Designer at AdBean
Greater Chicago Area
- Current
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- Graphic & Web Designer at AdBean
- Fine Artist at Pete Nawara
- Past
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- Designer at SkillRazor
- Lead Designer at Integrated Innovations
- Graphic Designer at Datastraits
- Interactive Talent at uptownboogiedown
- Graphic Designer at The Love Explosion
- Graphic Designer & Art Curator at 4bit Art & Music
- Interactive Talent at BFG Communications
- Web Design at inersol
- Graphic Designer at Cajual Records
- Education
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- Parsons School of Design
- Academy of Art University
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Pete Nawara’s Summary
I'm a graphic and web designer with a strong visual arts background, adept at the creation of stunning, but functional designs. I enjoy being a part of a team and am great at both receiving and lending advice in order to move a project forward. I have a good understanding of development and am therefore great at working alongside developers. Please take a look at http://design.petenawara.com for up to date examples of my work.
Pete Nawara’s Specialties:
Web Design, Graphic Design, Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, InDesign, Flash), HAML, SASS, HTML, CSS, PHP, Javascript, Photography, Illustration, Painting, Drawing, Sculpture
Pete Nawara’s Experience
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Graphic & Web Designer
AdBean
(Internet industry)
July 2009 — Present (5 months)
Making pretty things and making things pretty.
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Fine Artist
Pete Nawara
(Fine Art industry)
May 2005 — Present (4 years 7 months)
The fine arts studio of Pete Nawara. Check out www.petenawara.com
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Designer
SkillRazor
(Internet industry)
January 2009 — June 2009 (6 months)
In charge of print design and website design / architecture from a concept level to implementation of design.
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• Wireframes
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Lead Designer
Integrated Innovations
(Automotive industry)
April 2009 — April 2009 (1 month)
In this freelance position I am working with another designer to create a dynamic and functional website and blog using the CMS Wordpress. Responsibilities include several website designs produced in Adobe Illustrator and implementation of the chosen design using HTML and CSS in a PHP environment.
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Graphic Designer
Datastraits
(Internet industry)
September 2008 — December 2008 (4 months)
While working with Datastraits I was working on the iSavera project. I was responsible for creating compelling designs including concept, typography, unique design solutions and overall site architecture.
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Interactive Talent
uptownboogiedown
(Entertainment industry)
March 2008 — October 2008 (8 months)
Live painting at Uptownboogiedown's monthly event at London's Notting Hill Arts Club.
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Graphic Designer
The Love Explosion
(Entertainment industry)
August 2008 — September 2008 (2 months)
The guys over at The Love Explosion asked me to take on their identity design, as well as a Wordpress install and a few updates. www.theloveexplosion.com
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Graphic Designer & Art Curator
4bit Art & Music
(Entertainment industry)
January 2004 — July 2008 (4 years 7 months)
While working with 4bit Art & Music, I was responsible for all web, and print design, as well as working with and updating the CMS to be user friendly for content implementation.
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Interactive Talent
BFG Communications
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
May 2007 — October 2007 (6 months)
Beverage and Food Group hired me on to tour with their client as part of their Interactive Talent crew. I was brought on to paint large scale portraits live in the midst of rock concerts nation wide. These live paintings took place at 20 concerts nation wide with such artists as Citizen Cope, Keller Willams, Alice Smith, Rachel Yamagata, The Black Keys, Dinosaur Jr., The Black Angels, The Walkmen, and more. See www.petenawara.com for more information and images.
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Web Design
inersol
(Fine Art industry)
2007 — 2007 (less than a year)
Inersol Corp hired me to do their identity design and their web design. I was responsible for several design mock-ups in Adobe Illustrator and then implementing these designs into their already existing Joomla CMS using HTML and CSS.
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Graphic Designer
Cajual Records
(Music industry)
May 2007 — August 2007 (4 months)
The developers over at Cajual Records called me in to show them a couple different design flavors for their new website. I was responsible for designing several different mock ups for use with their custom CMS in Adobe CS. This included site layout and functionality concepts. www.cajual.com
Pete Nawara’s Education
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Parsons School of Design
BFA , Fine Arts , 2001 — 2005
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Academy of Art University
Graphic Design 1999 — 2001
Additional Information
Pete Nawara’s Websites:
Pete Nawara’s Interests:
Fine Art, Painting, Drawing, Illustration, Cartoons, Galleries, Museums, Fun, Bicycling, Snowboarding, Mountain Biking, Rock Climbing, Computer Programming, Graphic Design, Web Design, General Geeky Stuff, Film, Animation, Illustrating Children's Books, Glitch Hop, Electro-pop, Tacos, Beer Coozie Collections, Painting, Artistic Collaboration, Fry Ups, BBQ's, 1664, Having Thunder in my Heart, Having Every Move be like a Lightning!
Pete Nawara’s Groups:
Chicago Artist Coalition, Art For Progress
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Western Painting Society (WPS)
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Paintings
Pete Nawara’s Honors:
Art Interview 8th International Artist Competition: 3rd Place (Online Competition) 2007
Art For Progress: Honorable Mention (Online Competition) 2007
Drench Art Awards: Winner (Online Competition) 2006
Drench Art Awards: Runner Up (Gallery Competition) 2006
Parsons Paris Grant 2003 - 2005
Parsons Paris Work-Study Opportunity 2003 - 2005
Pete Nawara’s Contact Settings
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