JOB OBJECTIVE:  To seek a teaching position in the fields of Computer Literacy, Graphic Design, Desktop Publishing, College prep or similar course types.

PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE:
 
Sept 2008 – Present - C.R.E.A.T.E. Charter High School, Jersey City, NJ Graphic Arts/Technology Teacher/Life Skills/College Prep & Yearbook Advisor for H.S. and Middle School
·       Taught Graphic Arts/Technology program. Course programs included: Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop and Google Sketch-up. The curriculum also consisted of Internet and computer basics to all high school grades.
 ·      Taught a yearbook class to 12th graders.
·       Designed a yearbook for their High School and Middle School.
·       Solely photographed, designed and produced their H.S. and Middle School Identification badges.
·       Designed High School & Middle School Ring Ceremony & Graduation programs.
·       Attended Grant Wiggins "Understanding by Design" seminars to improve lesson, unit and curriculum planning.
·       Currently teach Life Skills/College Prep.
·       Currently hold the position of Senior Yearbook Advisor.  
June 2007 – Sept 2008- Sign Expo, New York, NY Production Artist/Printer Operator - Fulltime
·       Operated, maintained, color corrected and setup files for the Roland 64” Eco Solvent SC-540, HP 6100 and the Epson 44" Ultrachrome Ink 9600.
·       Pre-flighted files that were sent out to be printed on press.  
February 2007 – June2008 - Liberty Science Center, Jersey City, NJ Exhibition Design Group - Production Artist/Graphic Designer - Freelance Contract
·       Created and edited exhibition art for a two year renovation project.
·       Retouched and composed lenticular art for wall murals and vinyl wall art.
·       Co-designed multiple exhibition artwork.   • Freelance Graphic Artist Bristol Myers Squibb (Associate Designer) & Gotham Inc. (Retoucher)  
July 2006 – Oct. 2006- Brogan Tennyson Group, Dayton, NJ Mall Catalog Publishing Production Artist - Company- Freelance Contract
·       Manipulated pre-existing ads to be paginated in catalogs.
·       Scanned & retouched art for presentation boards and books.
·       Made mock catalogs for client correction or approval.
·       Feb. 2002 – Apr 2006- King Displays Inc., New York, NY Feb. 2002 – Apr 2006- King Displays Inc., New York, NY Complete Broadway Union Sign Shop - Production Artist
·       Responsibilities include Scanning, Retouching, Color Correction, file resizing and printing for Broadway performances.
·       Operated, calibrated and performed daily maintenance on Large Format (60”) HP 5000 DesignJet, Mutoh Falcon 2 (Eco-Solvent 87") used for printing for Broadway shows, Agency posters, Paramount movie releases and many art gallery photographers.
·       Setup & maintained entire network for 20 employees.  
Oct. 1999 – Jun 2001- Graphic Systems Group, Inc., New York, NY Full Service Bureau - Production Artist, Retoucher
·       Design and assemble layouts in Quark, Photoshop & Illustrator for clients.
·       Prepare files for output to various devices (i.e., Lambda Durst, Scotchprinter 2000, Iris 3040.Prepared files for 4-color separation film for magazines and newspapers to Brisque and PS 2.
·       Worked with Client Service Reps and Sales Rep for Elizabeth Arden product campaigns.Serviced and printed on Iris 3047 and 3040.
·       Retouched and color corrected high-end files for clients such as Clinique, Elizabeth Arden, Tommy Hilfiger, Verizon as well as many photographers, art galleries and ad agencies. 
Sept. 1998 - Oct. 1999 - Ogilvy One Inc., New York, NY Advertising Mail Design & Distribution Div. - Archiver, Production Artist
·       In charge of reorganizing and filing of client conventional mechanicals, art, disks and billing for the past ten years.Transferred to Graphic Services Division of Ogilvy & Mather.Setup and pre-flight of files for printing on Colorspan, Displaymaker and Encad printers. 
SOFTWARE KNOWLEDGE: Photoshop CS3, Illustrator CS3, In-Design CS3, Dreamweaver CS3, Pagemaker, Quark X-Press 7.1, Acrobat 8, Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, Excel & Publisher, ATM 4.6, Fetch & Transmit FTP, Suitcase Fusion 12, Apple Fontbook, iMovie '10, iPhoto '10, iDVD '10, Garageband '10, Google Sketch-up 7, Easygrade Pro, Genesis & SASI school software, QSP cafeteria software.   
EDUCATION: Freehold Twp. H.S.           
- High School Diploma
- Middlesex County College - A.A/B.A. Fine Arts Major - still attending
- St. Peter's College - Alternate Route Teacher's Program - Graduated with Outstanding Status   CERTIFICATION: N.J. Teachers Standard Certification in Desktop Publishing & Graphic Design