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Resume

Sara Antoinette Martin

160 Eckford St., Apt 2L
Brooklyn, NY 11222
email: sara.antoinette@gmail.com
website: www.sara-land.net
917 499 5127


Education
Pratt Institute - 2001- 2005
BFA in Communication Design with a major in Illustration
Graduated May 2005 with Honors


Employers
Tara McPherson – August 2008 - Present
Fine Art and Illustration – http://www.taramcpherson.com
Artist Assistant
Organization and studio management, packing and shipping art and sculpture, coordinating, logistics, and planning for conventions and book tours, website and social network updating and maintenance, composing email blasts and answering emails.

Kidrobot Inc. - June 2005 – July 2008
Premier creator and retailer of designer art toys and apparel – http://www.kidrobot.com
Photographer, Photo Director and Web Site Coordinator
Responsible for all product photography of produced toys, apparel, and purchased product for web and press. Interfaced with marketing, wholesale, retail and PR departments to provide adequate and essential photos. Photo editing, correcting, archiving and organizing photos.
Coordinating all product on the website and writing web descriptions.
Toy Designer
Produced my own licensed toy line, worked with creative and sales departments to further develop designs and see through the production.

Thunderdog Studios - June 2005 - September 2005
Designer vinyl toys and design house - www.thunderdogstudios.com
Illustration / Design Intern
Worked on design projects and turn-around illustrations for toy production.

PictureArts - June - July 2004
Commercial photo studio
Photography Intern
Worked as a studio assistant, production assistant, data entry, internet research, styling of props and set design.


Client List
Kidrobot, Mishka NYC, Royal Flush Magazine, Music Saves Lives/Gibson Guitars, Design Works International (textile design), Topps, The L Magazine, LI Pulse, Heeb Magazine, BUST Magazine, Formula Works, One Up (Japan), Bankshot! Records







Skills
Visual communicator, resourceful, and hard working under a deadline.
Proficient on Mac and PC platforms. Expert in Photoshop, Illustrator. Well versed in InDesign, Quark, Flash, Dreamweaver, Excel, Power Point.
Familiar with Filemaker and Celerant database systems.
Familiar with design needs and production in overseas factories.

Other skills include: package design, sculpting, drawing, painting, comics and storyboards, character design, self publishing, bookmaking, printmaking and basic woodworking.


Publications and Awards
“Illustration Now! 3“ by Julius Wiedemann.
Illustration Annual by Taschen, four page spread - 2009.

“Custom Kicks” by Kim Smits and Matthijs Maat
Design book of custom sneakers - 2008

“I Am Plastic” by Paul Budnitz - 2007
Double page spread of toy designs.

American Illustration Annual - 2007

Selected to be in The Society of Illustrators Student
Scholarship exhibition 2005
Selected to be in the Pratt Show 2005


Exhibits (full CV is available by request)
Giant Robot NY, New York City. Playful Extremities. – January 2010

Last Rites Gallery, New York City. New Breed. - August 2009

La Luz de Jesus, Los Angeles, CA. Everything but the Kitschen Sync. - March 2009

Ad Hoc Art, Brooklyn, NY. Delineations. - January 2009

Jonathan LeVine Gallery, New York City. Panorama Project 3. - September 2008

Aidan Savoy Gallery, New York City. A Piece Apart. - November 2006

Kidrobot/ Drive In Studios, New York City. The Munny Show. - November 2005.

Future Prospects Gallery, Phillipines. Mystery Meatt. - October 2005

Society of Illustrators, New York City. Annual Scholarship Exhibition. - May 2005.