Greetings to all.
I am an architectural and electrical sign designer based in Long Beach California. I have been designing signs since 1994 after apprenticeship at Superior Electrical. Since then I have worked for a number of companies both large and small, designing and making prodcution drawings for just about every type of sign in the industry, including fire evacuation maps, wayfinding signs, parking structure directional signs, pole signs, pylon signs, monument signs,
neon signs, channel letters, electronic message centers and plaques.
I also have experience doing site surveys and also interpretation and submittal of city permits. In addition I have some manufacturing experience runing plotters and large format digital printers.
I use Corel Draw as my primary design software, and PhotoShop for rendering digital prints. I have also used industry-specific sofware such as LetterArt, CASMate, FlexiSign, Graphics Advantage and Neon Wizard. I have an innate talent in learning software quickly and I am quite computer literate.
If you are interested in me as either a new hire or as a contractor designer please review my portfolio here:
Matthew Ota's SIgn Portfolio