Alejandro Godinez Photo

Alejandro Godinez is a print and web designer with 15 years of professional experience in the graphic arts.

From press operator in a small print shop to production manager for a major record label, Alejandro Godinez has extensive knowledge with graphics across different media. He specializes in front-end Web development for the arts. His sites are not based on generic, carbon-copy templates. Rather, each one is unique and starts from a series of rough sketches which he then carefully hand-codes with valid XHTML and CSS, always keeping Web standards and guidelines in mind. His strict attention to detail and optimization provide faster downloads, better usability, visitor accessibility and greater search engine optimization.

He creates simple, clean, and well-structured designs that are functional and effective in communicating with your customers. He can build and bring powerful brand identity from concept and design to Print and Web. If it’s a print campaign you need prepared, you can be assured that your files will be ready for press, saving you valuable time while avoiding expensive production setbacks. If it’s Web development you require, his properly coded sites will save you money on hosting and keep your visitors engaged with your site. His expertise and through understanding of graphics will provide you with the ideal solutions.

Please see his work and contact information.

Experience

  • Graphic and Web Design Freelancer
    October 2008 - Present.
  • Production Manager / Graphic Designer
    May 2008 - June 2008.
    Universal Music Latin Entertainment. Woodland Hills, CA
    January 2007 - April 2008.
    Univision Music Group. Woodland Hills, CA
    March 2001 - December 2006.
    DISA LLC. Burbank, CA
  • Production Artist / Graphic Designer
    August 1997 - March 2001.
    AAA Glass Corporation. Los Angeles, CA
  • Press Operator / Platemaker
    August 1995 - August 1996.
    Thermo Express Cards (TEC). Van Nuys, CA

Education

  • Web Design and Development
    September 2008 - June 2009.
    ECC North Valley Campus. Mission Hills, CA
  • Advertising Design
    August 1996 - December 1997.
    ELAOC East Los Angeles Occupational Center. Los Angeles, CA
  • Desktop Publishing
    February 1995 - April 1995.
    ELAOC. Los Angeles, CA
  • Offset Printing and Bindery
    September 1994 - August 1995.
    ELAOC. Los Angeles, CA

SkillsUSA Awards

  • April 1997 California State Silver Medalist / Advertising Design
  • February 1997 Regional Gold Medalist / Advertising Design
  • April 1995 California State Gold Medalist / Graphic Communications
  • February 1995 Regional Silver Medalist / Graphic Communications

Skill Set

  • Print
  • Print design (CD/DVD packaging, posters, sales sheets, flyers, business cards, letterheads, brochures, folders, banners, signs, etc.)
  • Branding identity
  • Photo retouching and restoration
  • Vectorization of artwork
  • Trapping and color separations for silk screening
  • Prepress and preflighting
  • Creation and verification of files to Ghent PDF Workgroup standards
  • PDF/x
  • Web
  • Web design
  • Front end web development - XHTML/CSS
  • Flash banners

Tools

  • Photoshop
  • Illustrator
  • Aptana Studio
  • Dreamweaver
  • CSSEdit
  • Flash (Basic)
  • QuarkXPress
  • Acrobat Professional
  • Acrobat Distiller
  • PitStop Professional

Languages

  • XHTML
  • CSS
  • Javascript (Basic)