Professional Summary
Accomplished Graphic Designer, Educator and Manager offering 20 plus years of experience working within corporate, education and creative environments. Demonstrated success in project management, team leadership and schedule coordination. Fluent in 3D Studio Max and Adobe Creative Suite software.
Work History
Created 3D and digital print design, digital and traditional illustration, collage and animation for several clients and art shows.
KATHARINE GIBBS SCHOOL, NY, NY Sept 2000 - Feb 2009
Teaching, tutoring and curriculum development for 3D Elements (3D Studio Max), Animation I, Multimedia II, Animation (Intro Flash) Authoring (Flash II), Intro and Advanced Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, In-design, Flash, Dreamweaver), Interface Design, Typography I & II, Graphic Design II. Career Development as well as administrative work for departments.
OPEN INTERACTIVE MEDIA, IMAGE INC., TIGER TRAINING
NY. NY Jan 1999 - Jul 2006
Developed, redesigned and taught training courses in Basic, Intermediate and Advanced QuarkXpress , Corel Draw, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Fireworks and Dreamweaver. Clients included Scholastic, Pearson, Johnson + Johnson and other publishing houses, designers and students.
BARUCH COLLEGE, NY, NY May 1999-May 2006
Created and taught Basic HTML, Basic Mac, Microsoft Word, QuarkXpress and Photoshop classes for Desktop Publishing and Web Design Certificate Programs.
DORF + ASSOCIATES INTERIOR DESIGN NY, NY Mar 2003-Apr 2005
Created designs for all printed materials including Logo’s, Labels, Menus, Uniforms, Packaging and Signage for a new chain of coffee and pastry cafes in Vienna, Austria. Designed and coordinated artwork for project proposals.
ARUSPEX, New York, NY
Created 3D animation for live music ensemble and video distribution. Performed at Lincoln Center February 1997.
IMAGE FORWARD, Fort Lee, NJ May 1990-May 2008
Created design work for several Clients. Taught Intro to Computer and Creative Design and Thinking workshops. Wrote Curriculum and Implemented courses to introduce Multimedia and Computer Graphics to illustrators, graphic and surface designers. Conducted Portfolio Workshops for Designers stressing the internet as an intrinsic tool as well as helping them find creative approaches to traditional presentation and self-promotion.