PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Freelance Designer [January 2009-present]
Print, Web, Packaging Design services for various clients (Cosmetics, Publishing, Non Profit, Creative Agencies)
Jr. Web Designer @ Big Interactive [November 2008-present]
Marketing collateral design for client pitches, Create and maintain web sites, mobile sites, Facebook apps and banners
Graphic Designer @ Variety Magazine [June 2008-November 2008]
Print and Online Banner Ad Design for various clients in the film and entertainment industry
Packaging Designer @ Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, San Diego, CA [February 2008-June 2008]
Book cover package design and mechanicals for adult and young adult fiction/non-fiction
Lead Designer @ Havoc Publishing, San Diego, CA [December 2005-January 2008]
Gift products/stationary, books, albums, home decor design. Mange multiple projects, correspond with vendors and freelance artists.
Contract Designer @ Websense, San Diego, CA [March 2007-March 2008]
Multiple client marketing collateral. Print and Web, intranet updates.
Graphic Designer @ Rohling Communications, San Diego, CA [August 2005-January 2006]
Client-specific Print and Web Design services: Flyers/Direct Mailers, Web site design/maintenance, Email campaign, banners. Logo/Brand Identity, Media Kits
Production Artist @ Kintera, San Diego, CA [April 2005-August 2005]
Print collateral for internal marketing: Postcards/Direct Mailers, Trade show collateral, company products, advertisement. Magazine production. Prepress/Preflight digital files
Graphic Designer @ MPAK Technologies, Inc., San Diego, CA [July 2004-March 2005]
Brand Identity: Media Kit, Business cards, Product Line card/Datasheets, Trade Show collateral. Web site maintenance, Email campaign, banner advertisement. Ecommerce site design/maintenance, logo design. Manage entry-level graphic artists.
Graphic Artist: Virtual Reality Medical Center & Interactive Media Institute, San Diego, CA [July 2003 - June 2004]
Print Collateral, Publication Design: Book cover, brochures, catalog. 3D Modeling. Video Editing.
Graphics & Multimedia Intern: Visionarium, San Diego, CA [March 2003 - June 2003]
Client-oriented Multimedia. Flash-based show case applications, Slide designs, Sound editing.
EDUCATION
UC San Diego, San Diego CA
Bachelor of Arts [2004]
Major: Visual Arts- Interdisciplinary Computing and the Arts (ICAM)
Minor: Psychology
COMPUTER SKILLS
MAC OSX and Windows Platforms
Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat, QuarkXPress, Dreamweaver,
Flash, HTML, CSS, 3D Studio Max, Microsoft Office, PitStop, Wacom Tablet
