School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
BFA: Illustration
Awards: Chairman’s Merit Award for three years, Illustration Department scholarship, Published in 1995 Cartooning Portfolio

Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
January 1996-August 1996.
Major: Graphic Design and Production using Quark Xpress, Adobe Photoshop & Adobe Illustrator.

Computer: Mac OS X, Windows XP
Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Acrobat, Indesign, flash; Quark Xpress; Corel Painter, Microsoft Office; XHTML, CSS

Areas of Expertise: Web Design, User Interface Design, Graphic Design, Illustration, Sequential Storytelling, Storyboards, Cartooning, Conceptual Design, Character Design, Digital Photography, Video Camera Work, Video Editing

Clients

Web & Graphic Designer

Arianna Corsino, New York, New York, NY | 03/2011 - Present

• Indentity, business card and stationary design
• Website design and storefront production

Graphic Designer | Consultant

Center for Health Informatics Policy & Planning (CHIPP), Baltimore, MD | 03 – 05/2011

• Developed indentity
• Designed brochure
• Created temporary landing page for upcoming website

Web & Graphic Designer | Consultant

Madison financial Concepts, New York, NY | 06/2010 – 08/2010

• Consulted with regards to usability, web design and HTML/CSS
• Coded and troubleshot HTML pages
• Created company indentity, business cards and stationary

Web Designer

Kodevco.com, Los Angeles, CA | 03/2010 – 12/2010

• Updated HTML and images for film location website
• Optimized and added contact information to photographs
• Recoded HTML pages
• Touched up images in Photoshop

Web & Graphic Designer

R|com Creative, Mission Viejo, CA | 02/2010 – 05/2010

• Designed website mockup and brochure for FireSmart:LA
• Finalized new logo and patch for the Los Angeles Fire Department Historical Society
• Designed website interface for Maryland tax attorney

Web Designer

MINDS eHealth, Baltimore, MD | 08/2009 - Present

• Designed and coded MINDS eHealth website; Update and maintain as needed
• Advised on usability, web hosting, and technologies for website
• Hired and managed copywriter
• Created Postcards promoting the program and the website

Web Designer

ScriptPimp.com, Hollywood, CA | 09/2008 - 10/2009

• Created new visual identity and user interface, redesigning and coding current version of website
• Designed user interface and mockups for My Script Pimp, shopping cart, and registration pages
• Conceptualized and storyboarded Flash animations for Flash artist
• Designed and produced web banners and print advertisements
• Advised on usability, interface, and workflow issues
• Coordinate with programmers and flash artist

Graphic Designer

Mineral, Burbank, CA | 4/2008 - Present

• Designed a variety of print ads for Monte Nido & Associates facilities in California and Portland, Oregon
• Created 2-sided red flag questionaire postcard for Monte Nido
• Designed flyer and ad for Monte Nido training events
• Created posters and newspaper ads for movie screening event in Portland, OR
• Provided layout and design for Monte Nido brochures

Web Designer

RealSportFight.com, Los Angeles, CA | 09/2008 - 02/2009

• Developed company Identity
• Designed user interface and look and feel for website
• Consulted on usability, SEO, and hosting video content on website

Web Designer

Treo International, Orange County, CA | 06 - 11/2008

• Designed user interface, look and feel, and Flash banners for proposed Treo International website
• Redesigned and hand coded Treonet.com

Web Designer | Illustrator

MacArt Films, Los Angeles, CA | 05/2008 & 01/2006

• Designed and coded MacArt Films.com
• Maintain and update website as needed
• Illustrated sample storyboards from script to pitch Finding Fate film to potential investors

Employers

Web Designer

Pringo Networks, Los Angeles, CA | 12/2007 – 02/2008

• Designed user interface, creating wireframes and look and feel for social networking component of the Adam Carolla Radio Show website
• Created preliminary proposal for ModelsTXT model portfolio and networking site
• Designed and did preliminary coding for Pringo Express
• Completed look and feel mock ups for Hoops Network from wire frames

Web Designer

4 Wheel Parts/Transamerican Auto Parts, Compton, CA | 11/2006 – 09/2007

• Redesigned Smittybilt.com
• Designed and coded web pages and email blasts for Performance Products, 4 wheel parts and other Transamerican web properties
• Created web banners, icons, and illustrations
• Worked in a production environment

Contract Employers

Web Designer

Cal State Dominguez Hills, Dominguez Hills, CA | 08/2008

• Created HTML and CSS templates for the Cal State Dominguez Hills College of Extended Education website
• Created section header banners for the individual Extended Education Departments

Web Designer

Faye Pollack & Associates, Encino, CA | 06 - 07/2008

• Designed and produced mock ups for redesign of the FPA website
• Conceptualized and storyboarded Flash animations for home page

Teaching

Web & Graphic Design Instructor

Children's Art Carnival, Harlem, NY | 09/2010 – 06/2011

• Taught high risk students basic web and graphic design concepts using Photoshop, Illustrator and dreamweaver
• Was instrumental in getting new Macs and software for the Media Lab

Project Advisor | Visual Media Instructor

Musicians Institute, Hollywood, CA | 05/2008 – 06/2010

• Advise students in the Independent Artists Program on the planning, designing and producing the final artwork for their CD covers, websites, and other promotional materials using the Adobe Creative Suite
• Taught IAP Students basic design concepts for self promotion using Photoshop, Illustrator and other software packages

Graphic Arts Instructor

Los Angeles College International, Los Angeles, CA | 01/2004 – 04/2007

• Taught Graphic Arts courses utilizing traditional and digital methods
• Taught Web Design students how to build websites with Dreamweaver and Photoshop
• Assisted Department Chair developing course curriculum, and suggested resources for library