GREGORY PLANTAMURA
10013 118th Way North
Seminole, Florida 33772
(727) 392-2193

gplantam@hotmail.com

EXPERIENCE PUBLIC RELATIONS SPECIALIST
PINELLAS COUNTY UTILITIES, CONSERVATION Clearwater, FL
(August 1997 - 2006)
  • Creation and distribution of educational and promotional posters, postcards, and activity books
  • Live presentations to classrooms and civic groups about conservation
  • Updating and maintenance of county public and internal web sites
  • Systems used:
    • Adobe Dreamweaver
    • Adobe Premiere and AfterEffects video applications
    • Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat Pro
    • MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
BAY NEWS 9 Pinellas Park, FL
(August 1997 - 2006)
  • Creation of over-the-shoulder and fullscreen illustrations and charts for 24-hour live local news
  • Design and maintenance of traffic maps
  • Systems used:
    • Liberty paintbox
    • Final Cut Pro desktop editing
    • Adobe AfterEffects
    • Chyron MAX! graphics generator
    • Chyron ImageStor! still system with EnVue browser
    • Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator

GRAPHIC DESIGNER
TIME WARNER Channel 7
(now CATCH 47)		 St.Petersburg, FL
(September 1995 - August 1997)
  • Design and maintenance of unique graphic formats for live and taped local origination programs
  • CG operation for live-to-tape local sports

GRAPHIC DESIGNER
HOME SHOPPING NETWORK Clearwater, FL
(January 1988 - September 1995)
  • Responsible for development and maintenance of graphic formats for four 24-hour live television networks
  • Experienced in directing, audio and camera
  • Management assistant for 60 studio control employees
  • Creating graphic logos and storyboards for promotional spots
  • Operations trouble-shooter for four studio control rooms including mastery of:
    • Chyron iNFiNiT! graphics generator
      with three frame buffers and Image Tools
    • Chyron 4200 graphics generator
      with digitizing tablet
    • Grass Valley 1680 Production Switcher
      with E-Mem
    • Abekas A53-D Digital Effects System
    • Ikegami touch-screen robotic cameras pedestal controllers and TSM remote camera controllers
    • Abekas A42 Stillstore System
RELATED EXPERIENCE PARAGON CABLE St.Petersburg, FL
Cameraman (Hitachi SK-70, Sony CCD-3), Floor Director

WCLF-TV, channel 22 Clearwater, FL
Cameraman (Hitachi SK-970)

TAMPA TRIBUNE Tampa, FL
Retail ad paste-up

GREAT COMMISSION PUBLICATIONS Hyattsville, MD
Graphics, paste-up, typesetting for national magazines, wrote and designed ads

COLLEGIATE DISPATCH Gainesville, FL
Newspaper ad sales, graphics

EDUCATION B.S. Degree in Advertising
from the University of Florida		 Gainesville, FL

OTHER PROJECTS JOHN F. KENNEDY: THE EXHIBITION St.Petersburg, FL
Illustration for the Florida International Museum
November 1999

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