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RESUME / CURRICULUM VITAE EDUCATION Master of Fine Arts Design Communications, University of Illinois, 1981 Graduated Cum Laude, Departmental Fellowship, Outstanding Teaching Award - 1978, Thesis: A Design Methodology Bachelor of Fine Arts Graphic Design, University of Utah, 1976 Graduated Cum Laude, Minor in Art History, Outstanding Design Student Award - 1975 & 76, Founder/President of Graphic Design Student Association PROFESSIONAL DESIGN EXPERIENCE Design Communications Consultant Clarkson Creative, SLC, 1993 - Present Communications design consultant specializing in the design and development of innovative branding, advertising, packaging, literature and promotion for a variety of public and private clientele. President / Creative Director Clarkson Twede Advertising, SLC, 1989 - 1992 Full-service advertising agency specializing in the design and development of innovative branding, advertising and communications for a variety of corporate, non-profit and government clientele. Principal / Partner Smith & Clarkson Design, SLC,1982 - 1988 Full-service design firm specializing in Design for Marketing services for a variety of corporate and government clientele. Partner Graham Cracker Graphics, SLC, 1984 - 1986 Fine Art Poster Publishing Company Creative Director Design Center, SLC, 1980 - 1982 Exhibition Design Company Senior Designer / Illustrator Total Design, SLC, 1978 - 1980 Communications Design Studio Freelance Designer / Illustrator LG Clarkson Design, Champaign-Urbana/Chicago, 1976 - 1978 Interior Designer Richins Organization, SLC, 1975 Commercial Interior Design Firm Designer / Illustrator DCE Advertising, University of Utah, 1974 Campus Design Group Clientele have included FedEx, Iomega, FranklinCovey, Evans & Sutherland, Utah Travel Council, OC Tanner, Utah Department of Transportation, Salt Lake City Corporation, Megadyne Medical, Catheter Innovations, Evans & Sutherland, Signature Books,National Council of Teachers of English, The Colwell Company, University of Illinois Press, Intermountain Health Care, Idaho Supreme, Gibbs Smith Books, Natures Way, University of Utah Press, Cookietree Bakeries, Utah Retirement Systems, Utah Arts Council, Century Software, Novell, Word Perfect, Thiokol and The Nature Conservancy among others. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Assistant Professor Weber State University, 2005 Present Courses - Typography, Design History, Design Seminar, Visual Communications, Advanced Design, Experimental Typography, Business of Design, AIGA Student Faculty Co-advisor Adjunct Faculty Westminster College, 1992 - 1994 Courses - Desktop Publishing & QuarkXpress, Newsletter Editing & Design, Marketing Communications Adjunct Faculty Brigham Young University, 1984 - 1988 Courses - Junior and Senior Design, Identity Design, Packaging Design, Annual Report Design Adjunct Faculty University of Utah, 1982, 1986, 1989 Courses - Art Production, Design History, Junior and Senior Design, Graduate Thesis Advisor Teaching Assistant University of Illinois, 1976 - 1978 Courses - Basic Drawing & Design, Watercolor, Outstanding Teaching Award, 1978 COMMUNITY SERVICE Founder Friends of Capitol Reef National Park, 1997 Non-Profit Support Organization for the National Park Service, Torrey, Utah Co-Founder / President Entrada Institute, 1993 - 1997 Non-Profit Environmental/Arts Organization celebrating the Colorado Plateau, Torrey, Utah Advisory Board Member Writers @ Work, 1990 - 1994 Annual Western Writing Conference / Competition, Park City and Westminster College, Utah Co-Founder Salt Lake City Chapter, American Institute of Graphic Artists, 1988 Advisory Board Member Utah Symphony, SLC, 1990 Advisory Board Member Salt Lake Art Center, SLC, 1986 - 1990 President / Board Member Salt Lake Art Directors Club, SLC, 1984 - 1988 Founder / President University of Utah Graphic Design Student Association, 1975 - 1976 MILITARY SERVICE Intelligence LINGUIST / INTERROGATOR / Analyst US Army Reserve - 96th ARCOM, 536th Communications Company, SLC, Utah, 1969 -1972 Utah National Guard - 142nd Military Intelligence Unit, SLC, Utah and Seoul, Korea, 1973 - 1976 US Army Reserve, - 449th Military Intelligence Detachment, St. Anthony, Illinois, 1977 - 1979 Honorable Discharge, E-7 NCO, 1979 AWARDS, PUBLICATIONS & EXHIBITIONS Received more than 300 local, regional, national and international awards of excellence for illustration and design including UCDA, ADSLC, CA, Print, Graphis, AIGA-National, AIGA-Salt Lake City, New York Art Directors Club and Creativity among others. Design work has appeared in national and international design annuals and publications including Communication Arts, Graphis, Print, Creativity, AIGA and New York Art Directors Club Annuals. Commissioned illustrations, design case studies, and samples of design work have been featured in various and sundry design books including Typographic Specimens: The Great Typefaces (Meggs & Carter), Working with Computer Type (Carter), Photographis, Graphis Stationary, and Graphis Logo among others. Hiroshima Appeals 1983 One of 100 American designers selected to create a commemorative peace poster. Collection was published as book and exhibited internationally Washington DC, New York, Hiroshima, Tokyo. PERSONAL Family A native of Utah. Lives in Salt Lake City with wife Joy (Chlarson) Clarkson. Spends summers at second home in Carcass Creek, Utah. Three adult children Tallis, Ashley and Heather Clarkson. Interests Avid outdoors enthusiast. Enjoys alpine and backcountry skiing, backpacking, hiking, climbing, sea kayaking and fly fishing. Persnal fine art are expressions of the outdoors and these experiences. Note: Due to missing personal records, some dates are based upon best recollection, and may need to be institutionally verified for specificity.