Art Direction — Irvine, CA
Designer that enjoys creating and developing ideas that are innovative, creative and unique. Ability to handle multiple tasks at one time. Take pride in my work and have an excellent eye for detail. Self motivated. Dependable. Hard working with an excellent work ethic. Competitive team player that always brings my very best to the table at each and every opportunity. Seeking an opportunity to contribute my skills, ideas, and creativity to an innovative and intelligent design team.
OBJECTIVE
To obtain an integral position as a member of an intelligent creative design team. To seek an opportunity to create innovative, intelligent, responsible design.
STRENGTHS
Experienced in design for print, web, and product/package. Intelligently comprehend, interpret and innovatively communicate clearly through design. Educated in design and general fine arts. A highly self-motivated leader and competitive team player. Hard worker, dedicated to the task at hand and I am never satisfied with mediocrity.
EDUCATION
Laguna College of Art and Design, Laguna Beach, CA
Bachelor of Fine Arts Graphic Design, Suma Cum Laude
SKILLS
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Dreamweaver
Adobe Flash
Adobe After effects
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Actionscript
HTML/CSS
Javascript
Maya
WORK HISTORY
David Riley Associates Advertising Design, Costa Mesa, CA
Interactive Director, December 2006- Present
Design and produce interactive web based projects from email blasts, flash banner ads, and fully developed websites – Flash, HTML and CMS sites. Prepare and lead project design briefs and discussions with clients. Experienced in working directly with client on all levels of design project.
Laguna College of Art and Design, Laguna Beach, CA
Instructor, August 2006- December 2006
Instruct and mentor students in various design programs relevant in the design field. Teach them the skills and techniques by presentations and assigned tasks. Responsible for the development of students knowledge of design tools for success throughout the design program.
BrilliantBlue Marketing, Irvine, CA
Senior Media Designer/Art Director, April 2006- December 2006
Responsible for conceptualizing and producing various types of design collateral from web to logo marks and brand identity. Have been an integrall part of Brilliant Blue from the start. Responsiblities include concepting and developing logo marks, brand identity, design cms html
web sites, design static html web sites, design and concept flash animations and messaging, and produce and format comps and files for final web production.
Boomerang Creative, Newport Beach, CA
Designer, June 2005- April 2006
Responsible for conceptualizing and producing various types of design collateral from print to digital media. Have worked with major clients such as Nissan, Toyota, Infiniti, and Lexus. Most work brings me in direct contact with the clients and or their ad agencies to develop work that
coincides with their wants and needs as well as keeping within their brand guidelines.