JUSTIN HORNBAKER

20313 Rue Crevier #566 Canyon Country, CA 91351 605.515.1501 justin.hornbaker@gmail.com

QUALIFICATIONS

• Well-rounded personal and written communication skills, including public speaking • Proficient with Windows OS, Macintosh OS and professional creative software including:

o Adobe: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash, etc. o Microsoft Office: Excel, Word, Power Point, Outlook, OneNote, etc. o 3D Virtual: 3D Studio Max, Solid Works and more

• First-rate problem-solving expertise with exceptional learning and adapting capabilities • Experienced in time-management derived from an intimate attention to detail • Punctual, responsible and can meet any reasonable deadline • Trustworthy with confidential and sensitive information, very dependable • Goal oriented, organized and brisk typing skills

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Virtual Support Designer October 2012 – July 2017 RFA Engineering – Agency Employee for Caterpillar Virtual Support Services Group in Black Hills Engineering Design Center

Activities included interacting with virtual models, assembling those models in 3D environments, and applying color in preparation to be rendered as photo-quality images. Quality control checking of all products created by group. Consistent problem-solving in an array of situations. Extra duties included creating facility badge IDs, presentation graphics and posters.

Credit Recovery Department Head / Supervisor / Instructor November 2009 – May 2012

Little Wound High School; Kyle, SD Coordinated students obtaining credit for missing or failed courses. Operated and supervised two separate instructive software programs. Maintained a computer lab and helped achieve several creative technical solutions to staff improvement goals. Tasked with creating official school documents in Microsoft Word and Excel for staff use.

Freelance Design & Photography August 2007 – Present Day Independent Business at Home

Manage time effectively to design simple websites for clients to expand their advertising to the internet. Websites built using HTML & CSS and many based in WordPress. Professional and affordable digital photography solutions provided. Designed logos, t-shirt graphics and other print or digital advertising solutions.

Flash Animation & Design Contract Artist August 2007 – August 2009

Cendyn – www.cendyn.com; Boca Raton, Florida Assembled and animated Flash multi-media tours for luxury hotel clients. This was a remote job done from a home workstation. Cendyn won Visual Communication awards for a number of the projects that I created.

VOLUNTEER / COMMUNITY:

South Dakota Apologetics 2016 - Present, Non-Profit Christian Ministry, Rapid City, SD sdapologetics.com Director of Art & Media and co-founder. Included a vast number of responsibilities ranging from production and design of all visual marketing material to event coordination and planning. Built website, photographed events, added visuals to blog posts and edited verbiage. Public teaching and speaking included.

Hills Alive 2010 - 2017 Music Festival held in Memorial Park, Rapid City, SD www.hillsalive.com

Designed the 2017 event poster, trifold and shirts. Formatted and designed internal pages of printed booklet which is the main handout for event information. In the past I created a to-scale map of Memorial Park for sponsor & event placement.

EDUCATION:

o Working towards a Masters of Divinity Master’s Seminary

o Certification in Christian Apologetics Biola University o Educational Credits for Teacher Certification Oglala Lakota College o Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Design & Digital Arts Kansas State University o High School Diploma Washburn Rural High School, Topeka, KS

PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES Matthew Wilgers (605) 999-9732 Profession: VSS Support Technician at BHEDC (Caterpillar) Relationship: Mentor over me in my most recent position at BHEDC Jon Ness (612) 419-8184 Profession: RFA Engineering Supervisor for RFA contract employees at BHEDC Relationship: My Agency Supervisor at BHEDC Andy Banks (605) 484-9152 Profession: Render & Animation Team Coordinator at BHEDC; Freelance Photographer & Artist Relationship: Worked with at BHEDC; also did volunteer photography for at SoDak Con 2016-17 Mathew Irwin (605) 381-9730 Profession: BHP Coordinator & Director of Operations at SD Apologetics Relationship: Ministry partner Dale Barscher (605) 390-3719 Profession: Political Director for the Marty Jackley for Governor Campaign Relationship: Worked with on multiple ministry endeavors.

WEBSITES

www.justinhornbaker.com – Portfolio of design & art work; blog. www.staremedia.com – Some photography work displayed here.