Web Design
• Work with clients to establish site maps and plan design needs.
• Create site comps with Adobe software, and work with clients to
correct and approve comps.
• Convert approved comps into HTML/CSS layouts and templates.
• Work with outside development firms to design back end website
functionality.
• Program websites in PHP/MySQL environments.
• Debug and push websites to live servers.
• Create animations and interactivity in Flash for site intros,
banners, slideshows and graphics.
Print Design
• Design logos and establish corporate identity standards.
• Illustrate diagrams, characters, buildings, icons, and more by
hand or computer.
• Create layouts for advertisements, packaging, labels, brochures,
stationery, business cards, and more.
• Design die-lines for product packages.
Photography
• Photograph products in a miniature studio environment using a
DSLR camera.
• Use Adobe Photoshop for RAW photo editing. Includes color correction,
cropping, dust and undesired object removal, perspective correction,
manipulation.
• Strip backgrounds and create clipping paths.
• Prepare images for print or web output.
• Simulate sign placement and exterior building designs.
6/2000 - 7/2006
Designer and Illustration Artist @ Corner
Newport Beach/CA
Web page design and production; Create Flash animations and applications
for the web; Create illustrations for client projects; Assemble layouts
for client print materials; Digital photography at field locations.
Maintain computer labs and servers. Manage Mac OS X server workgroups.
Address hardware and software issues on Mac and PC. Ensure that classrooms
are properly equipped with needed technology. Design and program faculty
web site using PHP and MySQL.
Instruct students in the use of Mac OS X Server, PHP, MySQL, Flash Actionscript.
Assist students with projects in Typography, Production, and Design Comping
classes; Track grades and attendance; One on one student tutoring in
computer graphics applications such as Photoshop, Illustrator, QuarkXpress;
Classroom maintenance; Librarian duties; Assist school promotional activities.
2/2002 - 2/2003
Web Director @ AIGA Orange County
Newport Beach/CA
Design and maintain AIGA/OC web site. Propose and implement
new ideas for web site expansion. Work with other members to generate
new site content. Create imagery and take photos for web content.
EDUCATION
9/2007 - 6/2008 Fullerton College
Fine Arts Coursework
Fullerton - CA - US
8/1999 - 1/2001 Platt College
Associate Degree
Newport Beach - CA - US
SKILLS
Software
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Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Flash
• Adobe Dreamweaver
• Adobe InDesign
• Mac OS X
• Microsoft Office
Web Languages
• XHTML and CSS
• Actionscript 2.0
• PHP
• MySQL
• JavaScript
