Matt Furtado

Current

• Graphic Designer at Transparent Language

Past

• Junior Graphic Designer at Carrot Web Design
• Intern at Boston Magazine
• Graphic Designer at Its Your College

• Intern at Raytheon
• Intern at USA TODAY

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Education

• Quinnipiac University

Recommended

4 people have recommended Matt

Connections

105 connections

Industry

Design

Websites

• Portfolio

Matt Furtado’s Summary

Graphic designer that has been freelancing for the past four years. Adequate interaction with various clients. Ultimate goal is to either begin my own design company or become a creative director somewhere in/around Boston.

Matt Furtado’s Specialties:

XHTML, CSS, Actionscript, Java, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Flash, Adobe Dreamweaver, NovaMind, NetBeans

Matt Furtado’s Experience

• Graphic Designer

  Transparent Language

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  July 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)

  Work on projects including social networking, widgets, web development and design

• Junior Graphic Designer

  Carrot Web Design

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

  2006 — 2008 (2 years )

• Intern

  Boston Magazine

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)

  May 2007 — August 2007 (4 months)

  Created/modified advertisements that were featured in two issues

• Graphic Designer

  Its Your College

  (Design industry)

  2006 — 2007 (1 year )

• Intern

  Raytheon

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; RTN; Defense & Space industry)

  June 2006 — August 2006 (3 months)

  Programmed Microsoft Excel macros that helped with data population and process streamlining

• Intern

  USA TODAY

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; GCI; Newspapers industry)

  May 2005 — August 2005 (4 months)

  Created graphics featured on their intranet; created promotional posters that were advertised on several college campuses promoting their College Readership Program

Matt Furtado’s Education

• Quinnipiac University

  BA , Interactive Digital Design , 2004 — 2008

  Minor in Computer Science

Additional Information

Matt Furtado’s Websites:

• Portfolio

Matt Furtado’s Interests:

design, music, new technology, social networking, politics, sports, photography, computer programming, non-fiction, movies, freelancing, craft beer, homebrewing

Matt Furtado’s Groups:

Quinnipiac University, Carrot Creative, Boston Magazine, Raytheon, Interactive Digital Design, Transparent Language

•    Quinnipiac Alumni
•    Quinnipiac University
•    Quinnipiac University Alum
•    Quinnipiac University School of Liberal Arts Alumni

Matt Furtado’s Honors:

Magna cum Laude

Matt Furtado’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• reference requests
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