STARBLOSSOM VISUAL MEDIA

Graphic Art, Web Design, Photography, Video Production.

starblossom@sbcglobal.net

Institute of Noetic Sciences, Petaluma , CA
July 2009 - Present:  Production Assistant, various departments.

Community Media Center of Santa Rosa, CA
April 2007 - June 2009:  Video Producer ; Production Assistant at KRCB TV.

Free-Lance Graphic Design / Illustration / Web Design
2002 - 2007:  Contract work online, while caring for elderly parent at home.

Lockheed-Martin at Ames Research Center, CA (NASA)
1997 - 2002:   Graphic Design - Life Sciences
Designed graphic art and webpages for the Life Sciences Branch. Created digital photos for publications, presentations, Critical Design Reviews, and proposals. Co-produced a newsletter for Life Sciences. Edited video footage from the Mir space station during the STS79 mission. Directed, photographed and optimized more than 200 photographs for a proposal which significantly supported Lockheed-Martin’s successful bid for the award of a multimillion dollar contract at NASA-Ames. 

Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA
1994 - 1998:   Videography - Public Affairs
Videotaped seminars for the library archives. Operated TV studio equipment for onsite events and satellite teleconferencing.

Additional media experience includes more than 20 years of portrait photography at various studios in California and Arizona.

MEDIA EDUCATION

A.A. program, Film / TV, two years, DeAnza College, CA.

Certificate, Web Design / Graphic Art, two years, UCSC, CA.

Additional education and experience includes four years of biology studies at San Jose State University, CA, and two years of biotechnology lab work at SRI-International, Menlo Park, CA.

PROFESSIONAL AWARDS

Lightning Award of Excellence for design of Life Sciences Newsletter, 2001, NASA-Ames, CA. (download a newsletter here)

Original poster design chosen for "Earth Day 2001", NASA-Ames, CA .

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