Professional Experience

Practice Cafe
Austin, TX
Designer. (11/06 – Present)

Responsible for the comprehensive design and production of marketing and advertising projects handled by Practice Cafe. Primary responsibility is to translate ideas and themes into a tangible working product for the clients. Projects include but not limited to Logos Systems, Direct Mailer Campaigns, Websites, & Advertisements.

CJ&Friends LLC
San Antonio, TX
Graphic Designer/Illustrator (05/05 – 10/06)

Responsible for creating educational art, and following the specific guidelines given by various state criteria. All art was created using Adobe Illustrator. I was also responsible for cleaning up and manipulating different photographs and pieces of art in Adobe Photoshop, as well as producing several different types of marketing and branding material. I was responsible in keeping tight deadlines while still maintaining a high degree of quality in my work. I have also been able to work as a group to be able to accomplish specific goals as a team.

The Identity Group LLC
St. George, UT
Creative Director/Partial Owner (08/05 – 12/08)

Responsible for art directiing, designing, and producing branding and identity oriented material for small businesses. Projects included but were not limited to user friendly web sites, logos, business cards, letterhead, and other marketing materials.

Education

San Antonio Community College, San Antonio, TX
AAS in Graphic Design-Print Graphics Opt, GPA: 3.3

Community Involvment

Active with my church as a leader in the development of youth instilling morals and values for life development. Served a 2-year church sponsored mission to Brazil (01/00-12/01)

Qualifications

Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Quark Xpress, Dream weaver, & Standards based front end design using valid semantic markup of HTML & CSS. Familiar with both PC and Mac operating systems. I’m motivated to succeed and detail oriented for excellence.

Personal Summary

I am a people person able to relate and thrive in varied situations and with a diverse group of people. I am driven, motivated, knowledgeable, teachable and a very quick learner with a strong desire to succeed.

Awards & Recognition

Two local Silver Student ADDY’s
Two district Silver Student ADDY’s
Certificate of Excellence in the Creative Summit Twenty-One
Honorable Mention in the Texas 2Show