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WORK EXPERIENCE:

16 Years of graphics and multimedia experience

05/11-04/16 Graphic Artist and Web Developer - Drink Chia, LLC, Altamonte Springs, FL - website

  • Designed and developed main website, brand styles, ecommerce features, marketing materials, presentations, trade show materials, product labels, and flash media.
  • Tasked with maintaining company official sites, blog, and youtube channel, as well as coordinating graphics support for contracted marketing services and product distributution contacts.
  • Using Adobe CS5 Web Premium graphics tools, video editing and conversion tools.

04/10-04/16 Freelance Multimedia Artist - Pavonine Books, by Abigail Hilton - website

  • Created map illustrations, logo conversion, promotional item designs, wiki illustrations and content management, t-shirt layouts, and cover layouts for Pavonine Books' illustrated podcasts, ebooks, and published novels for The Prophet of Panamindorah, The Guild of the Cowry Catchers and tie-in short stories and graphic novel, Feeding Malachi, The Art of Guild of the Cowry Catchers, and The Scarlet Albatross.
  • Used Adobe Fireworks, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
 

09/07-5/11 Multimedia Artist - Carley Corporation, Graphics Department, Orlando, Florida - website
- Project Graphics Lead
- Project Team Member

  • Created interactive flash graphics, diagrams, and images for customer projects:
    • Multimedia Artist, Northrop Grumman "Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) maintenance and training" (2010-2011)
    • Lead Artist, Rolls Royce/GE "F136 Engine Familiariztion Course training" (2010-2011)
    • Multimedia Artist, U.S. Navy "Undergraduate Military Flight Officer (UMFO) training" (2009-2010)
    • Multimedia Artist U.S. Marine Corps L-3/CC3 "Engineer School Curriculum and AVT Curriculum" (2009)
    • Multimedia ArtistU.S. Navy "Engineering Officer of the Watch" courseware for cruiser's, frigates, destroyers, and landing ships in the fleet (2007-2009)
  • Used Adobe Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator, 3D Studio Max, Soundforge, video capture software, and video conversion tools for lesson art development.

- Awards

  • Employee of the Month for work on UMFO simulations, July 2010
  • Team of the Month for work on UMFO prototype, August 2009
  • Team of the Month for work on L-3/CC3, April 2009
  • Team of the Month for work on EOOW, January 2009
 

04/07-8/07 Graphic Artist - AMERICAN SYSTEMS, Graphics Department, Winter Park, Florida - website
- Project Team Member

  • Created interactive flash activities and course material for various projects.
  • Provided Flash and graphic art support to production of web-based courses for the U.S. Navy Center for EOD and Diving.
  • Provided graphics support to various other company projects and presentations.
  • Used Adobe Flash, Photoshop, and Illustrator for lesson art development.

10/04-1/07 Graphic Artist - JHT, Inc., Orlando, Florida - website
- Art Department Team Member

  • Created interactive training courses for the United States Navy, Center for Surface Combat Systems "C” and “A” Schools. Tasked with creating functioning photo-realistic electronics equipment in Flash for use in web-based Interactive Multimedia Instruction (IMI).
  • Provided multimedia and graphic art support to production of United States Navy and NAVAIR web-based courses, as well as commercial projects such as CorrectCraft and the main JHT website.
  • Graphics support covered over 40 simulated electronics equipment and over a hundred Aviation Maintenance and Naval Operations lessons, not including collaborative assignments on additional courses.
  • Used Adobe Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator, AfterEffects, and 3D Studio Max for course art development.

12/03-5/04 Graphic Artist - Harcourt School Publishers, Orlando, Florida - website
- Art Department Team Member

  • Creation and editing of graphics for Grades 1-6 online course activities in Flash, as part of an ebook product for Harcourt customers. Assigned to work alongside programers and other artists on custom Flash elements for these activities. Worked with Macromedia Fireworks, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Macromedia Flash.

7/00-9/03 Multimedia Specialist/Graphics Artist - Siemens ICN Education, Lake Mary, FL - website
- Project Team Member

  • Provided multimedia and graphics support to all Education Development teams based in Florida, Texas, and California. Completed major collaborative course projects between USA and Munich, Germany branch of Siemens Education.
  • Multimedia support included production of animated and interactive media and presentations for computer-based and web-based delivery, created with Flash, Fireworks, Premiere, Dreamweaver, Inspire 3D, and various audio tools such as Sound Forge.
  • Graphics support included diagrams, flow charts, logos, banners, photo editing and enhancements, web elements, and design prototypes of Siemens courses for computer-based and web-based delivery, created with Fireworks, Flash, and Photoshop.

3/00-5/00 Graphic Artist - Disney-MGM Studios Scenic Shop, Orlando, Florida
- Scenic Art Department Team Member

  • Created props, backdrops, and signage for Disney Studio productions and theme parks using FlexiSign Pro, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, as well as traditional paints and air-brushes

10/99-3/00 Freelance Multimedia Artist - Mars 2016 Project, Doug Shuntich, United Space Alliance Engineer

  • Created computer graphics and PowerPoint presentation for independent Mars mission project presented at the AIAA's Human Space Transportation & Exploration Workshop in Galevston, TX, February of 2000.
  • Produced computer animations and presentation video.
  • Created with Lightwave 3D, Adobe Premiere, and Adobe Photoshop

5/99-9/99 Video Editor - Active Frame Interactive, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
- Project Team Member

  • Non-linear editing of video footage using Adobe Premiere 5.1, Broadway capture software, audio-mixing boards, and Adobe Photoshop.
  • Edited complete, professional video clips for use in several college-promotion and teenager-issues interactive CD-ROMs.
  • Assisted video producer on-location with camera and lighting equipment, actor direction, and shooting project footage with digital video cameras

6/97-8/97 Print Graphics Intern - Nickelodeon Studios Florida, Orlando, Florida
- Art Department Team Member

  • Produced and printed art work, props, and signs for Nickelodeon's Shelby Woo, Keenan & Kel, Gullah-Gullah Island, and Binyah-Binyah Island television shows.
  • Created computer animations and graphics for executive presentation of internship final projects.
  • Worked with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Quark Xpress, 3D Studio Max, and Avid non-linear editors.

SKILLS:

Graphics/Multimedia Software:
  • Adobe/Macromedia Flash
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe/Macromedia Fireworks
  • Adobe/Macromedia Dreamweaver
Additional Experience:
  • Photo Editing and Digital Art (Photoshop, Paintshop Pro)
  • Vector Graphic Illustration (Flash, Ilustrator, Freehand)
  • Web Design (Dreamweaver, HTML editors, Fireworks, Flash)
  • Video Editing (Premiere, After Effects, Sony Movie Studio)
  • Fine Arts (Drawing, Sculpting, Creative Writing, Photography)
  • Audio Editing (Sound Forge, Audacity)
  • 3D Graphics (3D Studio MAX, Lightwave 3D)

EDUCATION: St. Andrews Presbyterian College, Laurinburg, North Carolina

B.F.A. - Creative Writing and Visual Arts (Computer Graphics), May 1999