Sept 2008 – June 2010- 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 three yearbooks for their High School and one for their 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.
· Taught a Life Skills class and a College Preparation class to sophomores, juniors and seniors.
· Held 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" Ultra-chrome Ink 9600.
· Prepared files to be sent out for printing on press.
February 2007 – June2007 - 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 artworks.
• 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
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 Design-Jet, 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.
· On-site computer repair and software IT manager.
Oct. 1999 – Jun 2001- Graphic Systems Group, Inc, New York, NY
Full Service Bureau - Production Artist, Retoucher
Designed 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.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. - Archiving, 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
