• • Resume • • 
résumé & Software SKills
With fifteen years’ experience in designing print and electronic 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).
Software
Mac OSX and Windows platforms; Photoshop, ImageReady, Freehand, Fireworks, Acrobat, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, HTML editors, QuarkXPress, InDesign, and more.
Select recent web links, a PDF samples booklet, and a complete chronological résumé in PDF or Microsoft Word format are available for download by clicking here.
Staff positions
JANUARY 2008 – PRESENT
Art Director • e-agency, Oakland, CA
E-agency is 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.
JULY 2000 – FEBRUARY 2001
Art Director • eStudio, Fremont, CA
eStudio was a new media start-up that designed marketing collateral primarily for other Silicon Valley start-ups.
MARCH 1999 – NOVEMBER 1999
Creative Supervisor • Wave Systems Corp., Lee, MA
Wave Systems makes trusted computing security products.
MAY 1996 – JANUARY 1998
Website Creative Director/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.
AUGUST 1994 – APRIL 1996
Digital Graphic Designer • IMAX Ridefilm Corporation, Lee, MA
IMAX Ridefilm created entertaining simulator rides using IMAX technology.
Freelance & Volunteer work
DECEMBER 2005 – PRESENT
Volunteer Graphic Designer / Web Developer • The Taproot Foundation, San Francisco, CA
Projects include: The Wellness Community website (2008) • Streetside Stories website (2006)
MARCH 2001 – DECEMBER 2007
Freelance / Volunteer Graphic Designer • Oakland, CA
Clients included: JAK Designs Hand-loomed Knitwear • Scalent • DuDell & Associates • Mickaboo Companion Bird Rescue • Exhale • BeachBaby Santa Cruz
FEBRUARY 1998 – FEBRUARY 1999
Freelance Graphic Designer • Great Barrington, MA
Clients included: The Berkshire Museum • KinderMuse Entertainment, LLC. • Blue Q • StonySoft / The Voyager Company
recent awards
• 2008 Horizon Interactive Award, Blog, Bronze: At home with Malcolm and Nora website
• 2007 Horizon Interactive Award, Public Service/Non-profit, Bronze: Streetside Stories website
• 2005 Horizon Interactive Award, Self-promotion/Corporate Identity, Honorable Mention: portfolio website
• 2005 DesignFirms.org, Web Design Award Winner: portfolio website
education
B.F.A. JUNE 1993
Media/Graphic design • The School of Visual Arts, New York City
SEPTEMBER 1987 – JUNE 1990
Oil painting and printmaking • Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
groups & associations
American Institute of Graphic Arts, member