I am a visual communicator seeking meaningful work in nonprofit and enterprises for the public good. My experience favors editorial and instructional design, logo and icon development, place-making and public space, geography and community-building. I love collaborating with energetic and creative teams towards specific, measurable goals.

Email: petermwhitley@gmail.com
Call or Text: (760) 593-9564
Carlsbad, CA, USA (Pacific)

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EXPERIENCE

TONY HAWK FOUNDATION, Vista, CA • website
Programs Director, February 2011 — June 2020

Public skatepark advocate, researcher, author, grant-maker, and programs director.

  • Advocated internationally for the creation of public skateparks through speaking engagements, presentations, social media, literature, podcast, and consultation.

  • Supervised and managed grant-making program. Developed, maintained, monitored, and summarized data from multiple databases. Received, processed, reviewed and summarized grant applications for board-of-director review; liaison with grantee cohort, receive and organize updates, organize data for reporting and messaging.

  • Coordinated with hundreds of community leaders and local governments to establish actionable development plans for multi-year skatepark projects and scheduled progress reporting. 

  • Conducted community workshops, organized helmet training workshops, and authored articles and essays on public skatepark development. Authored the Public Skatepark Development Guide. Distributed 15,000 copies worldwide.

FREELANCE DESIGN AND ILLUSTRATION, Carlsbad, CA
Creative proprietor, 2008 – Present

Visual communicator, illustrator, product developer.

  • Provide visual-communication services with a focus on editorial and educational layout and diagrammatic presentations.

WIZARDS OF THE COAST, Renton, WA • website
Senior Art Director, March 1998 — December 2008

Creative leader, product developer, graphic designer, visual problem-solver.

  • Art direction for periodicals, board and card games, and blue-sky product concepts.

  • Responsible for concept illustration and description, storyboards, icons and logo development, graphic design and editorial layout, packaging design and production, file preparation for print-production, creating production templates, internal and external style guides, branding and brand-mark catalogs, instructional rulebook design and production, coordinating and liaisoning workflow production with external contributors (writers, photographers, and illustrators).

  • Created responsive physical and digital prototypes for play-testing, photo mock-ups, and focus groups. Organized and cataloged graphic assets for publishing, marketing, collaborations, and archive.

  • Presented design options and proposals to brand directors and external partners.

Other Employment

Levy & Wurz / Funko Games (Seattle, WA), game publisher, graphic design and concept illustration
Landor Associates (Seattle, WA), graphic design agency, production design
Leonhardt Group (Seattle, WA), graphic design agency, design
Stone Press Editions (Seattle, WA), fine-art lithography printer, printer’s assistant
Pine Tree Shirt Works (Wenatchee, WA), screen-printing, illustration and design
McGraw Signs (Wenatchee, WA), sign-painting, production painting
Cre8 Art School (Escondido, CA), after-school programs, crafts instruction
City of Carlsbad (Carlsbad, CA), summer camp programs, art instruction

VOLUNTEER

Leo Carrillo Historic Ranch, caretaker, 2017 — Present
Skaters for Public Skateparks, publishing director, 2004 — 2016
Oceanside Parks, citizen advisory board, 2012 — 2014, Oceanside, CA
Pierce County Parks , citizen advisory board, 2007 — 2009, Tacoma, WA
Tacoma MetroParks, park steward, 2006 — 2011, Tacoma, WA
Washington Recreation & Parks, presenter, 2006 — 2010
National Recreation & Parks Association, member, guest speaker, 2004 — 2019

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts: Art, Media and Design
California State University, San Marcos

Associate of Arts
Palomar College, studio arts|

Wenatchee Valley College, studio arts
Seattle Central Community College, Graphic arts
Evergreen State College, Graphic arts

SOFTWARE

Adobe Suite: Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat
Microsoft Suite: Word, Excel, Powerpoint
Google Suite: Gmail, Sheets, Docs
QuarkXpress, Pagemaker, Corel Draw
Procreate
Wordpress, SquareSpace
Filemaker Pro

REFERENCES

Available on request