BAD BOYZ TOYZ / SHOCKTECH / THE BADLANDZ / KRUSH SKATEPARK
MARCH 2004 to PRESENT - CALUMET CITY, ILLINOIS
ART DIRECTOR, WEB DESIGNER, WEB MASTER, GRAPHIC DESIGNER

OVERVIEW
Created graphic design for logo identity, major industry magazine advertisements, in-store signage, p.o.p signage, large format signs, banners, brochures, price guides, flyers, clothing graphics, and skateboard deck graphics. Designed and maintained over ten major websites. Worked with photographer on product photo shoots. In charge of in-house T-shirt printing press including: managing employees, printing color separations, quality control and excellent knowledge of the T-Shirt printing production process. Position required excellent project management skills.

Major accomplishments included the re-design of an e-commerce website from the ground up, encompassing everything from creating the website interface, HTML, CSS, Javascript coding and implementation of the e-commerce database.

SQAD COMPANY / IMAGESURE
FEBRUARY 2003 to MARCH 2004 - CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
GRAPHIC DESIGNER, WEB DESIGNER

OVERVIEW
Created graphic design for retail environments. Design including major monthly promotions consisting of all types of in-store point of purchase graphics; ceiling danglers, floor graphics, free standing signage, end cap promotions, gas pump advertisements, light pole signs, large billboards, window signs, menu panels and weekly magazine inserts. Managed company website from start to finish.

Major accomplishment included having my concept chose for the Conoco Phillips national re-imaging program. This concept consisted of creating an entire new look to every Conoco Phillips gas station in the United States. Graphics were produced for all of the insides and outsides of each gas station.

CLIENTS
BP (British Petroleum), The Wild Bean Cafe, Conoco Phillips, Armor All and Kraft.

MEXUS INK CORPORATION
FEBRUARY 2002 to FEBRUARY 2003 - CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
GRAPHIC DESIGNER, WEB DESIGNER, PRODUCTION MANAGER

OVERVIEW
Created graphic design for all types of environments depending on the customers needs. Created, maintained and managed company website. In charge of printing and maintenance of a large format Roland digital printer. Created color separations for professional T-Shirt screen printing as well as assisted in final setup of machinery used for T-Shirt Printing.

OFFICEMAX, INC.
JUNE 2001 to MARCH 2003 - CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
GRAPHIC DESIGNER

OVERVIEW
Created graphic design for various layouts depending on the clients needs and budget. In charge of outsourcing print projects for clients to different types of printers. In charge of printing and maintenance of two full color printers as well as seeing the rest of the project requirements through by managing a production team. Position required excellent project management skills.

LIQUID GENERATION DOT COM
MARCH 2001 to JUNE 2001 - CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
JUNIOR WEB DESIGNER, JUNIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER

OVERVIEW
Created web graphics for an internal website geared towards the “generation x”. Created Flash animations as well as a variety of other animated .gifs for the internet. Also worked with the production team on the filming, audio recording and final implementation of Liquid Generation Productions.

SOFTWARE OVERVIEW
Adobe Creative Suite Package: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, ImageReady, InDesign, Acrobat, Adobe After Effects, Macromedia Flash and Dreamweaver, Quark Xpress, Final Cut Pro HD, DVD Studio Pro, and Live Type, Microsoft Office, Suitcase Font Management, Fetch FTP, Captain FTP, Toast Titanium CD Authoring Software.

PROGRAMMING OVERVIEW
HTML, CSS and Javascript. Basic knowledge of MySql, PHP, and databases.

OPERATING SYSTEM OVERVIEW
Excellent knowledge of a Macintosh environment from OS9 to OS 10.4 Tiger. I also have great PC environment skills.

THE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY, CHICAGO, IL.
Associate of Applied Science in Computer Graphics / Graphic Design, January 2001.
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Multimedia Production and Design, December 2002.