RESUME [download as pdf]

 

 

EXPERIENCE

Orange Pony Design, Chicago, Illinois
January 2000 – Current

Art Director / Creative Director / Designer
●  Freelance design providing print ads, identity development, Web design & programming, Flash banners, CD packaging, trade show displays, email campaigns, traditional illustration. 
●  Partial Client list: Small Businesses (Glossed & Found), Larger Businesses (Anti Aging West Loop), Restaurants (Moxie, Red Ivy), Music (Fundamental Records, Last Alley Productions), and Non-for-Profit organizations.

 

Whitehall Jewelers, Chicago, Illinois
January 2007 – March 2008

Sr. Designer / Web Designer, Programmer
●  Concepted, developed and executed design & layout for print and Web which met company standards and appealed to company’s target audience.
●  Major projects included catalogs, POP signage, direct mail, event signage, banners,
brochures.
●  Assisted in final project proofing, release to printer. 
●  Supervised press checks.  
●  Managed files and image data.
●  Maintained Web site with updates pertaining to current promotions. 
●  Worked with external vendors.

 

Dreaming Tree Films, Chicago, Illinois
December 2004 – November 2006
Producers of Samsung Fresh Films and Stayfree Girls in the Director’s Chair
Additional clients include: Apple, United Way, Scholastic News, Clark Street SSA

Art Director
●  Designed and executed graphic layouts for print, video and Web.
●  Maintained freshfilms.com on a daily basis.
●  Designed and sent out monthly e-newsletters to 5,000+ subscribers.
●  Encoded and posted monthly video podcasts on iTunes.
●  Designed and maintained MySpace pages.

Marketing Coordinator/Production Assistant
●  Created sales press kits, PowerPoint presentations and client mailings. 
●  Researched, created press kits for, and submitted films to film festivals nationwide. 
●  Established direct contact with teen filmmaker applicants, winners and their parents concerning the Samsung Fresh Films nationwide filmmaking program. 
●  Coordinated and directed office interns to notify filmmakers nationwide.
●  Online research for marketing, production and sales. 
●  Logged tapes.

 

Lamar Billboard Advertising, Gary, Indiana
April 2000 – June 2000

Production Artist / Photo Retouching
●  Exceeded expectations in time based project by efficiently cropping and retouching 800+ photos of billboards before expected completion deadline.
●  Created an online database of photo directories based on location and number of billboard. 
●  Uploaded each photo to specific directory in an inter-office content management system.

 

 

SOFTWARE

CS4 Suite

Exceptional skills in Photoshop, Illustrator, inDesign, Dreamweaver
Flash CS4 (some actionscript)
HTML (some CSS, Java, php, xml)
Microsoft Office

Power Point
ProTools
MAC & Windows Platforms

 

 

SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS

Graphic Design/Layout

Illustration
Web design
Art direction
Creative direction
Project management
Able to quickly & efficiently turnover a project
Thorough understanding of marketing strategy and how it relates to design

 

 

EDUCATION

Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana
BS Computer Graphics
Minor: Art & Design
Graduated December 1999

 

Ringling School of Art & Design
Sarasota, Florida
Intended Major: Illustration
Attended 1994

 

EXTRAS

Member of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP)