Versatile professional with experience in graphic/visual design, art direction, writing, photography, estimating, printing, recruitment, team training and management, retail sales and merchandising, client/customer and vendor relationship management, resource management, project management.
SKILLS
Visual design, art direction and creative direction, photography and videography, copywriting, digital asset management, project management, recruiting and team management. I have deep experience with most Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Office products, particularly Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat, Bridge, Word, Powerpoint. I have a working knowledge of Dreamweaver, Premiere, XD, Adobe Experience Manager, Lightroom, Excel, Sharepoint, Google Workplace (G-Suite), Balsamiq Wireframes, Sketchup, AutoCAD, SalesForce, Dropbox, Box, Quickbooks, DocuSign, SurveyMonkey, Extensis Portfolio, Bynder, Cumulus, Wordpress, Slack, Atlassian Jira, Basecamp, Asana, Zoom.
EXPERIENCE
Speedpro of SF Peninsula - San Carlos, CA
Studio Director • 2 years
Supervisor: Paul Reinhardt • preinhardt@speedpro.com • (415) 860-9897
Ran day-to-day operations of large format graphics studio: sales, customer service, estimating, graphic design, production and resource management.
Kelly Trading Co. Half Moon Bay, CA
Owner/Operator • 2 years
Sole proprietor of an 800-square-foot secondhand store.
Cupertino Electric, Inc. San Jose, CA • cei.com
Creative Services Manager • 2 years
Supervisor: Autumn Casadonte • Autumn_Casadonte@cei.com
(408) 808-8034
Designed website, proposals and corporate communications. Developed brand identity. Produced photo & video shoots.
SolarCity San Mateo, CA
Creative Director • 5 years
Supervisor: Diana Helfrich • diana@swift-nav.com • (925) 330-6150
Developed brand identity. Hired & managed my own team. Designed all advertising & marketing materials. Produced photo & video shoots.
VITA Inc. San Rafael, CA • vitainc.com
Graphic Designer • 2 years
Supervisor: David Rhoades • davidrhoades32@gmail.com • (415) 847-8333
Created proposals and design guidelines, developed web presence.
BLT Communications Los Angeles, CA • bltomato.com
Junior Designer • 4 years
Supervisor: Matt Rice • matt.f.rice@gmail.com
Worked on campaigns for major film, television & video game projects.
EDUCATION
The Evergreen State College, (BA, Interdisciplinary Art Studies)
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, (Fine Art)
Otis College of Art and Design, (Graphic Design)
Academy of Art University, (Graphic Design)