Background

About Me

I am a graphic and web designer with a strong pre-press and web background. I began as an intern in a design firm in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and went on to run their pre-press department within a year. During that time I studied under the owner/creative director as a junior designer. I then went back and forth between a leading Santa Fe real estate brokerage and the award-winning advertising department at the local newspaper, The Santa Fe New Mexican. Within the last several years I have focused on web design, CSS and (X)HTML. And more recently I’ve begun teaching myself PHP, utilizing content management systems and expanding my knowledge of web standards. I am currently attending The Art Institute of Pittsburgh’s Online Division for Web Design & Interactive Media. I strive to create clear and creative design solutions for just about any client or purpose and love challenges. I believe firmly in design and the science and technology behind it, but aspire to integrate art and creativity to come up with effective designs for print and web.

Personally, I love life, and that pretty much sums it up. I love the outdoors, yoga, hiking, camping, mountain biking, fly fishing, free diving, scuba diving, barbecuing, hanging out with friends and family, dancing, laying around on a beach and fresh air in general. I also love technology, new software, CS4, CODA, WordPress, school, fast computers, my Mac, my iPhone, big TVs, Nintendo Wii, design books, design magazines and much more.

Goals

Some of my career goals include:

• Continue to learn, grow, and never stop feeding my brain and heart with new design trends and technology (after all, this is one of the things I do with my life)
• Submitting for – and winning – design awards (because that always gives you warm fuzzy feeling inside)
• Designing, or redesigning, a magazine or publication (I absolutely love typography and publication design is one of the best places to utilize this love and skill)
• Perhaps own and operate my own web design and interactive media firm someday (I just want to be the top dog sometime)
• See Jetworks Corporation, one of my longest and fondest clients, dominate their market and succeed beyond imagination =)
• Empower my clients to make better design decisions on their own, and educate them to the importance and inherit benefit of good design
• Successfully freelance full-time while traveling abroad and utilize my PayPal account to it’s fullest potential (just me, my laptop, my PayPal card and the road ahead)
• Many, many more…

Education

Art Institute of Pittsburgh – Online Division
Obtaining a Bachelor’s Degree in Web design & Interactive Media

Santa Fe Community College
Associates Degree in Media Arts

Factory 56, ink. • Internship
Studied: Graphic design in a professional environment, pre-press production, editorial design, web design and maintenance, file organization and client relations.

Employment

2002 – October 2004
Factory 56, ink. • Print Production Artist, Junior Designer
In charge of pre-press production for all print material. Junior Designer for print and web projects. Produce and maintain company website.

February 2005 – 2006
Prudential Santa Fe Real Estate • Production Artist/Junior Designer
In charge of graphic design and production of all advertisements and listing flyers. Assist in graphics for web site.

March 2006 – February 2007
The Santa Fe New Mexican • Graphic Designer
Part of the award winning Design and Production Agency designing ads for both print and web. Coming up with weekly spec ads and pitching them to advertisers.

February 2007 – 2008
Prudential Santa Fe Real Estate • Marketing Director
In charge of reorganizing the Marketing Department and redesigning all company marketing collateral including all company ads, direct mail efforts and listing flyers. Keeping track of all advertising contracts and overlooking advertising invoices. Ensure all marketing materials are compliant with corporate branding requirements. Teach marketing classes to associate brokers. Supervise and train Production Artist. Keep him fed and caffeinated.

2002 – Present
Iverson Creative • Self Employed
Freelance print and web design work.