Designer — Glendale, CA
I am a soon graduating student at Art Center College of Design. My interests include industrial design, illustration, graphic design and 3d modeling.
I am available for paying freelance work.
MAXIM OSTAPENKO
maxostap@gmail.com
EDUCATION 2005-2010 Art Center College of Design, BS in Transportation Design (In Progress, 6 credits left to graduate)
HIGHLIGHTS OF EXPERIENCE
2009-2010, Intern at VolksWagen Design Center California. Worked on wide variety of classified automotive projects.
2009 Fall, Hyundai Sponsored Project.
Plug-In Electric city vehicle for the ultra modern crowd. Ideation to digital model.
2008 Spring, Honda Sponsored Project
Amphibious city car designed to avoid city traffic via adjacent bodies of water. Ideation to digital and then milled physical scale model.
2008 Spring, BMW Group DesignWorksUSA, Auto Intern
Worked on the next Mini, City Car Landscape
2008 Summer, Nasa Sponsored Project
Design and styling of the Nasa pressurized moon rover. Digital scale model.
EMPLOYMENT
Web-developer, Programmer for:
Lenders Choice Network, CA
Web Designer, Developer, C#, SQL, JS, ASP
2000-2005
Our Year Book Inc, NY
Web Developer, Jr. Supervisor
1999 Contract
The Grid (EarthLink), CA
Web Designer
1998-1999
Freelance Designer
Design, Web, Print, Illustration
1998-2009
QUALIFICATIONS
• Design, Idea Development
• Digital/Traditional sketching
• Photorealistic rendering, scenarios
• Vector graphics
• Alias, automotive/product modeling, 3D Visualization
• Graphic design, web design
• Rapid prototyping
INTERESTS
Technology, software, psychology, history, human condition, world events, art. Outdoor sports. Love dogs.