PROFILE: RICHARD CECIL SCHLETTY

WORK (Schletty Design):
699 Cherokee Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55107
Tel 651-222-2526
rschletty@schletty.com
www.schlettydesign.com

HOME:
Tel 651-224-6037

EXPERTISE:

• Graphic design and illustration — traditional media to advanced computer imaging
• Image enhancement and optimization. Adobe Acrobat PDF document creation.
• Web site design and development (HTML, Flash, CGI, JavaScript, MySQL, Tomcat, Apache)
• Voiceovers, songwriting and sound mixing

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. Continuing education courses for medical illustration concentration – Biology, Zoology and Chemistry. 1981-1984.

Atelier Lack, Minneapolis, MN. 1978-1979. Figure drawing, still life painting.

Staples Area Vo-Tech, Staples, MN. 1975-76. Graphic design coursework.

St. John's University, Collegeville, MN. Received B.A. degree 1974. Major: Fine Art.

EXPERIENCE:

President: Schletty Design (sole proprietorship). 1982-present. Design of brochures, ads, posters, maps, corporate identity. Technical and creative illustration. Multimedia presentations. Acrobat PDF document creation for web and CD-ROM. Web site design. Advanced web enablement. Database design and management. File conversions. Photography, photo direction, photo scanning, photo retouching. Document technology consulting. Network design, installation, support and administration. Technology purchasing.

Technology Coordinator: St. Matthew's Elementary School. 497 Humboldt Ave., St. Paul, MN. 1997-present. Participated in planning, purchase and installation of networked Macintosh workstations (iMac lab and mobile MacBook lab). Configured server with Appleshare IP 6.2 and later Mac OS X Server (now at Tiger 10.4.x) for file sharing, printer sharing, internet access, and intranet/internet mail. Also helped to configure and administer a Linux server for DHCP and web filtering/access.

Graphic Design Associate: Combined Marketing Group. St. Paul, MN 55107. 1994-2000. Illustration and design for retail packaging, POP displays and collateral print materials. Image scanning and retouching. PC hardware/software installation and maintenance.

Designer/Technical Consultant: Northwestern Printcrafters, St. Paul, MN. Part-time contract and part-time payroll. 1994 -1996. Coordinated new IBM and Macintosh purchases for electronic prepress department. Imagesetter output, file conversions, file cleanup, trapping and troubleshooting. Design, scanning, image editing, long-document creation.

Graphic Design Consultant: Coyne Associates (a marketing and public relations firm). 1986-2000. Part-time, contract basis. Helped to develop sales materials for companies marketing professional services (contractors, developers, architects, engineers and environmental testing labs). Design, illustration, photography, photo retouching and prepress/printing coordination. Technical consulting, web design.

Macintosh Instructor: Electronic Easel (electronic prepress service bureau/Macintosh training center), St. Paul, MN. 1991. Part-time, contract basis. Trained students in use of Photoshop and QuarkXPress.

Senior Staff Artist: Carbil Communications, St. Paul, MN. 1979 -1982. Layout, illustration, keyline. 1-2 artists worked under my supervision.

Graphic Artist/Muralist: Compas, St. Paul, MN. 1978-1979. Designed and supervised the execution of several public art mural projects.

Graphic Artist: Augsburg Publishing House. Minneapolis, MN. 1976. Design and illustration for The Lutheran Standard magazine. Design of sheet music covers, brochures, posters, logos.

SUPPORTED APPLICATIONS:
 

NETWORKING SUPPORT:

Experienced with network administration including file sharing protocols, printer sharing and web services. EtherPeek utility used for network analysis.

PROFESSIONAL AWARD:

1996 Community Entrepreneur of the Year (St. Paul's West Side) -- awarded by Neighborhood Development Center and Riverview Economic Development Association.

VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES:

Upon request.