Michael Lopez: Founder / Graphic Designer in Los Angeles, CA

Founded record label. Organized funding, and production. Designed interview liner note booklet, and retrofitted original compact disc artwork for 12" Vinyl LPs.

Album layouts, merchandise, posters, books and consumer goods.

– Oversaw the production of vinyl and CD's. – Maintain production schedules and ensure successful delivery to distributors. – Occasional design and layout

Paid Internship. Assisted the art director and editors with layouts, asset gathering and research. Managed printing of proofs for approval of publisher. Organized digital archiving of previous hardcopy projects.

Designing images to promote the moving pictures on Facebook and other social media.

Set up various books for offset printing via InDesign, including single issues, trade paperbacks and hardcover comics. Occasionally design logos for new projects, ads, and additional content in single issues and collected editions.

Designed and printed t-shirts for novelty and promotional purposes.

Special Collections at San Diego State University houses rare, fine, unique, and valuable books, periodicals, manuscripts, and documents which require security and care in handling. Other valuable historical items such as photographs, prints, postcards, memorabilia, scrapbooks, and oral histories are also held in Special Collections. My responsibilities designed posters, exhibit materials, and updated the department's website.