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WORK EXPERIENCE:

09/07-Present Graphic Artist Carley Corporation, Graphics Department, Orlando, Florida - website

Worked with a team of artists, programmers, and instructional designers to create diagrams, images, and interactive flash graphics for U.S. Marine Corps "Blue Force Tracker" lessons and U.S. Navy "Officer of the Watch" engineering courseware for cruiser's, frigates, destroyers, and landing ships in the fleet
Used Adobe Flash and Photoshop for lesson art development.
Awarded Company Team of the Month for January and April 2009.

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

Worked with a team of artists, programmers, and instructional designers to create 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

Worked in several teams of artists and instructional designers creating 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 to date covers 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.
Member of a team of 20+ graphic artists, modellers, and flash developers.

12/03-5/04 Graphic Artist Harcourt School Publishers, Orlando, Florida - website

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

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

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 Doug Shuntich, United Space Alliance Engineer

Created computer graphics and PowerPoint presentation for independent Mars mission project first presented at Human Space Transportation & Exploration conference in February of 2000.
Produced computer animations and presentation video for presentations.
Worked with Lightwave, Adobe Premiere, and Adobe Photoshop

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

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

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.

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

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

References available upon request.