JAMES E. PFEFFER JR.

614 Myatt Street _ Smyrna, TN 37167

Home: (615) 223-1849 _ Email: Tbirdjim@cs.com
CAREER OBJECTIVE
Creative Art Director
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Working, Freelance Art Director/Illustrator: Working independently within client
deadlines, original and business-minded with over 25 years experience in creati
ng, designing and presenting innovative advertising design/illustration for AAAA
ad agencies, publishing companies, and private commissions utilizing Macintosh
computer with CS3 creative software and original electronic and illustrative dra
wing and watercolor techniques. Productive leader or team a"player excelling in
effective decision-making and problem solving
EDUCATION
May 2010 Savannah College of Art and Design
Savannah/Atlanta, GA
Master of Arts
Major: Illustration Design Online
December Baylor University
Waco, TX
1972 BFA, Art
Major: Commercial Arta"Deanas List, Fall 1971, Spring 1
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1983 to Jim Pfeffer Penan Ink and Watercolor
Smyrna, TN Present Watercolor Fine Arti
st, Illustrator and Graphic Designer (Self employed)
Oversaw establishment of www.artoftheauto.com website which highlights and sells
antique automotive fine art and design, fine art painting, watercolor and airbr
ush illustration, printmaking and photography for limited edition prints and fou
r-color t-shirt designs for silk-screen printing.
August 2005 Nossi College of Art
Goodlettsville, TN to May 2007 Adjun
ct Art Instructor - Part Timea"Responsible for instructing several classes: Basi
c Drawing 1,
Basics of Watercolor, Graphic Design 2, Anatomy & Figure Drawing. Instruction re
lies on existing class schedule of accomplishment and innovation by instructor.
June 1997 to United Methodist Publishing House
Nashville, TN
January 2005 Art Director/Designer, Marketing Communicationsa"Produced color and
black & white electronic design, illustration, photo composition and photo reto
uching using Macintosh G-4/5 computer system for print media including magazine
and newsprint product ads, direct mail pieces, product and book catalogs, point
of purchase displays and posters, magazine cover and product logo design, and co
rporate identification. Oversaw process from conception through mechanical prep
aration and PDFs supported by NPS graphics retrieval system for pre-press
RELATED ACTIVITIES & INTERESTS
aPresident local chapter of Classic Thunderbird Club International
aVolunteer to the ArtQuest for Children, Frist Center for Creative Arts, Nashv
ille, TN
aProficiency in Digital Photography, Macintosh, Adobe Photoshop & InDesign, Wo
rd, PowerPoint
aAntique automotive fine art and design, fine art painting and watercolor, air b
rush illustration aPrintmaking Detail model construction of HO scale train lay
out, automobile model
REFERENCES
James W. Howell, Ph.D.
The Urban Child Institute
600 Jefferson Avenue, Suite 200
Memphis, TN 38105
atenra@comcast.net
Dr. Byron Edwards
Nossi College of Art
590 Cheron Road
Nashville, TN 37115
dredwards@nossi.com
Madeline Walls
Advertising Content and Copy Manager
201 8th Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37202
Office: 615-749-6135
mwalls@umpublishing.org
or
mwalls@bellsouth.net