Avram Grumer
292 Lincoln Place, Apt. 2D
Brooklyn, NY 11238
718-857-7674
avram@grumer.org

Employment History

Crossover Technologies, New York, NY
Production Associate & Webmaster -- 1995 to current
Had primary responsibility for maintaining and updating a large (over 1,000 pages) interactive website on a weekly (and sometimes daily) basis; was part of team that designed and created site. Designed, implemented, and maintained Crossover's corporate website and promotional and support website for Evolution computer game. Wrote scripts to automate various production tasks, such as image processing.
Sir Speedy Printing, New York, NY
Computer Graphic Artist -- 1991 to 1995
Designed and set type for a variety of documents, including business stationery, résumés, advertisements, brochures, and reports. Trapped images for spot-color separation. Prepared files for output on Linotronic imagesetting devices. Also installed and maintained software and hardware.
Julie Research Laboratories, Inc., New York, NY
Computer Assistant -- 1988 to 1991
Assisted in the design of a high-end, DOS-based computer pre-press system. Worked in computer department, installing new software and hardware on both IBM compatibles and Macs; used a variety of page-layout and graphics software, incorporated full-color images for separation, transferred files across platforms, prepared files for Linotronic output.

Technologies

Programs
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe PhotoShop, BBEdit, Canvas, DeBabelizer, GifBuilder, MacFlow, Microsoft FoxPro, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, PageMaker, QuarkXPress, Quid Pro Quo, Roaster, SoundEdit, Studio/1, Studio/8, SuperPaint, Toast, Userland Frontier.
Platforms
Macintosh, Windows 95, Windows 3.0, DOS, some Windows NT and Unix.
Languages
HTML, Perl, PHP, JavaScript, UserTalk.

Education

School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Illustration, 1992
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
Associates Degree in Industrial & Interior Design, 1986
Bronx High School of Science, New York, NY
National Merit Scholarship Finalist, Regents Scholarship Recipient, Class of 1984