My creativity comes deep from within. I use different mediums to get my vision across from design, painting, photography and jewelry. It's important for me to work with creative, inspiring, and positive people.

 

   
 
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Fractal Design Painter
  • Microsoft Word
  • Mac OSX
  • Macromedia Dreamweaver
  • Macromedia Fireworks
  • Quark XPress

 

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

Freelance

Graphic Designer Jul ‘01 - Present
Various companies in the Southern California

Pull Inc. - A brand development and design consultancy company

Santa Barbara Magazine - Creating Ad’s from various companies

Kaleidoscope Films – movie posters, packaging for DVD and VHS boxes, brochures
SHIFT INC. – Corporate identity and branding of web sites, collateral
Miscellaneous – Numerous personal business logos, brochures, event postcards, wedding invitations

 

The Territory Ahead

Lead Catalog Designer - June‘05 - August '06

Lead Designer for over 12 catalogs per year for mail order based clothing company
• Responsible for creating design collateral for retail stores, direct mail
• Designed magazines advertisements, email campaigns
• Attended and assisted photo shoots
• Responible for Christmas design campaign
• Responsible for scenic image selection in Catalogs
• Attended Clothing line reviews
• Responsible for entire catalog production process from conception to final color


Edumnds.com

Senior Designer - Apr ‘01 - Jul ‘01
Provides extensive and unbiased automobile reviews, pricing, and consumer information

• Led redesign and re-branding of web site from start to finish
• Set UI guidelines and standards for developers to follow
• Designed marketing collateral from concept to creation
• Conducted outdoor photo shoots


Digital Entertainment Network

Designer - Aug ‘99 - Apr ‘00
An online company that specialized in interactive web shows.

• Designed weekly interactive environment for streaming web-shows
• Preparation and optimization of graphical assets for print and web projects
• Worked with sales team to develop creative mock ad campaigns to pitch to external clients


Intertainer Inc.

Designer - Oct ‘98 - Aug ‘99
Interactive “video-on-demand” Programming Company

• Designed collateral pieces and promotional materials for trade shows (hats, t-shirts, signage)
• Created monthly "program guides" and weekly direct mail
• Produced interactive demos


CyberMedia

Designer - Jul ‘97 - Sep ‘98
Windows Utilities Software Company

• Designed the user interfaces for software applications
• Provided illustration, storyboarding, and mock-up sketches
• Produced creative design for packaging and marketing collateral
• Conducted press checks and photo shoots


 

 

 

KNOWLEDGE

 

The University of San Francisco
The Academy of Art San Francisco
BFA in Painting and Drawing - May 1995

 

The University of California, Los Angeles - April '99
Extension courses in Macromedia Director and Photography.

 

The University of California, Santa Barbara - Spring '96 - Winter '97
Certificate of Design and Visual Communication.

 

Southern California Art Institute - Fall '93
Fine Arts program.

 

Florida State University - Summer '93
Exchange program in Painting and Drawing - Florence, Italy.

 

Sorbonne University - Summer '91
Exchange Program in Language and Art - Paris, France.

 

Parsons School of Design - Summer '89
Course work in Drawing.