Resume

Here is my current resume. Here is a pdf and a rtf link.

Employment History 

2011 – present – Freelance Web Design

2011 – Present – Let’s Be Friends Again Inc - Intern

2010 – 2011 – The Comic Book Ink - Sales Associate

Professional Skills

Project Management

  • Worked as project manager for the Sounds In Space app creating the idea, assembling the team and running the crowdfunding
  • Created and ran Nerdcenaries where responsibilities included schedule maintenance and SEO
  • Organized and ran shirt designs for Gender Through Comic Books class
  • Devised 2010 music strategy for Akira the Don which resulted in the creation of 5 albums
  • Organized, wrote, crowdfunded, designed, printed and shipped several minicomic collections

Design Skills

  • Competed in SkillsUSA as graphic designer during high school
  • Proficient in traditional and digital mediums
  • Helped to teach Adobe Illustrator in my college level Adobe Illustrator class
  • Designed and printed posters for local musicians

Web Solutions

  • Worked with various clients freelancing through all stages from client gathering to site implementation
  • Worked on SEO maintenance for clients resulting in a reasonable growth in views
  • Wrote targeted email marketing strategies for MailChimp
  • Devised a forum for Let’s Be Friends Again that was covered by AOL’s ComicsAlliance

Proficiencies & Training:

Adobe Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks

Coding: HTML, CSS, XHTML, mySQL, WordPress, some JavaScript

Microsoft: Word, PowerPoint, Excel

Education:

2006-2008 Miami Valley Career and Technology Center, Englewood, Ohio – Vo-tech Graphic Design

2008 – 2011 Art Institute of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA, Bachelor of Science, Web Design and Interactive Media.

Affiliations, Activities, & Awards:

Active member of Dayton Build Guild

Current leader of Dayton Dinner With Designers

Founded DaytonGeeks

Nerdlinger Award for Best Unpaid Intern

Personal interests: Comics, writing and cooking