DREAMING TREE FILMS, Chicago, IL
Senior Designer
2007 – Present

Supervise all design projects for Print and Web campaigns.
Brainstorm effectively with the Marketing Department.
Create and Build websites for all Client sponsored Media Programs.
Design Advertising, Marketing and Collateral pieces.
Manage all production schedules for Print and Web.
Perform pre-flight packaging for print production.
Maintain five HTML/Javascript/Flash websites.

 

GORDON HANRAHAN, INC., Chicago, IL
Graphics Coordinator
2006 – 2007

Used graphic design skills to create, edit and execute advertising pieces.
Accomplished complicated image manipulation and color correction.
Constructed clean accurate mock-up pieces for presentation.
Coordinated graphics for the printer.

 

VITRONIC PROMOTIONAL GROUP, Mason, OH
Production Artist
2000 – 2002

Prepared professional logo artwork to be printed on business products.
Translated artwork for spot color transfer, hot stamp and screen printing.
Worked with clientele to improve aesthetic quality of final prints.

 

 

 

 

 

STEVE KAPLAN LIVE, Chicago, IL
Graphic/Web Design
2009 - Ongoing

Create Illustrations for Website Graphics.
Update and Maintain edits for stevekaplanlive.com.
Provide Website knowledge for tracking, and other Tech issues.
Work with WordPress, Joomla! PHP, HTML, CSS and Flash.

 

BEN ELSASS PHOTOGRAPHY, Chicago, IL
Graphic/Web Design
2007 - Ongoing

Designed logo and marketing materials.
Established website via Photocrati templates and WebPress software.
Customized website design through CSS and FTP uploading.
Accommodated any client website customizing requests.

 

J. MARIE EVENTS, Minneapolis, MN
Graphic Design
2007 - Ongoing

Design all collateral, marketing and animated pieces.
Created company branding for use on all collateral.
Provide art direction for ongoing website creation.

 

 

 

 

 

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Communication with Honors
The Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago, IL
September 2005

 

Associate of Applied Business in Communication Design
The University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
June 2001

 

Photoshop, Illustrator, ImageReady
Indesign, QuarkXPress, Flash AS2
Dreamweaver, Google Analytics
HTML, PHP, CSS, JAVA
Joomla!, WordPress
AfterEffects, Peak
PC and MAC

 

The University of Cincinnati
Dean’s List 1999 – 2000
The Illinois Institute of Art • Chicago
Honors/Deans List 2004 – 2005