W ith substantial experience in designing print and web marketing collateral in both staff and freelance positions, I have designed for a wide range of businesses and clients, including visual effects companies, museums and other non-profit organizations, Silicon Valley start-ups, and boutique web design studios. I am equally proficient in both print design (from concept to prepress) and web design (from site architecture to XHTML and CSS coding).

July 2010 – Present

Web Manager • Holy Names University, Oakland, CA
HNU is a liberal arts institution founded in 1868.

OCTOBER 2008 – APRIL 2009

Senior Designer • Placemaking Group, Oakland, CA
Placemaking Group is a full-service PR, web and marketing communications firm.

JANUARY 2008 – SEPTEMBER 2008

Acting Art Director • e-agency, Oakland, CA
E-agency was a full service branding communications company.

FEBRUARY 2005 – MARCH 2006

Designer • Waxcreative Design, Oakland, CA
Waxcreative is a boutique web design studio specializing in niche marketing for best selling and up-and-coming romance authors.

MARCH 1999 – NOVEMBER 1999

Creative Supervisor • Wave Systems Corp., Lee, MA
Wave Systems makes trusted computing security products.

MAY 1996 – JANUARY 1998

Webmaster/Photoshop Supervisor •
Manex Visual Effects (MVFX, formerly MASS.ILLUSION), Lenox, MA
Manex Visual Effects was best known for its Oscar-winning work on feature films What Dreams May Come and The Matrix trilogy.

July 2010 – Present

Board Member • AXIS Dance Company, Oakland, CA
AXIS has one of the world’s most acclaimed and innovative ensembles of performers with and without disabilities, paving the way for a powerful contemporary dance form — physically integrated dance.

December 1999 – July 2010

Freelance Graphic Designer • Oakland, CA
Clients include: Placemaking Group • e-agency • JAK Designs • eStudio • Scalent • DuDell & Associates • Exhale

DECEMBER 2005 – March 2010

Volunteer Graphic Designer / Web Developer • The Taproot Foundation, San Francisco, CA
Projects include: AXIS Dance Company brochure (2009) • Streetside Stories website (2006)

FEBRUARY 1998 – FEBRUARY 1999

Freelance Graphic Designer • Great Barrington, MA
Clients included: The Berkshire Museum • Blue Q • The Voyager Company • IMAX Corp.

Horizon Interactive Awards

• 2009 Silver: Yollege.com website
• 2008 Bronze: At home with Malcolm and Nora website
• 2007 Silver: How to Be Like Colin Greenwood in Ten Easy Steps website
• 2007 Bronze: Streetside Stories website
• 2005 Honorable Mention: portfolio website

Other Awards

• 2008 Top 5 Newcomers — Business Week’s Best of the web: Yollege.com
• 2005 DesignFirms.org, Web Design Award Winner: portfolio website

Bachelor’s of Fine Arts

Media/Graphic design • The School of Visual Arts, New York City

Additional undergraduate Studies

Oil painting and printmaking • Hampshire College, Amherst, MA

American Institute of Graphic Arts, member

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