About Me
My love for art started with sloppy crayon drawings on the walls, then progressed to fine point pencil drawings on paper. I wanted to create art for a living, but I wanted it to mean more than just expressing my own ideas. I wanted my art to solve problems that other people had. When I learned about Graphic Design, it sounded exactly like where I needed to be! Having worked in the industry for few years now, I can say that my drive to create the best solution for anyones design problems still shines bright!
Resume
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Program Knowledge:
- Illustrator
- Photoshop
- InDesign
- QuarkXPress
- After Effects
- Premiere
- Dreamweaver (CSS, XHTML, Javascript, Drupal)
- Flash
- Painter
- MS Office
- MAC and PC o/s
- Extensive traditional art training and experience
Education:
The Art Institute of California-San Francisco, CA
B.S., Graphic Design, March 2007
Experience:
Fordela - Interactive Designer - 9/2011 - 4/2012
- Carried multiple web projects from beginning to end (from design to code)
- Design and implemented mobile applications for on-the-go video streaming
- Developed extensive user interface designs used by a wide range of users globally
- Worked heavily with onsite developers to produce highly intricate CMS
- Provided design support to create various promotional materials such as holographic postcards, email blasts and one-time use landing pages
- Maintained as well as found ways to improve the company website
Xactly - Graphic Designer/Online Marketing Specialist - 3/2011 - 9/2011
- Created full scale illustrations and logos from hand drawn sketches
- Developed and maintained mini-sites for trade-shows and events
- Designed robust theme campaigns for full scale conferences
- In charge of designing and developing graphical materials for the company
LeoVince USA - Senior Graphic Designer - 12/2009 - 1/2011
- In charge of developing and maintaining all graphic related materials
- Conceptualized and designed many print materials including: catalog, magazine advertisements, logos, clothing, POP displays, postcards
- Developed online banner advertisements for multiple high traffic motorcycle forums
Cycle Gear - Lead Graphic Artist - 7/2008 - 12/2009
- Designed website and all related materials
- Managed a team of designers to keep the website up to date and fresh
- Created weekly electronic newsletters and website banners
- Created individual once a year event identities and styles that were used in related material (banners, emails, home graphics etc)
Imagine That Design Studio - Graphic Designert - 7/2007 - 7/2008
- Designed: Invitations, Logos, Websites, Posters, Banners, Stationery, Packaging, Postcards, printed and digital newsletters
- Extreme photo manipulation and editing
- Illustrated a detailed medical instructional card
- Maintained and updated multiple high traffic websites
Project Navigator Ltd. - Graphic Designer - 9/2005 - 7/2007
- Assisted as well as led the design to multiple web pages utilizing Java and CSS
- Created highly intricate motion graphic representations of
concepts and ideals of the company
- Designed multiple logos for different start up companies
- Worked extensively under tight deadlines to create
Power Point presentations for multiple fortune 500 companies
- Created highly detailed informational graphics
for presentation implementation
- Produced brochures, posters, and stationery
Miscellaneous:
- Motorcyclist
- Camper
- Video gamer
- Skateboarder
- Bicyclist
- Surfer
- Traditional, digital and urban painter
- Tattoo Artist
- Guitarist
- Sci-Fi Novel Enthusiast
- Karaoke Singer