Résumé | Identity System

Objectives
To work with creative individuals in various fields to encourage innovative collaboration that will benefit local communities and organizations for positive
social change while using design as the meduim.

Education
Virginia Commonwealth University, School of the Arts, Fall ’03 – Spring ’08
Richmond, Virginia
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design, 2008
Dean’s List, Magna Cum Laude, Outstanding Senior Award

ECPI - College of Technology, January ’01 – July ’02
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Associate of Applied Science in IT/Web Development
Dean’s List, Cum Laude

Experience
C2, LLC, Freelance, December '09 – Present
Half Moon Bay, California

Project M Lab: Half Moon Bay, Designer, January '10 – Present
Half Moon Bay, California

3north Architects, Intern, July '09 – September '09
Graphic Design Department
Richmond, Virginia

Project M South 2009, June '09
Part of a collaborative effort producing (blank)LAB.org and AshHoles.org
Greensboro, Alabama

Charlottesville Community Design Center, Freelance, February '09 – May '09
URBAN SPACES / RURAL PLACES Exhibit
Charlottesville, Virginia

VCU School of the Arts, Freelance, February '09 – April '09
Department of Music
Richmond, Virginia

The University of Chicago, Freelance, October '08 – December '08
Publications & Creative Services and Chicago Booth School of Business
Marketing & Publications
Chicago, Illinois

Lisa P. Maxwell Advertising, Freelance, September '08
Chicago, Illinois

VCU Graphics Lab, Assistant Manager, Fall ’03 – July ’08
Virginia Commonwealth University, School of the Arts
Richmond, Virginia

VCU Design Center, Spring ’07 – Spring ’08
Graphic Design Department
Richmond, Virginia

Scout Design, Intern, Summer ’07
Richmond, Virginia

Skills
Mac OS X
Adobe Creative Suite
XHTML & CSS
Managerial Duties
Photography / Image Enhancement
Prepress File Production through Press Checks
Dexterous Craft Skills

Published
Meggs: Making Graphic Design History
By Rob Carter, Libby Meggs, and Sandra Wheeler
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2008

Membership / Volunteer Work
AIGA, Fall '05 – Fall '09

Conferences
A Better World By Design, October '09
AIGA: MAKE/THINK, October '09
Economies: Art+Architecture, November '09

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