Vitae
Ralph Barnette is a freelance Creative
Consultant. He has been
active for more than 20 years in marketing, advertising, graphics, design, filmmaking, television production and business development. His creative abilities encompass a wide
range of award-winning marketing, advertising, business,
and historical and cultural projects.
Educated in Fine Art and Filmmaking at New York’s Pratt Institute,
he refined his skills as an artist, writer, photographer, videographer and audio recordist with Duke University.
Later, extensive work in marketing and advertising brought him to
a pre-emminent level of high standards and creativity.
Mr. Barnette has since managed many acclaimed marketing and advertising
initiatives. With extensive experience in retail product development, corporate identity, branding, communnications, broadcasting and multimedia, his skillset is ready for almost any assignment.
Current projects include commercial product development, product branding, promotional programs for prime events, broadcast production, advertising and identity development. Completing courses in digital film production, his continued work in broadcast and film production include documentary, feature film and documentary production work.
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
Creative/script writing, editing, production
management, creative management, video/broadcast/AV production/post,
traditional/digital photography/graphics, presentations.
LANGUAGES: English, conversational Spanish
COMPUTER SKILLS
Platforms: Mac OS 7/8/9/X, Win98/NT/2000/XP/Vista
Hardware: Computers running MacOS and Win98/NT/2000/XP/Vista;
broadcast DV/DVCAM/Betacam/HD video and still photography equipment; Panasonic HVX200A/B, Sony F-900/EXseries/Zseries
cameras, Red One and others.
Major Software:
Graphics – QuarkXpress, InDesign, FrameMaker,
Pagemaker, FreehandMX, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, MS Word,
WordPerfect
Database – FileMaker Pro, MS Access, MySQL
Presentation – Powerpoint, Keynote, MM Director,
Flash, Authorware
Web – DreamweaverCS, FlashCS, Cold
Fusion, Explorer, Firefox
Video – FinalCut Pro, Motion, Soundtrack,
Premiere Pro, After Effects, Quicktime, Avid
3D/CAD/Animation – Studio Pro, Lightwave,
Flash
Programming – HTML, CSS, XML, ActionScript
Additional information available on request.
WORK HISTORY (condensed for brevity; P/T eliminated)
Present – COMMUNICATIONS/MARKETING/CREATIVE CONSULTANT - Freelance
Provide a range of fee-based and/or hourly consulting services for marketing, advertising, broadcast media and internet/interactive projects. Assignments include multimedia and broadcast advertising, and internet development.
1995 - 1996 ART DIRECTOR/Production Manager,
WAN Network, Atlanta, Ga.
Responsible for the conceptualization, development and production of marketing, advertising promotional programs for startup Internet streaming media network. Setup and managed creative department, redesigned corporate image and business proposal development.
1991 - 1995 PROMOTIONS DIRECTOR,
Total Package Design,
Atlanta, Ga.
Responsible for the overall development and production of marketing and promotional programs for trade show and sales presentations. Diverse client base included non-profit service groups, retail and professional products manufacturers, educational institutions and governmental agencies.
1982 - 1991 PRODUCTION MGR./ART DIRECTOR,
MetroPrint/The Market Builder, Atlanta, Ga.
Responsible for all creative development and production of a complete range of promotional materials designed principally to increase market share, long-term market presence and diverse market appeal for retail clients.
1980 - 1982 PRODUCTION ASSISTANT,
McDonald & Little Advertising, Atlanta, Ga.
Part of team responsible for development and production of advertising and promotional artwork for a variety of accounts including Busch Gardens, FirstAtlanta and Coca-Cola USA.
1976 - 1979 GRAPHIC DESIGNER/PRODUCTION ARTIST,
Duke Univ. Chronicle, Durham, N.C.
Responsible for all page design, layout and ad makeup for daily newspaper. Produced feature articles and photography for special issues.
EDUCATION
1972-1975 PRATT INSTITUTE, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Completed 3 years in double major of Fine Art and Filmmaking.
Additional information available on request.
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