
Senior Designer & Developer / Creative Blogger
San Francisco Bay Area

Senior Designer & Developer / Creative Blogger
San Francisco Bay Area
After graduating from the School of Visual Arts in New York CIty with a BA in Advertising and Graphic Design — I've gained experience in many companies within the creative services realm and beyond.
My goals toward the future are to work on conceptually challenging projects that involve multi-disciplines.
Vector Illustration, Photography, Web Programming
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
January 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)
Lead designer responsible for creative solutions for print, web and promotional projects.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)
April 2006 — December 2006 (9 months)
Responsible for creative layout solutions for promotional materials such as ads, direct mail and posters for a hot spot gym chain. Worked with talented photographers and illustrators to create provocative billboards, apparel and retail installations.
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)
February 2003 — April 2006 (3 years 3 months)
Created concepts and original ideas for ad campaigns, events and various promotional materials for one of the largest fitness chains in the Northeast. Researched, designed, illustrated and photographed projects and presented them to clients. Helped develop junior designers, manage projects and maintained a leadership role in the department.
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Fund-Raising industry)
October 2001 — July 2002 (10 months)
Integral part of a team of designers and programmers to build a e-commerce nonprofit website. Created web graphics, banners, and style guides. Designed two versions of the stand-alone NetAid Kids website.
(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)
May 2001 — October 2001 (6 months)
Gained experience at the Visual Arts Press, in-house design studio for the School of Visual Arts. Assisted the multimedia designer with updating the SVA website, worked on individual mini-sites and Flash modules for the home page.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; WPPGY; Marketing and Advertising industry)
January 2001 — May 2001 (5 months)
Worked part-time in the hectic NYC Y&R office assisting the creative staff output projects for important clients such as Xerox, AT&T, Accenture, MetLife and Computer Associates.
BA , Advertising and Graphic Design , 1999 — 2003
• Two advertising campaigns selected by Jack Mariucci to be in end of year show as a junior
• Earned recognition as "Top 10%" of my class in my sophmore year
• Painting selected to be shown in SVA East Side gallery as a freshman
Photography, illustration, programming, writing, silk screening and not stealing sheep.
AIGA, Lower East Side Print Shop (NYC), SVA Alumni Society.
Art Directors Club | SVA End of Year Exhibition (Group) – 2002
School of Visual Arts | End of Year Exhibition (Group) – 2000