6/2010–present Nonfat Media Los Angeles, CA

Web Designer

DSite design and user experience design for online applications for the entertainment industry. Primarily responsible for improving user experience and site flow.

7/2008–present Freelance Portland, OR and Los Angeles, CA

Web Designer

Designed ad banners, html emails and websites for various clients. Clients included McLenahanBruer Communications, Guess? Clothing, So-Me Clothing, Yesmail, Encore Software, and Frederick’s of Hollywood.

6/2006–7/2008 Connexus Corporation El Segundo, CA

Web Designer

Designed ad banners, html emails and mini-sites for performance-based advertising company. Worked primarily with Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and Flash to create deliverables for clients. Designed template for zip code .us domains. on a variety of brands, including: Vonage, Target, Kmart, PBS, DirecTV and MSN.

9/2005–6/2006 Freelance Los Angeles, CA

Web /Print Designer

Design web front-end and print materials for various client-maintained web sites, ranging from simple brochure sites for bands, to lengthy contract work for larger clients. Clients included: Squidoo, The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, Pacificare Health Systems, O’Reilly Media, Beauty Fiend Clothing, and 10th Degree.

9/2002–9/2005 Marshall & Swift Los Angeles, CA

Production Artist

Responsible for leading conversion of Quark documents utilizing a plugin called LinkUp for automation of data updates.

11/2001–9/2002 Freelance Los Angeles, CA

Web /Print Designer

Designed web sites, print materials, and provided creative direction for various clients. Clients included: Latham & Watkins, William H. Mercer, Digital Film Tree, and FreshlySqueezedTV.

3/1998–11/2001 Pearson Education Indianapolis, IN

Compositor

Design/Layout computer books in a variety of applications, including Quark Xpress, Adobe FrameMaker. Responsible for archiving, shipping, preflight, and PDFing books. Created marketing materials and files for web distribution. Attended shows to distribute marketing materials and spread brand awareness. Sole production person responsible for publishing catalog with annual revenue over $30 million.

12/1997
Indiana University
Bachelor of Arts
Courses of study: Creative writing, graphic design, communications graphics)

desktop publishing • design • InDesign • Quark Xpress • Photoshop • Illustrator • FreeHand • Flash • Dreamweaver • GoLive • Fireworks • PageMaker • FrameMaker • XHTML • Microsoft Office • MacOS • Windows • Flash Actionscript (2.0) • Javascript (basic) • CSS • Drupal • WordPress

American Graphic Design Award, Graphic Design:usa Magazine (Flash 4 Magic, New Riders Publishing); Served as a consultant for hillmancurtis.com, one of the premier web design studios in the country. Technical Editor, Photoshop 6.0 Web Magic, from New Riders Publishing.