Has strong fine art, art history, and design background. Has more than nine years experience working individually and in teams to create advertising and branding campaigns including identity systems (logo, letterhead, business card, collateral), point-of-purchase, tradeshow display, package design, direct mail, web design, and billboard/print/ newspaper/alternative media campaigns. For more information, or to request a hard copy of my resume, please send me an email.
__________EDUCATION
Brainco-Minneapolis School of Advertising, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Viterbo University, La Crosse, Wisconsin
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Graphic Design emphasis
Cum Laude Honors, 3.72 GPA
__________FREELANCE
ExecConsulting (small business), 2011
engaged2be (small business), 2009-2010
Vegetarian for a Year (blog), 2009
Ocupop (design agency), 2008-present
__________AWARDS
Holiday e-card and stamp campaign for Multiple Sclerosis Association
of America, 2008
13 illustrated shoes chosen for Mall of America's "More Ways to be
You" campaign, 2005
Three prints chosen for juried "Ides of March" show at Odin Gallery,
2004
Two prints chosen for juried art show at Odin Gallery, 2003
Two prints chosen for cover and column of Analytic Teaching, 2002
Awarded President's Education Award for Outstanding Academic
Achievement, 2000
Awarded $4,500 art scholarship, 2000
Awarded Board of Education Youth Art Month Award, 1999
Awarded $26,000 academic achievement scholarship, 1999
Three drawings chosen for juried All-City Art Show, 1998
Awarded La Crosse Central Student of the Month for art, 1997
__________COMPUTER SKILLS
Proficient in Adobe CS3 and CS4: Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign.
Experience in Dreamweaver, Power Point, Word, and Excel.
Versed in social media and SEO.
__________WORK HISTORY
Speckless
•Sole Proprietor, April 2009-present
City of St. Louis Park
•Volunteer, April 2008-present
Fastsigns, Minneapolis, Minnesota
•Marketing Director/Office Administrator, April 2008 to
July 2009
The Wedge Co-op, Minneapolis, Minnesota
•Deli Counter, June 2005-April 2008
Art Materials, Minneapolis, Minnesota
•Retail Sales and Service, September 2004-June 2005
Barrel Inn Bar and Grill, La Crosse, Wisconsin
•Bartender, May 2004-August 2004
Grinders Deli, La Crosse, Wisconsin
•Deli Counter, August 2002-July 2004
Minneapolis, MN