About me: I've been working in the video game industry for the past 7 years. My first passion is graphic design, and I have a great appreciation for web design. Working in the game industry has given myself an opportunity to apply my knowledge of design and web development.

Experience

CONTRACT ART DIRECTOR

Off Base Productions (www.offbaseproductions.com )
June 2009—Present

As the contracting art director, I develop officially licensed products for clients such as: Sony, Capcom, Namco, Square Enix, Tecmo, Hudson Entertainment, Sega, LucasArts and more.

ART DIRECTOR / LEAD DESIGNER

GamePro Media (www.gamepro.com )
September 2003—June 2009

As the art director, I led a staff of designers in conceptualizing a direction for product development in print and web based products.

Expertise

Photoshop/Illustrator/Indesign

Experience Level: Advanced [ 7 years ]

XHTML & CSS

Experience Level: Intermediate [ 3 years ]

FLASH & ActionScript 2.0/3.0

Experience Level: Intermediate [ 3 years ]

JavaScript/jQuery

Experience Level: Basic [ 2 years ]

Sony Skinny (PS3/PSP application development software)

Experience Level: Basic [ 6 months ]

Education & Training

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, California
Graphic Design Major 2002—2005

BAVC: Bay Area Video Coalition

San Francisco, California
Continued Software training 2007—Present

IDG Certified Management Training

Boston, Massachusetts
Management Training 2008—2009