Resumé
OBJECTIVE
Leadership role that enables further development of web based interactive media in a nurturing design driven environment.
WORK HISTORY
Web Graphic Designer
University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia
March 2004 to present
Freelance Designer
Aisle 9 Graphic Design, Richmond, Virginia
October 2003 to August 2007
Web Graphic Designer, E-Marketing Account Manager
Concepts Direct Inc. / eCDImail, Richmond, Virginia
April 2001 to September 2003
Assistant Night Manager
VCU Graphics Lab, Richmond, Virginia
August 2001 to May 2002
Web Designer
VCU School of Dentistry, Richmond, Virginia
May 2001 to December 2001
Graphic Designer, Typesetter
Dominion Graphics, Richmond, Virginia
March 2000 to November 2000
EDUCATION
Master of Liberal Arts candidate, Film Studies
University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia
August 2010
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Communication Design
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
May 2002
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Crafts
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
August 1997
COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE
Student Mentor/Advisor
CreateAThon on Campus
School of Mass Communications, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
March 2009
Exhibition Designer and Coordinator
Design and the American Vote
AIGA Richmond, Richmond, Virginia
February 2009
Graphic Design Department Advisory Board
Piedmont Virginia Community College, Charlottesville, Virginia
July 2008 to present
AIGA In-House Designer Task Force
AIGA, New York City, New York
May 2008 to present
President
AIGA Richmond, Richmond, Virginia
July 2007 to June 2009
New Media Coordinator
AIGA Richmond, Richmond, Virginia
July 2006 to June 2008
Signage/Promotional Designer
AIGA Richmond
October 2007
SPEAKING EXPERIENCE
GRADE 5
AIGA Richmond's Biennial, Greater Richmond Awards in Design Excellence
March 2009
Annual Members Meeting
AIGA Richmond
November 2008
Student Meet n Greets
AIGA Richmond: Virginia Commonwealth University, Piedmont Virginia Community College and Virginia State University
September 2008 to October 2008
Annual Members Meeting
AIGA Richmond, Richmond, Virginia
September 2007
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Adobe Photoshop CS3: Advanced Design
TECHEAD, Richmond, Virginia
November, 2008
Adobe Illustrator CS3: Advanced Design
TECHEAD, Richmond, Virginia
October, 2008
Culinary Arts Certificate
University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia
June, 2007
Writing for the Web
Flair Interactive Services, Inc.
University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia
May, 2007
Information Architecture & Usability Workshop
Flair Interactive Services, Inc.
University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia
March, 2007
Adobe InDesign CS2 Seminar, Level I
TECHEAD, Richmond, Virginia
March, 2007
Flash Video Development
TECHEAD, Richmond, Virginia
September, 2006
Advanced Flash Design
TECHEAD, Richmond, Virginia
August, 2006
The Brand Gap
AIGA Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina
September, 2004
Strategic Project Management
University of Richmond: Management Institute, Richmond, Virginia
Fall, 2004
Branding Strategies, II
University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia
Fall, 2004
Branding Strategies, I
University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia
Fall, 2004
CONFERENCES
AIGA Leadership Retreat
Omaha, Nebraska
May 2008
AIGA Leadership Retreat
Miami, Florida
June 2007
How Design Conference
Las Vegas, Nevada
June, 2006
Flash Forward
New York City, New York
July, 2005
AIGA Gain
New York City, New York
October, 2004
Flash Forward
New York City, New York
July, 2004
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Thorough knowledge of Adobe CS4: Photoshop, Illustrator, Bridge, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, Flash and InDesign, in addition to Quark, Final Cut Pro, CSS, XHTML, Wordpress and Wordpress MU template development, Google Analytics, content management systems, SEO, information architecture, usability, social media integration, video production, black and white photography and darkroom.
General knowledge of Flash/Action Script, ASP, JavaScript, PHP and ColdFusion.