Objective: I am seeking an exciting career in the creative arts. I have a keen sense for finding the beauty in the details and that has helped me become an accomplished photographer and web/graphic designer. Furthermore, I wish to incorporate new design standards in web design such as valid, semantic, dynamic markup.
Work:
Century Color Labs, Inc. East Hartford, CT
Feburary 2006 – December
2006
Graphic/Web Designer
• Graphic Design/Print Design • Web Design/Content and Layout • Photo Retouching •• Layout and Concept • Newsletter (Concept, Authoring, Editing, Layout )•
mindcast design Manchester, CT
January 1998 – Present
Freelancing
• Graphic Design/Print Design • Marketing Consultant • • Webmaster/ Designer • IT and Consulting•
Lewtan Industries Hartford, CT
June 2005 - November 2005
Graphic Designer
• Manager of the outside services dept • Preparing artwork for vendors • Vendor’s Calls •• Handling Accounts • Printing transfers • Reported directly to president of company•
GameFace Sports Photography Farmington, CT
October 2003 – June 2005
Operations Manager/Photographer/Photo Technician/Graphic & Web Designer
• Management • Photography (Action, Studio, Commercial [catalog]) • Video Production • • Fulfillment of Photographic Orders • Graphic Design • Web Design and Webmaster •• Marketing and Generating Business • Hiring of Technicians • IT and Networking•
Education & Acheivements:
University of Rhode Island Sept 2000 – Apr. 2001 Providence, RI
Multimedia Certification – Print Media and Web Design
Boy Scouts Of America: Eagle Scout • Asst. Scoutmaster • Asst. Webelos Den Leader
Software & Hardware Knowledge
Software: • Macromedia Studio 8 (F, FW, DW) • MS Windows • OS X • MS Office •• Adobe CS2 - (PS,Ill, ID, Acb, GL) • iMovie, iDVD •
Hardware: • Mac and PC • Kodak 8500 • Epson Stylus PRO 9600 • • Lacie Ethernet Server • Wacom Tablets•
Design Style:
I design all websites using the standards set by the World Wide Web Consortium (www.w3c.org): Strict XHTML, CSS, and unobtrusive JavaScript.
Photographic Equipment:
• Canon 20d • Sigma 70-300 f4-5.6 • Sigma 28-80 f3.5-5.6 • Bower Fisheye •• Canon 430EX Shoe Mount Flash • Sekonic L-358 Light Meter • Hot Lights (x3 - Onsite Studio) •