Résumé/Skills

Delaney Law

Responsibilities:

• Ongoing web design and Front End Development for Delaney Law.

Big Game Software

Responsibilities:

• Front End developer for iPad based experience using HTML5 and CSS3.

Midwest Corporate Credit

Responsibilities:

• Ongoing web design and Front End Development for Midwestcorporatecredit.com site.

Motorola

Responsibilities:

• Ongoing resource for Motorola's Powerpoint, Logo Design, and FE Development Needs

Blue Chip

Responsibilities:

• Ongoing resource for various small FE Development projects: mainly splash pages and microsites.

Kantor Wassnik

Responsibilities:

• Powerpoint Developer

ARS

Responsibilities:

• Ongoing resource for various small FE Development projects: mainly splash pages and microsites.

Celtic Marketing

Responsibilities:

• Ongoing resource as an Illustrator for various ad and icon needs.

3CD

Responsibilities:

• Built a working website based on client's design and direction to replace an old Flash based site.
• Worked with HTML5 video for the site landing page.
• Sliced graphics and coded the site, checked for bugs and display errors in IE7, 8, FF, Safari and Chrome.
• Worked with jQuery to code the site's navigation to switch colors for the states of the mouse.
• Coded their tumblr blog to work seamlessly in look and feel with their live site.
• Embedded fonts in the site and tumblr to work across all browsers.
• Helped integrate the company into social media: twitter/facebook/tumblr to reach a wider audience.

» Visit live site here.

Foresite Materials, LLC

Responsibilities:

• Designed a working site based on provided marketing materials.
• Worked with client through design process to arrive at a site that they liked.
• Sliced graphics and coded the site, checked for bugs and display errors in IE7, 8, FF, Safari and Chrome.

» Visit live site here.

Compliance11

Responsibilities:

• Working with marketing to create a site based on their current print collateral.
• Editing and fixing design bugs in multiple browsers using CSS/HTML.
• Creating jQuery based pop-up forms that are used for customer data entry that is directed to marketing for sales leads.
• Directing outside vendors to assists in programming and back-end needs based on client direction.
• Being a ongoing resource for bugs and new additions/site updates.

» Visit live site here.

Venue Share

Responsibilities:

• User Experience Designer.

Hubbard One

Responsibilities:

• Working within a team of Web Production artists/web developers to create templates, sites, and re-skins of existing sites that are cross browser compatible (including IE6, IE7).
• Editing and fixing design bugs in multiple browsers using CSS/HTML within aspx/propriety product framework.
• Working with Account Managers and Programmers to style dynamic content in large scale sites fix browser issues until, up to, and after live launch.
• Creating templates and editing bugs for handheld devices, especially: Blackberry, iPhone, iPad, and Android.
• Styling/re-skinning existing sites with dynamic content over existing HTML with new designs. Also, creating fixes and proposing new solutions to existing elements of sites such as new navigation logic.
• Creating design proposals for landing and interior pages for clients within Photoshop based on client?s direction and style guides.
• Creating designs for print pieces that load with dynamic content including: print versions of sites and pdf printouts. Testing/fixing bugs in designs until pushed live.

Trilogy Interactive/Articulated Man

Responsibilities:

• Hand Coding CSS and HTML.
• Slicing graphics and logos for pages in Photoshop.
• Building web templates for developers to plug back end code into.
• Creating Illustrations for flash banner ads.

S2 Marketing

Responsibilities:

• Finalizing print ads to be sent to the printer.
• Creating spot illustrations and icons for trade brochures/booklets.
• Updating financial websites.

Vodori

Responsibilities:

• Hand Coding CSS and HTML based on the YUI grid developer code as a foundation.
• Slicing graphics and logos for pages in Photoshop.
• Building web templates for developers to plug back end code into.
• Creating web code (CSS/HTML) that is cross browser compatible and pixel prescise.

The Henderson Group

Responsibilities:

• Creating poster layouts in InDesign and Quark that had high levels of technical data, including charts and grids that were built in Illustrator.
• Creating poster designs from scratch and following to completion, including various layout and copy edits.

Motorola

Responsibilities:

• Refurbishing and cleaning up older presentations to new design standards.
• Creating Powerpoint templates to be used internationally by the
  company marketing department.
• Designing Powerpoint presentations to showcase new products.
• Icon illustration.

Quill.com

Responsibilities:

• Worked in E-Commerce environment creating static webpages showcasing montly specials, products, and special offers.
• Created HTML CSS within .asp and then .aspx environment.
• Created web ads that would link to various showcase pages within the
  Quill.com website.

Tootsie Roll/Dubble Bubble

Responsibilities:

• Created 60 original cartoons for the Dubble Bubble gum brand.
• Ideas/jokes and illustrations were illustrated and written soley by myself based on the existing "Pud" character.
  

Nestle

Responsibilities:

• Created numerous caricatures for a family event at Nestle, drawing kids,
  families, and adults.

Chicago Mercantile Exchange

Responsibilities:

• Providing fixes and tweaks to bugs in the cmegroup.com website.
• Producing web pages off of a designer's PSD file using HTML and CSS.
• Building websites and pages using CSS and HTML.

Loyola University (Water Tower Campus)

Responsibilities:

• Designed posters and postercards for the intercampus mailings posting as well as to the University's Alumni.
• Produced an early draft of the 2008 graduate catalog in InDesign.

Stevens & Tate

Responsibilities:

• Updated content to Aldi website using Red Dot file system management.
• Added images and prices to products using HTML.

US Music Co.

Responsibilities:

• Created packaging for Washburn Guitar's line of Disney^® guitars and accessories based on style guide and pre-existing art created by Disney^®.
• Accounts included Hannah Montana^®, Camp Rock^®, Cheetah Girls^®, Tinkerbell^®, and Princess^® guitars and accessories.

Plan B

Responsibilities:

• Converting Illustrator design files into working InDesign CS3 documents with paragraph and character styles.
• Re-sized Plan B portfolio to smaller size.

Spine-health.com

Responsibilities:

• Created mock websites for Powerpoint presentations for their clients.

Merchandise Mart

Responsibilities:

• Designed/Built websites for upcoming Merchandise Mart shows and events.
• Designed/Built rotating web ads to promote Merchandise Mart shows/events.
• Revise CSS and HTML for Mart Sites.
• Adding/editing content for Merchandise Mart Sites.

Blue Chip Marketing

Responsibilites:

• Worked on designing/completing a small ad campaign for POP supermarket aisle advertisements.
• Worked on packaging/static clings for Gortons™ Seafood.

Latham

Responsibilities:

• Revisions to mailer advertisement in Quark.
• Collected and published work to FTP site.
• Revised advertisements in Photoshop.

Maddock/Douglas

Responsibilities:

• Revised ads using Quark and Photoshop.
• Revised marketing proposal chart using Adobe Illustrator and InDesign.
• Created sketches for client product spec sheets that were edgy/eye catching.
• Created slides for Powerpoint presentation/make revisions to Powerpoint Slides.
• Designed Postcard for tradeshow for client brand that preserved graphic elements and look.

The Carlson Group

Reponsibilites:

• Revised and cleaned up client booklet and copy in InDesign.
• Tweaked booklet design.
• Created order form that was a web ready PDF/fax document.
• Collected booklet images/fonts for publication.

UMarketing

Reponsibilities:

• Upadated client mailer on Quark; including copy revisions and layout changes.
• Toned, tweaked, and polished product images for mailer in Photoshop.
• Prepared file for print in Quark.

Potbelly Sandwich Works

Responsibilities:

• Illustrated food items/shake ingredients that had youth appeal for kid's activity sheet.
• Designed activity sheet using Adobe Illustrator.

Upstaging, Inc.

Responsibilites:

• Created ads for B2B magazine.
• Revise ads for magazine publication.

Banco Popular

Responsibilities:

• Production Artist, revised and implemented content for bank's various sites.
• Created graphics, headers, and upload content to bancolovesdreams.com.
• Redesigned credit card pages for Banco MasterCard®.
• Designed "Christmas in July" flier for debit card campaign.
• Booklet layout/design.

Studentfinearts.com

Responsibilities:

• Created graphics, design, and logo for site.
• Site maintenance, including writing blog discussing upcoming art events in the NIU community and also sharing relevant art links.
• Brainstormed new ideas to make the site more appealing to student artists.
• Promoted the site; including making posters sending promotional e-mails, and promotional postcards.

The Northern Star

Responsibilities:

• Solely founded department based on artistic ability and work ethic.
• Managed a small staff of artists, worked within a tight budget.
• Created graphics for daily publish including: maps, charts, graphs editorial illustration, web icons, and feature packages.
• Worked with editors, writers, and designers to create graphics for daily pages.

Graduate Art Association

Responsibilites:

• Designed posters to promote group art shows.
• Printed and posted posters across Visual Art Building, NIU.
• Attended meetings and proposed ideas for upcoming events.
• Helped organize/promote art events.

The Northern Star

Responsibilites:

• Produced daily page layouts for publication.
• Created impromptu graphics for pages when space needed to be filled.
• Worked with editors to establish position of content, photos used, and story hierarchy to create visual solutions for pages.
• Designed news pages, feature pages, as well as covers for entertainment section.

The Northern Star

Responsibilites:

• Illustrated and wrote humorous four panel cartoon strip for daily publication.
• Created editorial cartoons for the opinion section of the paper based off of editorial writer’s content.
• Created cartoons for the Entertainment section of the paper based on humor columns.
• Created original cartoon for Entertainment section that was
  published in color on the Star’s web site.

Competitive Edge

Responsibilies:

• Created designs for tee shirts, mugs, mouse pads, and signage.
• Doubled vinyl graphic and signage business.
• Worked within art department as lead artist.

Patch Products

Responsibilies:

• Created promotional coloring books and point of purchase displays for the company marketing department.
• Brainstormed in meetings ideas for current and future projects.
• Designed and redesigned packaging for game boxes to meet specific store guidelines.
• Designed packaging for product shipment boxes.
• Designed and mounted items for marketing department product displays.

Morley Sign Co.

Responsibilies:

• Produced signage for business including: cutting sign faces, preparing vehicles, cutting, masking and applying vinyl graphics, installing signage, and refurbishing/re-applying changes to previous signs.
• Designed Sign faces and illustrated graphics for signage.