Position:
Web Designer/App Developer at The Poodle Tales, Freelance Web Designer at Drakus Designs (self employed)
Work:
The Poodle Tales
since Oct 2012
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Web Designer/App Developer
Drakus Designs (self employed)
- California since Jan 2008
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Freelance Web Designer
Photos Onsight Studio
- Moreno Valley, CA Jan 2012 - Mar 2012
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Web Intern
The Art Institute of California - Inland Empire
- San Bernardino, CA Oct 2011 - Mar 2012
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Student Tutor
Crafton Hills College
Jan 2009 - May 2009
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Web Intern
Career Strategies, Inc
Aug 2007 - Oct 2007
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Graphic Production Artist
Tribune Company
Feb 2003 - Oct 2006
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Ad Builder/Graphic Production Artist
AdOut/Vertis, Inc.
Feb 1999 - Feb 2003
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Graphic Production Artist
Education:
Art Institute of California-Inland Empire 2010 - 2012
B.S., Web Design & Interactive Media
Crafton Hills College 2008 - 2009
Art Institute of California-Orange County 2007 - 2007
Chaffey College 1995 - 1998
A.S., Computer Graphics
Interests:
art, music, writing, video games, books, biology, nature, science, anime, animation
Honor & Awards:
Layar Creation Challenge — October 2011
Placed in the top 10 for “Who Killed Guido?”, an augmented reality murder mystery.
Best of Quarter — The Art Institute of California
Multi-User Authoring (Fall 2011)
Computer-Based Training (Summer 2011)
Interaction Design for Entertainment (Summer 2011)
Digital Identity Design (Spring 2011)
Intro to Video (Summer 2010)
Digital Typography (Spring 2010)
Awards:
Layar Creation Challenge
Layar
Placed in the top 10 of the Layar Creation Challenge, an international contest where applicants submitted concepts for augmented reality applications.
Best of Quarter - Interaction Design for Entertainment
Art Institute of California - Inland Empire
Won best of quarter for Kurtus Sietz's and my final project, a Facebook game called "Steal the Treasure."
Best of Quarter - Computer-Based Training
Art Institute of California - Inland Empire
Won best of quarter for "The 6 Major Biomes," a web app that teaches grade-school kids about the different biomes of the world.
Best of Quarter - Digital Identity Design
Art Institute of California - Inland Empire
Won best of quarter for my part of a group project, a logo design for the California Riverside Ballet.
Best of Quarter - Intro to Video
Art Institute of California - Inland Empire
Won best of quarter for my edited version of a promo video for the Web Design and Interactive Media program at the Art Institute of California - Inland Empire.
Best of Quarter - Digital Typography
Art Institute of California - Inland Empire
Won best of quarter for my final project, a font design called "Gamer Sans."
Best of Quarter - Multi-User Authoring
Art Institute of California - Inland Empire
Won best of quarter for a group final project, a multi-player game called "Aerial Blitz."
Production Shootout Champion
AdOut/Vertis, Inc.
Placed first in Vertis' first annual Production Shootout, a contest that pitted graphic production artists against each other to see who was the fastest and most accurate under pressure.
Bronze Addy
American Advertising Federation
Won bronze Addy for logo design for the California Riverside Ballet.