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John Lawrence
Senior Graphic Designer
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.
Education and
Professional History
In High School I was a serious art
student, played in the marching and concert bands, and had a pretty decent aptitude for mathematics. I studied Fine Arts while earning an A.A. degree from Chaffey Community College in 1975. I later studied Graphic Design with a slant towards illustration at California State University, Fullerton (CA). Due to personal reasons I was unable to complete my B.A., but I've had a good deal of professional training elsewhere, and have sought out a number of seminars to help keep my design skills sharp and my techniques up-to-date. The bulk of my professional knowledge has come from on-the-job experience over the past 20 years.
I worked for a time as a freelance
artist, and spent some time teaching basic art techniques to grammar school children. After working a few manual labor manufacturing jobs, building computer circuit boards (SuperTech) and military defense hardware (Xerox Electro-Optical Systems), I also worked as an Electro-Mechanical Inspector for a short time.
Not long after that, I got a break
within Xerox EOS, and transfered to the graphics team in Pasadena, which is where I wanted to be all along. I kept that job, getting a few promotions along the way, for about another 11 years. During that time, Xerox divested its EOS operations and sold them to Loral Corporation. I came to Jacobs Engineering in 1992 and have been there ever since.
There are 3 permanent full-time
graphic designers in our document production and corporate sales group. We are responsible for a wide variety of design tasks, including the creation of proposal graphics, document design, visual presentations, corporate intranet graphics, display panels, advertisements, and maintaining our corporate image throughout each piece. |
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That's me, the big guy on the right.
I'm standing in my cubicle on the 6th floor of Jacobs headquarters in Pasadena, California. Yes, those are Taco Bell Chihuahua dogs in the inset photo. I bought 2 of them myself and have had a few donated to my collection � I guess it's a collection now, though I hadn't really planned on it getting to that point. |
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These are some of the main
characters I toil with on a daily basis. Each one a little different, but all of them are fun to work with. From left to right are Chris Serrano (word processor), Albert Jackson (graphic designer), Mark Watt (word processor), Sherlyn Severson (word processor & production coordinator), Mary Villarreal-Uribe (word processor), and Arnold Leos (graphic designer). |
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Last winter, most of our group was temporarily
moved to the 3rd floor proposal war room to concentrate on a "must-win" contract proposal being submitted to the US Air Force. These cubicles are much smaller than we're accustomed to. Best news yet... we won the contract! It's great to be part of a winning team. In the photo at left you see Sherlyn Severson, Chris Serrano, and Teresa Franco, our graphics temp. Above are Arnold Leos, me, back by the window, Infante Almazan (IS tech support), Teresa, again, and Mark Watt. |
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You know the guy on the left, but the
others are people that I worked with at Loral Electro-Optical Systems in Pasadena, CA, where I earned a living from 1983-1992. I can't neglect to show these folks, because they were much more than coworkers to me. They became some of my dearest friends, and I still treasure their friendships, and love them all. Next to me is Jennie Figueroa (she's so happy and she doesn't know why), then Geri Bertelsen (who I also worked with at Jacobs for a time, and who does cartwheels when she's bored), and my old pal Gene Levene (who's living room carpet I once shot a hole through with a rifle, and who knows most of my other embarrassing secrets). |
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Adobe Software Corporation � Manufacturers of PhotoShop, Illustrator,
PageMaker, Acrobat, and many other fine graphics software.
Albert Jackson.com � My friend and coworker Albert does some fine things
with metal, glass, and other media. He also designed this elegant web site.
Corel Corporation � Corel is a Canadian software company that makes the
best PC-based drawing and design software available � CorelDRAW. I use it personally and professionally.
National Gallery of Art � See the actual collection of masters' works displayed
at the famous museum.
Theta Data Power Graphics � Randy Tobin, founder of Theta Data, has
taught me a lot over the years. Visit a Power Graphics meeting near you, or check out some of Randy's fine teaching videos. |
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