Resumé

FaShon CARTER
287 E. Edsle Ford fwy suit #6 Detroit, MI 48202 contact@FashonVega.com Ph. (313)617-8912

OBJECTIVE: To expand designing and building of Transportation,footwear, products and accessories knowledge. To use my excellent sketching skills and technical capabilities. Enthusiastic and creative with strong interpersonal and communication skills with professional attitude

EDUCATION
C.C.S Detroit
Wayne State University, Detroit MI
Major: Industrial Design with a minor in Fashion Design
Advanced product design, advanced presentation, Design theory, advanced life Drawing, Sculpting, Industrial concept design.
Accumulative gpa. 3.2

Detroit School of the Fine and Performing Arts, Detroit, MI
Major: Visual Arts- Graduated June 2003
Advanced Sculpture, Drawing/ Paint, Commercial Art, Portfolio Fashion, Art Technique, Art history, Figure Drawing, Spanish (two-years), Honors English, Trigonometry, Business courses (finance, marketing)

AWARDS
� First-place winner, 2001 and 2002, Sculpting � work displayed at Detroit Institute of Art and Detroit Children�s Museum
� Ten, First-place (out of 17) trophies for karate Competitions
� All-City and All-State Football

� First-place Winner and Gold Key Recipient from the Michigan Scholastic s Art competition

EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES INCLUDE:
� Product, Automotive and Fashion Design

EXPERIENCE
Freelancer 2007- Current

Product Design Intern: Gyro Creative Detroit, MI. -Summer 2008

Floor Representative (Sales), Utrecht Art Supplies, March 2007 � Present
Customer service, Design demonstrations, required to have strong product knowledge; Stocked merchandise

Assistant Martial Arts Instructor & Gymnastics Coach, Skills Ville, August 2004- Present
Encourage students to become physically, mentally and spiritually healthy; Teach the importance of healthy nutrition and active life styles through the philosophies of Gymnastics and Martial Arts

Clothing Sales Associate, Hot Stuff Clothing, December 2002 � May 2003
Customer Service, Fashion consultations with music artists and other clients, assisted Buyer (identified trends in urban clothing design), Stocked merchandise

Assistant Photographer, Fair Price Photography, January 1999 � August 2005
Edit photographs of customers and add backgrounds, text and variety of custom features; set up digital cameras and laptop computer for on-the-spot photographs

Caricature Cartoonist, �Total You� Tour, March & June 2002
Designed approximately 300 pictures for patrons using Prisma markers and pencils

Cadet, Detroit Fire Department, June � September 2000 and 2001
Learned Fire Fighter Skills, Equipment safety features, participated in teaching fire safety courses and drills

TECHNICAL SKILLS
Advanced clay & foam modeling capabilities; Knowledge of recording studio equipment, mixing and production; Carpentry experience; Extensive computer skills using CAD, Digitizer, Adobe, Microsoft Word, Cake walk and Pro-Tools for music recording. Type 45+ wpm.

Projects by FaShon VEGA

ViSion
4 Files

ProDucT-DeSigN
1 File

Foot Wear design
15 Files

Fashion || Apparel
12 Files

Graphic D
3 Files

Core77 1 Hour Designs
1 File

TRANS
7 Files

SKeTCH Book
11 Files