Executive Summary
- Deep passion and natural talent for turning general ideas into engaging visual communication
- Ability to solve visual problems with creativity and focus on detail, eye-flow, contrast, and unity
- Ability to work enthusiastically with clients to develop effective design
- Strong communication skills combined with awareness of context and
targeted audience - Unwavering record of met deadlines
- Professional, clear single and multi-page layouts
- Eye-catching ads
- Striking logos and identity systems
- Creative illustration
- Imaginative packaging and 3D displays
- Awareness of context and targeted audience
- Focus on detail, eye-flow, contrast and unity
- Planned, developed and published multi-page web sites
- Design Software: Adobe CS3 (Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign,
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Pagemaker,
Adobe Dreamweaver) QuarkXpress, Microsoft FrontPage - Other: Knowledge of HTML, XHTML, and CSS stylesheets, MS Word,
MS Outlook, MS Excel, MS Powerpoint, MS FrontPage,
MS Access, MS Works, Lotus 123, Corell WordPerfect - Proficient on both IBM Compatible (PC) and MAC computers
- Portland Community College, Portland, Oregon 2004-2007
ASS in Graphic Design 2007 - The College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio 1998-2002
BA in Communication Studies, Senior Thesis: A Rhetorical Analysis of Sermons Following September 11, 2001. Minor: Studio Art
Y-Lime Creative Design, freelance graphic designer; 2007 to present.
Entrepreneurial endeavor specializing in graphic design/visual communication across a broad range of industry sectors.
Featured clients:
- Anjali School of Dance, Portland, OR, 2012.
Art for production of A Midsummer Night's Dream was credited in The Oregonian, Willamette Week, among other publications.
- Studio 2 at Zoomtopia, Portland, OR, 2012 - present.
Identity and promotional materials promoted this studio which has a wait list for its residency for developing dancers. - Deinos Productions, Portland, OR, 2008 - present.
Identity system has drawn praise from others in the independent film industry. Client was also pleased with art for a documentary that was featured in Utopia Film Festival in Maryland. - Studio Zenobia, Portland, OR 2007 - present.
Developed beautiful identity and promotion for artistic shell composite art. Led to a significant increase in sales. - League of Women Voters of Oregon, Salem, OR, 2008 - present.
Volunteer work includes some web design, as well as promotional letter layout and production preparation.