Coroflot

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WORK EXPERIENCE

FULL-TIME FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGN POSITIONS, Selected list.

+ Real Estate Arts (REA), New York, NY (1/12-Present, 5/11-9/11)
On-site full-time freelance graphic designer at real estate marketing/branding design firm. Concept, design, logo/brand identity, layout, illustration/imagery (photo researching, retouching and manipulation) and pre-press/production for brochures, offering memorandums, flyers, ads, banners, web sites, eblasts, charts, etc. Clients: Thor Equities, Jones Lang LaSalle, Greysteel, TF Cornerstone, Eastdil Secured, Cushman & Wakefield and CB Richard Ellis.

+ Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners LLP, New York, NY (11/11-12/11, 6/11-8/11 4/09-11/09, 12/07-12/08)
On-site full-time freelance graphic designer in Marketing and Urban Planning departments of architecture company. Duties: Concept, design, layout, art direction, pre-press/production, project management and client/vendor interaction for proposal books, brochures, awards submissions, ads, special event materials, project sheets, print and screen presentations, exhibition panels, illustration/imagery (photo researching, retouching and manipulation), image library maintenance and architectural graphics/diagrams/charts/maps.

+ OppenheimerFunds, New York, NY (7/10-5/11, 3/10-5/10, 1/09-4/09, 4/07, 10/06)
On-site full-time freelance graphic designer/production artist at in-house Marketing Communications department of financial corporation. Duties: Layout, photo research and pre-press/production for flyers, fact sheets, commentaries, brochures, newsletters, forms, posters and charts.

+ C&G Partners LLC, New York, NY (5/10)
On-site freelance graphic designer at design firm. Duties: Logo and stationery concepts.

+ AllianceBernstein L.P. (Cheryl Roshak Assoc.), New York, NY (2/10-3/10)
On-site full-time freelance graphic designer at in-house Visual Communications department of financial corporation. Duties: Design, layout, and pre-press/production for flyers, brochures, case studies and diagrams/charts.

+ The College Board (Aquent), New York, NY (11/09-12/09)
On-site part-time freelance graphic designer at in-house Marketing and Publication Services of educational book publisher. Duties: Layout, pre-press/production, and creation of 561 graphs/charts.

+ Langton Cherubino Group, Ltd., New York, NY (12/08, 10/06-10/07)
On-site full-time freelance graphic designer at design studio. Duties: Design, layout, brand identity, illustration/imagery (photo researching, retouching and manipulation) and pre-press/production for numerous print materials (program, newsletter, catalog, folder, advertisements, envelope, label, flyer, postcard, sticker, letter, poster, banner, tent card, napkin, plastic bag, trade show graphics, diagrams/charts) and screen-based graphic preparation (web sites, PowerPoint, and plasma screens). Clients: Pfizer, Siemens, Olstein Funds, Verizon, Tyco Electronics, Publicis and Roge Partners Funds.

+ Merrill Lynch and Co. (Aquent), New York, NY (11/07-12/07)
On-site full-time freelance graphic designer at in-house Print Graphics department of financial corporation. Duties: Design, layout, photo research and production for various print materials such as flyers, invitations, brochures and posters.

+ Adventure House, New York, NY (4/07, 6/07)
On-site full-time freelance graphic designer at design studio. Duties: Design, layout, illustration/imagery (photo researching, retouching and manipulation) and pre-press/production for numerous print materials. Clients: MasterCard, Citibank and Astoria Federal.

+ Good Studio, Chicago, IL (1/06-5/06, 8/06)
On-site full-time freelance graphic designer at design studio. Duties: Design, layout, illustration/imagery (photo researching, retouching and manipulation) and pre-press/production for various print materials and web site graphic preparation. Clients: City of Chicago, Chicago History Museum, Stir Crazy, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Cultural Center and Illinois Institute of Technology.

+ IDEO (Buzz Co.), Chicago, IL (5/06)
On-site full-time freelance graphic designer at industrial/interaction/mechanical design consultancy. Duties: Concept, design, layout, illustration/imagery (photo researching, retouching and manipulation) and pre-press/production for on-screen/print presentation and posters.

+ Thames & Hudson Ltd., London, UK (10/05-11/05)
On-site part-time freelance graphic designer at in-house Marketing Department of book publisher. Duties: Design and pre-press production of print advertisements (for major UK magazines and newspapers), posters, postcards, invitations, showcards and imagery (rendered books as 3D).

+ Taylor Bruce Associates, Inc., Chicago, IL (8/04-10/04)
On-site full-time freelance graphic designer at design studio. Duties: Design, layout, illustration/imagery (photo researching, retouching and manipulation) and pre-press/production for various print materials such as brochures, direct mailers, postcards and newsletters. Clients: Democratic party for 2004 presidential election, Hadley School for the Blind and Greater Chicago Food Depository.


PERMANENT POSITIONS

+ Scudder Investments, Inc. (Buzz Co.), Chicago, IL (6/02-9/03)
GRAPHIC DESIGNER: Full-time graphic designer at in-house Creative Services department of financial corporation. Responsibilities: Concept, design, layout illustration/imagery (photo researching, retouching and manipulation) and pre-press/production for print materials: brochure, magazine, invitation, newsletter, folder, memo pad, mouse pad, door hanger, envelope, label, form, flyer, postcard, sticker, tag, letter binder cover, poster, logo design and charts.

+ Laughing Dog Creative, Inc., Chicago, IL (12/99-12/01)
JUNIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER: Full-time junior graphic designer at design studio. Responsibilities: Concept, design, layout, illustration/imagery (photo researching, retouching and manipulation) and pre-press/production for corporate identity systems: logo design, branding, brochure, stationery, PowerPoint, web site layout, CD-Rom, consumer packaging and food logotype concepts and trade show/exhibition graphics. Clients: Quaker, Zenith, Lincoln Park Zoo, Kurtis Productions, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, nVISIA, Univ. of Chicago/GSB Club.

+ Montgomery Watson Harza Engineering, Inc., Chicago, IL (6/99-12/99)
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT: Full-time production assistant at in-house graphics department of engineering corporation. Responsibilities: Production and layout for miscellaneous print materials, technical drawings/diagrams/charts and PowerPoint.


EDUCATION

1/05-12/05
MA Graphic Design
London College of Communication, University of the Arts London
London, UK

9/03-5/04
MFA Studio, Visual Communication (1st year completed)
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL

7/01
De Program International Summer Graphic Design Program
The Netherlands, Belgium and Germany
Workshops with Studio Lust and Bob Van Dijk
College for Creative Studies
Detroit, MI

9/95-5/99
BFA Graphic Design
with honors 3.675 GPA
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI


TEACHING EXPERIENCE

+ The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (9/03-12/03)
TEACHING ASSISTANT: Design Issues in Visual Communication

+ MAC University, Chicago, IL (3/02-6/02)
FREELANCE INSTRUCTOR: Photo Restoration Using Photoshop


COMPUTER SKILLS

Mac and PC:

Adobe InDesign
QuarkXpress
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Acrobat
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel


AWARDS AND PUBLICATIONS

4/11
Demonstrating Relevance: Response-Ability by Oliver Vodeb and Nikola Janovic
Published work in Memefest book; Ljubljana, Slovenia

1/06
Diplo magazine
Published work in issue #17; London, UK

7/05
Memefest 2005 International Festival of Radical Communication
First place Graduate static visual arts, published work on web site; Ljubljana, Slovenia

2/00
Adbusters magazine Creative Resistance Contest
Runner-up, published work issue #29 and website; Vancouver, B.C., Canada

5/98
Esther Claire Waldheim Scholarship for excellence in graphic design at UWM
First place; Milwaukee, WI


EXHIBITIONS AND COLLECTIONS

12/11-7/12
Competition proposal poster in juried exhibition,
The Unfinished Grid: Design Speculations for Manhattan,
The Greatest Grid: The Master Plan for Manhattan, 1811-2011
Collaboration with Shan Jayakumar and Bettina Zerza Architecture LLC
The Museum of the City of New York; New York, NY

12/05
Graphic design works in 50 Design Students MA Final Show
Class exhibit; London College of Communication, University of the Arts London

7/04
Artist's books in Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Chicago, IL

6/04
Artist's books in projet MOBILIVRE-BOOKMOBILE project
Juried North American travelling exhibit; Montreal, Que., Canada

1/04
Video at Open-End Gallery, Fast Forward Film Fest #13 Out of Context
Collaborative video group; Chicago, IL

12/03
Artist's books at Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Juventus 2003
Juried international art exhibit/competition; Chicago, IL

7/01
Graphic design works at Zeebelt Theater, De Program
Group workshop exhibit; The Hague, The Netherlands

4/01
Jell-O book at Columbia College Center for Book and Paper Arts,
Second International Edible Books Show; Chicago, IL

9/99
Artist's books and photographs at UWM Golda Meir Library's Special Collections
Group book arts exhibit and Scavenger Hunt; Milwaukee, WI