Matthew Furtado

Matthew Furtado

Graphic Designer at Transparent Language

Greater Boston Area

Current
  • Graphic Designer at Transparent Language
Past
  • Junior Graphic Designer at Carrot Web Design
  • Graphic Designer at Its Your College
  • Intern at Boston Magazine
  • Intern at Raytheon
  • Intern at USA TODAY
Education
  • Quinnipiac University
Connections
52 connections
Industry
Design
Websites

Matthew 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.

Matthew Furtado’s Specialties:

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


Matthew Furtado’s Experience

  • Graphic Designer

    Transparent Language

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

    July 2008Present (3 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)

    20062008 (2 years)

  • Graphic Designer

    Its Your College

    (Design industry)

    20062007 (1 year)

  • Intern

    Boston Magazine

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

    May 2007August 2007 (4 months)

    Created/modified advertisements that were featured in two issues

  • Intern

    Raytheon

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

    June 2006August 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 2005August 2005 (4 months)

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


Matthew Furtado’s Education

  • Quinnipiac University

    BA, Interactive Digital Design, 20042008

    Minor in Computer Science


Additional Information

Matthew Furtado’s Websites:

Matthew Furtado’s Interests:

design, web, print, interactivity, music, new technology, social networking, politics, skiing, baseball, football, basketball, hockey, golf, sports video games, photography, computer programming, non-fiction, movies, freelancing,

Matthew Furtado’s Groups:

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

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

Matthew Furtado’s Honors:

Magna cum Laude


Matthew Furtado’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

  • career opportunities
  • consulting offers
  • new ventures
  • expertise requests
  • reference requests
  • getting back in touch

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