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Contractor / Consultant

Worked with American and multinational companies, providing innovative and modern graphic design and illustration for online and print products, training materials, management presentations, business and technical illustrations, and other graphic projects. 

Developed processes for graphics production, publication, and archiving that fit seamlessly in client environments.

Designed branding “look and feel” for product labels, media

packaging, and merchandise.

Clients have included Nike, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Tektronix, RLX Technologies (high-end server systems), Lounging Dragons, Air Advice, Oregon Cutting Systems and Inovise Medical (cardio-acoustic systems).

Email: mvogt-email@mvogt-graphic-artist.com

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Skills and Work Experience

Graphic Design and Illustration

2002 to date

Graphic Artist / Designer / Illustrator

Designed and created high-quality graphics for online and print customer and service product documentation, Web pages,

software splash screens, icons, promotional material, product

labels, and other projects.

Created innovative, online methodology for delivering complex cabling diagrams and instructions for extremely large, complex computing systems and networks. Eliminated the need for printed documentation including printing costs, as well as for 2-week

printing/distribution lead times, and for documentation shipping costs.

Resolved on-going communications problems about hardware with field service personnel by acquiring appropriate digital

photography equipment and developing a process of sending prompt, annotated digital photos directly to the field.

·    Reduced graphic file sizes by 80% and improved production rate by about 120%.

·    Improved graphic request process, forecasting, and scheduling to eliminate spikes in graphic workloads, which sometimes exceeded 150% of capacity, thus ensuring we met all production commitments and schedules.

IBM / Sequent Computer

1998 to 2002

Graphic Specialist and Technical Illustrator

Designed and illustrated a myriad of documents for technical

products, from oscilloscopes to spectrum analyzers, and EM

radiation analysis to software data-flow diagrams. 

Developed graphic standards, processes and methods. 

·    Trained other illustrators to make the transition from time-consuming, hand-drawn graphics, to maintainable and reusable computer illustrations.

·    Reduced redundant work of illustrators by one-third and increased overall illustrator productivity.

Tektronix

1977 to 1998