OBJECTIVES:

Seeking an opportunity to contribute to an organization in a variety of ways using my wide array of creative talents and software knowledge, enjoying the challenge of familiarizing and utilizing new areas of design and software.

STRENGTHS:

• Analyzing customer specification and deciding on the best course of action using available resources
• Quickly learning new software and techniques while smoothly incorporating their use into existing routines
• Creating new and original designs in multiple styles and mediums

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

I SUPPORT LEARNING, INC.   DEC 02 - PRESENT
Position: Developer / Tech Support
Contractor/Vendor: MAY 07 - PRESENT
Duties included research and development in the areas of video game design, music video production, artificial intelligence and mobile robotics, cartoon animation, horticulture and landscape design, residential home design, and other technologies; Creating a digital curriculum engine using html, javascript and Adobe Flash; Creating sample games in DarkBASIC and Adobe Flash; Writing, recording and editing tutorial videos and other certification materials; Layout and design of ads and promotional materials; Creating and manipulating photos, illustrations and interactive animations using a variety of graphic software; Providing customer service, tech support and training for teachers and students.

KAMAN'S ART SHOPPES, INC. / WORLDS OF FUN AMUSEMENT PARK   MAY 03 - OCT 03
Position: Caricature Artist
Duties included creating and selling caricatures of park guests including faces, full bodies and scenes, color, and frame sales.

THE PYRAMID LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY   FEB 02 - MAR 03
Position: Production Coordinator - Marketing Services
Duties included layout and design of brochures, catalogs, forms, posters and promotional materials; Database management and HTML support.

DAWN ENTERPRISES, INC. / SPORTWING, INC.   DEC 00 - DEC 01
Position: Graphic Designer
Duties included layout and design of ads, catalogs and promotional materials; Creating, scanning, manipulating and printing photos, ads and other images using a variety of graphic software; Working with 4-color printing, transparencies and scaled materials; Web design and HTML programming.

URBAN TULSA WEEKLY   MARCH 99 - OCT 00
Position: Graphic Designer
Duties included layout and design of cover, interior pages, ads and promotional materials; Creating, scanning, manipulating, printing and filing illustrations, photos, ads, copy and other images using a variety of graphic software; Working with 4-color printing, transparencies and scaled materials; Waxing, trimming, checking-in and page placement of ads and page elements.

THE CAMPUS LEDGER: JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE   AUG 95 - MAY 98
Position: Managing Editor
Duties included staff management & training, column writing, supervising section editors and relieving responsibilities of Editor in Chief.

Position: Production Manager/Tech Designer
Duties included layout and design of pages; Creating, scanning, manipulating and printing illustrations, photos, ads and other images using a variety of graphic software; Fixing software and hardware problems; Column writing.

Position: Cartoonist
Duties included creating editorial cartoons, comic strips and other assorted illustrations.

FREELANCE WORK:

Projects included concepts, designs and final production of 2D & 3D art, caricatures, cartoons, comic strips, editorial cartoons, graphic design, HTML programming, illustrations, layouts, logos, mascots, murals, portraits, software and internet graphics, storyboards, video editing, websites & writing:

Admiral Twin, Black & Veatch, Duck Central, Dungeon Crawl Software, Eclectic Platypus Studios, Family Chiropractic Care, Front Row Video, Fry Orthodontics, Generation Relevant, Hanson, Hartman Enterprises Ltd., KickingBack, Lipriddle, New Journey, Olathe East High School, Semicolon Software, Swing World Productions, What A Great Stamp!

AWARDS:

1998 Kansas Associated Collegiate Press Awards
1st Place - Freehand Illustration, Special Section Design
3rd Place - Special Section Design, Freehand Illustration, Comic Strip

1997 KACP Awards
1st Place - Comic Strip, Photo Illustration
2nd Place - Freehand Illustration, Opinion Page Design

Olathe East High School Drama Department
"Best Performance in a One-Act Play"

1994 OEHS Poetry Contest
1st and 2nd Place - Junior Category
1st Place - All-School

PUBLICATIONS:

The Campus Ledger Newspaper; Kansas City Infozine; The Kansas City Star: Star Magazine; MacAddict Magazine; Newsweek; Olathe Daily News; Urban Tulsa Weekly

SOFTWARE & SYSTEMS:

I have experience on the following programs, using both PC/Windows and Mac platforms:

Adobe Acrobat, Director, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, Freehand, Illustrator, ImageReady, PageMaker, Photoshop, Premier; Camtasia; Corel Draw; DarkBASIC; Lego NXT; Metatools Infini-D 4.0; Microsoft DOS, FrontPage, Publisher, Word, Excel; MIDIGraphy; Pinnacle Studio; Punch Master Landscape Pro, Professional Home Design; QuarkXpress; WordPerfect

I also have extensive experience with Actionscript, HTML, Javascript and XML, as well as limited experience with CGI, PHP, and C++.

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE:

HOMELAND STORES, INC.   SPRING 99
Position: Bakery Assistant
Duties included cooking, cleaning, sales and taking telephone orders.

FRONT ROW VIDEO   SUMMER 97 - SPRING 99
Position: Assistant Manager
Duties included handling money and employee issues in Manager's absence, customer assistance, membership database usage, updating video inventory database, cleaning.

OLATHE DAILY NEWS   SPRING 97
Position: Press Assistant
Duties included cleaning, filling ink, changing paper rolls and assisting with the operation of a three unit Goss Urbanite web press.

MCDONALD'S   SPRING 96 - FALL 96
Position: Crew member
Duties included grill, assembly, front line, cleaning and stocking.

EDUCATION:

JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE   FALL 95 - SPRING 97
General Studies
Art History, Children's Literature, Commercial Design, Drawing, Music, Sculpture, Theater, Zoology

OTHER INTERESTS:

Acting, Anthropology, Archeology, Cartooning, Game Development, Philosophy, Poetry, Puppetry, Simulation Software, Video Editing, Writing