Biographical
Name : Guy Methi Huste
Born : 26.12.1968, Oslo, Norway
Telephone : m. 452.26.058 / p. 22.74.41.14
e-mail : methuste@online.no
/ ghuste@hotmail.com
Education
2003-2004
IT-Akademiet, Oslo, Norway
Web & Multimediadesign. A one year study, with certification in Macromedia
Dreamweaver,
Flash and Adobe Photoshop. Including Adobe Illustrator, web developing,
Action Script,
Movie Clip, Preloading, sound and animation.
1988-1993
Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tennessee
Bachelor of Fine Arts, December 1993, with emphasis in Graphic Design
and photography.
1983-1987
Taylor High School, Katy, Texas – Graduated 1987
Work experience
11-`05 - present
NæringsAkademiet, Oslo. Teacher.
Responsible for the Graphic Design classes. Other classes taught includes photography, Photoshop, Illustrator, and web design.
05-’01 – present
Freelance, Oslo. Graphic Designer, Web Designer
and Photographer.
Have worked on posters, invitations, logos and Direct Mailing pieces for
multiple companies such as Frikransen, Oslofjord Triathlon, Frontrunner,
and Norseman Xtreme Triathlon as well as personal projects and my web site.
My photography skills were also used for portraits.
Created personal web site: http://guy.interaktiv.no and the triathlon
site: www.nxtri.com
06-’00 – 05-’01
Kommunikasjonshuset Renommé,
Oslo.
AD assistant/Graphic Designer.
Designed brochures, posters and Direct Mail. Worked independently as well
as in a team
environment with the Art Director. Large clients such as Tenson, Enitel,
Findus, Esselte and
“Opplysningskontoret for Egg og Hvitt Kjøtt”. Took
product photographs for several brochures using digital cameras.
10-’99 – 06-’00
Elanders Publishing, Oslo. Graphic
Designer.
A new design department was developed in this large publishing company.
Designed catalog covers, CD-ROM covers, posters and Direct Mail. Worked with Frame Maker
5.5 in addition to QuarkXPress, Photoshop and Illustrator.
03-’99 – 10-’99
Design Partner, Sandefjord. Contract
Graphic Designer.
Layout and design for brochures and direct marketing for clients such
as Itegra, Jotun and
Sandefjord Reiselivsforening. Creative and fast paced environment. Heavy
usage of Quark
XPress, Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.
08-’95 – 01-’99
Adplex Imaging, Houston, Texas. Graphic
Designer.
In this fast paced pre-press company with volume clients such as Food
Lion and Randall’s
grocery store chains, weekly advertisements are required to be ready,
printed to film, and at the press on very short notice. Sharp attention
to detail are essential to ensure accuracy with dates, pricing, and sensitive
data. Teamwork, versatility, flexability, communication and organizational
skills were all necessary in this high-pressure position. Heavy usage
of Quark XPress and Adobe Photoshop.
04-’95 – 08-’95
Goodwin & Associates, Houston,
Texas. Art Director/Photographer.
Responsibilities included photography, graphic design, layouts, logo creation
and color
separations. In this small office atmosphere, teamwork and goal accomplishment
was heavily emphasized.
01-’95 – 04-’95
Photo One, Arlington, Texas. Technician.
All aspects of retail management were applied, including the processing
of C-41 and E-6 film,
cash handling, minor accounting, display design and extensive customer
sales and interaction.
07-’94 – 10-’94
Osvoll Design, Oslo. Contract Graphic
Designer.
Responsibilities included package design, logo and brochure creation as
well as photography
layouts. This free structured company relied on each person to be independently
goal oriented.
06-’94 – 07-’94
Norsk Musikk, Oslo. Contract Graphic
Designer.
Advertising and catalog design was necessary in this fast paced, multi-national
company.
12-’93 – 05-’94
Picture This, Memphis, Tennessee. Portrait
Photographer.
Extensive communication, sales and photography skills were required.
Design experience
One-year course at IT-Akademiet in web design, 2003-2004.
Course in Flash 5.0 and Dreamweaver 4.0, January 2001.
Smith & Nephew Richards, Memphis: Internship 1992. Paste ups &
Mechanicals.
Macintosh workshop in graphic design. Usage of Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator,
1991.
Typography and Logo workshops, 1990.
Skills
InDesign CS2, Photoshop CS2, Adobe Illustrator CS2, Word 5, Frame Maker
and Macro Mind Director. Adobe GoLive CS2, Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 and Flash 8
Adobe Premiere Pro
Pre-press skills, including “pre-flighting” documents, color
separation, film output and reading
screen ruling and linearization of film.
Macintosh desktop publishing and graphics software applications including
QuarkXPress.
Typography, Layout, paste up and production.
Photography.
Developing and printing b/w film.
Illustration (marker, gouache, water color, pen and ink).
Fluent in both Norwegian and English.
Personal information/interests
Very active in sports clubs Frikransen and Oslofjord Triatlon, both as
a competitor and as a committee
member.
Compete in bike races (mountainbike and road racing), running, triathlons
and skiing. Including the 3 Birkebeiner races (ski, mtb, run), and Styrkeprøven
bike race (Lillehammer - Oslo), and Oslo Triathlon, to mention a few.
Longest race was the Norseman Xtreme Triathlon in 2003 and 2004 which
is an Ironman distance
triathlon.
Design posters and invitations for Frikransen and other sports clubs as
a freelancer.
Member of Grafill, (org. for visual communication for designers and illustrators).
Instructor at Tomm Murstads Sjøleir (sea camp) several seasons.
Taught children ocean skills, sailing,
waterskiing, etc.
Music and film
Photography
Backgammon
References
Available upon request.
