Creative Cartoonist Resume Example

Mark White

1234 East 69 Street,

Santa Fe, NM, 87501

(555)-555-5555

[email]

Summary

A gifted cartoonist with over five years experience in drawing and writing; conceptualizes content and sketches for comic books, and cartoons for newspapers; with an exceptional ability to generate new ideas and to put ideas into sketches; has exceptional ability to work under pressure and possesses great time management skills

Professional Experience:

Cartoonist January 2007 – present

ABC Company, Santa Fe, NM

Responsibilities:

• Developed ideas with editors and publishers
• Coordinated with creative team for ideas to be put into context.
• Developed and drew comic strips.

Cartoonist May 2004– January 2007

Brandon & McMahon, Inc., Los Angeles, CA

Responsibilities:

• Created characters, stories and jokes.
• Designed sketches in pencil.
• Reviewed sketches to make a final copy.
• Created cartoon graphics for online magazines
• Developed new ideas or reads.

Cartoonist February 1999 – May 2004

East Bay Corporation, Atlanta, GA

Responsibilities:

• Developed ideas with editors and publishers
• Coordinated with creative team for ideas to be put into context.
• Developed and drew comic strips.

Cartoonist May 2004– January 2007

Brandon & McMahon, Inc., Los Angeles, CA

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts, Yale University, CT, 1999

Skills:

• Good team player
• Outstanding capability of creating various cartoon characters using different media and tools.
• Reflective imaginative, artistic, and practical skills.
• Excellent sense of humor.
• Strong ability to work under pressure.
• Excellency in generating new ideas
• Exceptional ability to handle relevant computer software program.

Awards and Affiliations

Member, Association of American Editorial Cartoonist

Member, National Cartoonist Society