.
I do what I love and I love what I do.

Below are links to projects I've been involved with,
good people I've worked with and stuff I like.

BOOKS: Do Narwhals Have Blowholes? - A Cat Named Egg -
Many Paths - Faking Smart

MUSIC: Half Acre Day - Caleb & Walter - KEXP

PEOPLE: Gibson Holub - Archie McPhee - Mr. Bowl in Tinyland