Professional Skills:

Graphic Design
• Transition creative direction to conceptual designs, evaluation copy and final product.
• Create brochures and design graphics within strict branding guidelines.
• Accurately specify colors, layers, effects, masks and other design elements.
• Produce conceptually and visually compelling layouts and designs ptimize graphics, according to use, by adjusting size, resolution, color and format.
• Construct layered graphics to simplify design changes and asset reuse.
• Create print ready documents using Adobe Acrobat

Web Design
• Design web navigation to enhance the user experience and site usability.
• Front-end creation with good design sensibilities, able to quickly provide creative solutions.
• Strong visualization and prototyping skills. Ensure customer interaction through entire project.
• Utilize multiple design tools to provide custom solutions for design requirements.
• Create front-end design using CSS layout.

Motion Graphics
• Navigate viewers through conceptual, operational and informative content using animated graphics.
• Apply color correction, color keying and effects to animations and graphics. Composite 2D & 3D graphics for use in final product.
• Proficiency creating 3D models and animations.
• Design using keyframe animated images, logos and video for use in presentations, video production, DVD authoring and web.

Live Events
• Live event operations and support of visual elements.
• Equipment setup and operations (projection, camera, switcher, computer and network equipment)
• Produce, manage and operate small scale events

Team Work
• Collaborate with other creative team members and coordinate with production to meet tight deadlines.
• Able to simultaneously develop a variety of projects and meet with deadlines.
• Experience working within a design team or solo on intricate projects.
• Manage internal details and procure necessary content or support files.
• A conceptual thinker and fast worker, I find solutions and minimize group downtime.
• Communicate and work with variety of groups while maintaining design goals.

DEGREE: Associate in Arts, 8/2005
School: Bellevue Community College
Major: Graphics and Animation
Emphasis: 3D Compositing Specialty

DEGREE: Degree of Bachelor of Science, 1993
School: Eastern New Mexico University
Major: Technology Composite
Emphasis: Industrial Technology
Minors: Drafting and Electronics

MCSE: 1998 Certification