Sheila V.

Igne
Fremont, CA 94536
Phone: +1 510 796 4463 Cell: +1 510 364 0496 Email: sheilaigne@gmail.com
Technical illustrator specialist with over 10 years of experience, with a solid background in desktop publishing and
technical art. Have an in-depth knowledge of pre-media, printing process, and 508 compliant PDFs.

Work Experience
Senior Technical Illustrator, Strategic Business Insights, 1988Present
(formerly SRI Consulting Business Intelligence, SRI Consulting, and SRI International)
Administrative Assistant, Health Policy Research, SRI International, 19851988
Executive Secretary, Oakland Invaders Professional Football Team, 19821985
Clerk, Welding Department, Bethlehem Steel Corporation, 19771982
Legal Secretary, Law Offices Jack K. Dooling, 19741976

Skills
Work independently to create/set up, maintain, and upgrade companywide templates on PC and Mac
platforms for simultaneous electronic and press-quality output for various multi- and single-client programs
(Consumer Financial Decisions, Explorer, Scan, Values and Lifestyles, and Consulting), designing and
executing complete prepress processes using Microsoft, InDesign, Illustrator, DeltaGraph, PhotoShop
software:
Templates for each program: proposals, contract deliverables, technical illustrations, presentations,
newsletters, marketing, letterheads, posters
Logos, mastheads
Stationery pieces: various program letterheads, envelopes, business cards
Marketing presentations and posters
Formats/templates customized for use in United States, Europe, and Japan
508-compliant PDF files
Create specifications for companywide use of figures for various formats of proposals, client reports,
newsletters, contract deliverable documents, marketing brochures, and presentations.
Set up, maintain, and implement file-management techniques for Publications group. Create Publications
templates for use during transition from drafts to layout to final press/web, integrating format codes that
include 508-compliant PDF files.
Create and execute all company press-ready graphics. Maintain, manipulate, and control all company
program logos (and formats) for various software. Create a bible for information on how-to procedures:
individual software tips, file management, various document styles, servers, print drivers.
Troubleshoot software using knowledge of file formats in order to integrate text, illustrations, and layouts in
creation of final output.
Apply knowledge of various software applications to deliver quality documents for clients in a deadlinedriven environment with an understanding of font kerning, paragraph and character styles/spacing, file
resolution, color separation, and hyperlinking.
Communicate with consultants/analysts globally (United States, Europe, and Japan), assisting in template
training and execution of template styles throughout various documents. Customize templates to facilitate
storage, implementation, use, and file management. Streamline processes; provide step-by-step instruction in
template storage and use. Create staff checklists for work submission.
Am proficient with client-deliverable-document formats from draft: creating templates, migrating files from
draft stage to layout to final format, coordinating files for simultaneous color-press printing/binding and
online html/PDF file formats, implementing US Federal Code 508mandated compliance standards.

Current Software
Adobe Create Suite 6: InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat Pro, PhotoShop, Dreamweaver, Distiller
Microsoft Office: Word, PowerPoint, Excel
DeltaGraph, Solomon, FilemakerPro, StuffIt