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Education

The Art Institute of Pittsburgh – 2010
    Bachelor of Science – Game Art and Design
The Art Institute of Atlanta – 2001
    Associate in Arts – Graphic Design

Experience

October 2009–Present — Turbine, Westwood, MA
March 2008–December 2008
    Customer Support - In-Game
    • Handled video game play issues within the game environment via live chat;
       repairing and assisting player related issues across three different games
    • Learned proprietary tool set and operational commands to assist with the each
       game environment
    • Assisted with running events for the game community and all major updates

July 2009–October 2009 — Staples, Framingham, MA
    Freelance - Staples Brand/Packaging
    • Convert new and existing packaging to updated design format
    • Designed various internal Staples brand pieces for associates
    • Explore color palette combinations for updated packaging designs
    • Create design standards for department and company to follow

November 2007–March 2008 — VistaPrint, Lexington, MA
    Graphic Designer
    • Design business identity sets for online supplier of customized printed products
       to small businesses and consumers
    • Learn proprietary web tools for processing of designs and business identity sets
    • QA designs via web tools for proper production and availability on the web site

June 2002–August 2007 — Staples, Framingham, MA
    Lead Designer Canada
    • Design and produce high profile creative for Canadian retail and delivery
     divisions (This includes catalog, signage, flyers, etc.)
    • Concept with Art Directors, Copywriters and Account Personnel
    • Present concepts in a Business Review with clients and decision makers
    • Manage workflow and priorities of fellow designers and myself
    • Mentor fellow designers
    • Became point person for Sports Marketing Creative Team to develop new and
     exciting creative for clients
    Studio Designer
    • Creative execution and production of all high turn jobs for US retail, delivery
     and new channel marketing
    • Presented ideas to Creative and Art Directors for approval
    • Worked closely with Copywriters and Account Personnel to complete jobs on
     time and with accuracy
    • Handled many projects in deadline-driven department
    Production Artist
    • Produced customized catalogs for large contracted clients
    • Concepted and implemented all creative for catalog covers
    • Maintained automated catalog-building system

March 2001–March 2002 — Marketing Specifics, Inc. – Digital Production Artist
December 2000–March 2001 — MLT Creative – Graphic Designer/Production Artist

Computer Skills

InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, Freehand, Acrobat, QuarkXPress, Microsoft Office, Maya, 3DS Max, Unreal Editor, Flash with some Actionscript 3 experience.
Skilled with both PC and Mac work environments