PARTIAL CLIENT LIST
Alternative Financing Corporation
Alternative Health & Wellness Center
Applied Materials
The Arnone Group
Crossroads Bible Church
DeHart’s Printing & Media Services
EMQ FamiliesFirst
(five-0-three) Restaurant & Bar
Hewlett-Packard
LifeSport Fitness, LLC
Mizone Coaching
Pacific Interlock Pavingstones
San Jose Arts Commission
San Jose Police Officers Association
Santa Clara University
SignCraft Architectural Signs
SolutionOne Consulting
Stanford University
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
TeraRecon, Inc.
3Com
Women’s Independent Cinema
Vestkusten
Zanotto’s Markets




PORTFOLIO
www.arleenvirga.com




CONTACT INFORMATION
(408) 679-9565
avirga@earthlink.net

  ARLEEN R. VIRGA
 
EXPERIENCE
 
A. VIRGA DESIGN INDEPENDENT DESIGNER
SAN JOSE, CA 2005 – PRESENT
  Provide high-quality creative services for print and web. Professionally produce compelling design solutions to meet client objectives, budget and timeline. Available for hire as creative consultant, designer and website developer to augment a creative team or work independently offsite.
WEBMASTER WOMEN'S INDEPENDENT CINEMA
EXTERNSHIP SAN FRANCISCO, CA
  Scope of project:  Design and develop new website to reflect branding created by Deutsch Design Works, San Francisco.
 
Responsibilities:  While managing client’s existing website, presented an extensive range of design options that were cohesive with new branding. Organized website architecture and created site map for Client. Translated approved wireframe PDFs into HTML, developed dynamic drop-down navigational menus, and included supporting multi-media.
 
Completed:  February 2008
  ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP AT STANFORD
  STANFORD, CA
  Scope of project:  Redesign existing website.
 
Responsibilities:  Presented wireframe design concepts and detailed map of navigational hierarchy to the on-campus Fellowship’s Officers. Implemented approved design into HTML and uploaded to staging server during review cycle. Final deliverable provided to Client for transferring to Stanford University’s server.
 
Completed:  September 2007
FOGLIA SENIOR DESIGNER
PUBLICATIONS 1998 – 2005
SANTA CLARA, CA Responsible for initial concepts and design presentations to a diverse clientele. Highly skilled in conceptual design, print production, project management, and client/vendor communication. Extensive experience designing corporate collateral, marketing literature, branding/identity suites, as well as exhibit work, CD/DVD packaging, web graphics, and books for independent publishers.
  PRODUCTION ARTIST / PRE-PRESS SPECIALIST
  1991 – 1998
  Confidently created all types of print media with sensitivity to branding guidelines. Produced bimonthly Swedish/American newspaper working directly with the Managing Editor. Independently managed work flow to meet tight deadlines — owning each project from inception through completion. Impeccable eye for detail, delivering excellent page layouts, image color correction, and flawless file construction. Thorough knowledge of four-color process and PMS printing, trapping, and film requirements for both the lithographic and serigraphic trades.

EDUCATION
 
Master CIW (Certified Internet Webmaster) Certification, TechSkills,
San Jose, CA
 
Javascript for Designers, UCSC Extension, Cupertino, CA
Flash I, UCSC Extension, Cupertino, CA
Master CIW Certification, TechSkills, San Jose, CA
Phototypesetting, Central County Occupational Center, San Jose, CA
AFA, Fine Art & Design, West Valley College, Saratoga, CA
SKILLS Professional Software:  Adobe Creative Suite 3 — Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, InDesign, Flash, Acrobat Distiller, Acrobat Professional; QuarkXpress, PageMaker, Microsoft Office Suite, and various FTP clients.
 
Online Software:  E-Commerce (1ShoppingCart.com), Email Marketing (MyEmma.com)
 
Technical Acuity:  W3C compliant HTML, XHTML, DHTML, CSS. Familiar with user-centered design (UCD). Skillful diagnosis and correction of cross-browser compatibility issues. Professional knowledge of commercial printing, image editing, trapping, and bullet-proof file construction.
 
OS:  Mac OS X, Windows Vista, Windows XP