GERMAN FABELLA
1699 Villa St. Mountain View, CA 94041            
t. 408 483 1112           
e. germ40@comcast.net
u. www.germfab.com


SUMMARY
A proven track record with over 7 years of web and graphic design experience working and developing aesthetic and business solution for organization ranging from non-profit to  large scale corporation. Expert in full life cycle of project from concept to production. Proficient in industry standard design tools and graphic software. Worked with multi-disciplinary teams as both a lead designer and individual contributor. Adept problem-solver and quick learner who hungers for new challenges.


EXPERIENCE
GermFab Design
November 2005 to present - Mountain View, CA
Founder

Full service print and web design studio. Maintained client relationship, account management and office management. Responsible for all stages of design process from client contact, proposal writing to concepting, prototyping, coding, graphic design and production. Provided strategic branding and marketing design including logotypes, stationary systems, brochures, posters and web sites.

Eton Corporation
March 2006 - April 2007 - Palo Alto, CA
Contract Graphic Designer / Web Producer

Member of small creative design team that implemented the new corporate brand for Et—n corporation. Et—n corporation is a consumer electronic company that manufactures high to low end radios. Main responsibility was building a robust corporate site - These included designing the new UI (incorporating the new brand look and feel), installing midlevel CMS (Quantum Art QP7 Enterprise) and developing and maintaining content including localization of content. Additionally task included defining both technical and business requirement, develop site assets, and manage QA for the site. Also provided additional support for the the design team with creation of sales collateral and manuals.

Launchpad Studio 
February 2000 to November 2005- San JosŽ, CA
Co-Founder / Designer / web producer

Leverage creative and organizational skills to provide a wide range of graphic and web design services to diverse clientele. Resourcefully manage multiple projects simultaneously, and achieve corporate objectives, adhering to timelines, budgets, and design requirements.

Played key role in daily business activity and new business presentations. Lead projects from their inception to their completion including concept development, defining site architecture for web projects, creating and coding websites and prototypes. Provided support in developing and producing print, marketing and brand collaterals for clients. Designed mailers, invitations, brochures, marketing collateral, tradeshow graphics, point of purchase display,  brand identities and corporate systems. Effectively coordinated and supervised designers and developers to meet projects needs.

Sam Smidt Studio 
January 1999 to February 2000 - Palo Alto, CA
Graphic Designer

Produced and designed print, web, and environmental graphics for a wide range of clients. Supervised interns and solved various computer, printing and technical problems.


SKILLS
Extensive competencies using up to date graphic and page layout  software such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Indesign, MS Office Suite and QuarkXpress.

Skilled in web and multimedia software such as Adobe Golive, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Macromedia Fireworks and Flash

Working knowledge writing HTML and CSS. Familiariaty with web development techniques and languages including Javascript, Actionscript, XML, ASP, ASP.NET, PHP,  QP7 (CMS), MS Access, MySQL and SQL. 


EDUCATION
Bachelors of Science degree in Graphic Design
1999 San JosŽ State University


Reference available upon request