Jason Shiga

www.shigabooks.com
jasonshiga@gmail.com


OBJECTIVE:

Seeking employment as a web graphic designer / illustrator

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Science degree in Pure Mathematics.
University of California at Berkeley, June 1998.

WEB RELATED SKILLS:

8 years of experience using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator for web and print graphics production.
7 years experience hand-coded HTML for cross-browser and cross-platform compatibility.
4 years experience using Dreamweaver.
3 years experience CSS.
Extremely proficient with Windows, and Macintosh.
Casual understanding of Regular Expressions, Javascript and Java.

ILLUSTRATION RELATED AWARDS:

2007 Ignatz Award nominee: Outstanding Graphic Novel, Bookhunter.
2004 Eisner Comic Industry Award winner: Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition.
2004 Eisner Comic Industry Award nominee: Best Single Issue or One-Shot, Fleep.
2004 Ignatz Award winner: Outstanding Story, Fleep.
1999 Xeric Award winner: Double Happiness.



WEBSITE DESIGN EXPERIENCE


2006 - Present
oaklandlibrary.org
Lead graphic designer and webmaster. Designed graphics, icons and layouts for the Oakland Public Library website.
http://www.oaklandlibrary.org


2000 - Present
shigabooks.com (personal website)
Site webmaster. Launched and maintained website dedicated to the display and promotion of personal comics.
http://www.shigabooks.com



FREELANCE ILLUSTRATION EXPERIENCE


2003 - Present
Nickelodeon Magazine
Freelance cartoonist for four years. Scripted and illustrated various mazes, interactive comics and puzzles featuring Nickelodeon licensed characters.


2001
Asian Week
Staff cartoonist from January – September of 2001. Strips were later collected into a book, which won an Eisner Comic Industry Award.


2000
San Francisco Examiner
Cartoonist. Wrote and illustrated a weekly detective comic.


1998-2003
Youth Outlook!
Staff cartoonist. Over a period of five years, worked on a variety of covers, spot illustrations, comics and full page spreads.



OTHER EXPERIENCE


1998-present
Oakland Public Library
Library Aide. Duties include using MARC catalogs to locate library materials for patrons and staff, book mending and light reference.


1996-present
Cartoonist
Award winning author of 14 comic books and graphic novels. Books feature exciting uses of mathematics, have been used in University courses and are currently being translated into French.