Education
Minneapolis College of Art & Design
Bachelor of Science: Visualization
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– Concentration in process driven workflow applied to graphic design and web projects; using the creative process to learn, solve problems, and achieve a developed end product.
– Decentralized teams focused on interdependency that manage real projects with real client requests.
– Hands on learning emphasizing experience with two internships and a semester long externship (a paid full-time internship).
Experience
FRWD Co.
Freelance Web Designer & Developer
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– Working with the FRWD team to design and develop a site that matches their identity in both aesthetics and functionality.
– Collaborating with the identity designer to carry over the simple and clean visual styling of the identity system to the website.
– Using the Squarespace CMS to host and develop the FRWD site.
Fast Horse
Design Intern
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– Collaborated with members of the Fast Horse team as the sole designer to create print ready files and design web pages for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of America and The Next Big Thing, respectively.
– Refined the logo and designed signs for The Minneapolis Parks Foundation's Lake Creature.
– Designed, edited, and formatted new business pitched and project recap reports for The Coca-Cola Company.
space150
Creative Developer Intern
January 2008 – December 2008
– Produced RFP documents and presentations.
– Prepared selected material from completed projects for award show submissions for: The Show, AIGA, and Adweek Buzz Awards.
– Updated and implemented graphic production aspects of space150 website and client web projects.
Aesthetic Apparatus { aestheticapparatus.com
Part-time Design Intern
September 2007 – December 2007
– Head of studio organization of supplies and merchandise, which enhanced workflow efficiency.
– Photographed portfolio work then formatted and updated to re-designed website.
– Assisted in screen printing process to increase speed and efficiency of print production.
ROBOTlove
Website Administrator Intern
January 2007 – May 2007
– Photographed in store items, formatted images for web and uploaded to online store.
– Updated and managed site content to keep information current.
– Processed online orders and handled customer relations with online queries and transactions.
MCAD Service Bureau { mcad.edu
Work Study Position
August 2004 – May 2008
– Assisted students by providing solutions to their troubleshooting of design documents.
– Prepared and printed files for output on black & white, color, and photo quality printers.
– Assisted students and faculty in other tasks such as: scanning, document set-up and other technical issues
Technical Skills
Application knowledge and experience
- Experienced with Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat, Dreamweaver.
- Working knowledge and experience with Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, and Power Point.
- Other program experience includes: Text Mate, Text Wrangler, BBEdit, Apple’s Mail app, Omnigraffle, and Fireworks.
Web language knowledge and experience
- Developing sites and e-mail pages using HTML and CSS.
- Familiarity with set up and management of MySQL databases.
- Creating, editing and updating sites and pages using CMS platforms Squarespace, Posterous, and Cargo.
- Novice experience of jQuery library.