Education

Bachelor of Arts, Art Studio
1996-2001
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA

     • Distinction and honors in major
     • Recipient of the William Dole Scholarship for the Arts

Professional Experience

Layout Designer & Pre-press Operator
The Signal, Morris Newspaper Corporation
24000 Creekside Road
Santa Clarita, CA 91355
661.250.1234 ext. 223
05/04/2004 - present

      • Laid out main and sports sections of daily newspaper
      • Printed layouts to film and proofread pages
      • Worked under tight deadlines

Graphic Artist
The Magazine of Santa Clarita, Prime Publications
26074 Avenue Hall
Santa Clarita, CA 91350
661.294.4444
09/2003 - 02/2004
      
      • Designed and edited ad content in magazine
      • Paginated ads in magazine

Freelance Designer
unwhale designs
805.252.0460
06/20/1999 - present

      • Designed concepts, then produced posters for KCSB 91.9FM
      • Designed and produced advertising for art shows at UCSB
      • Designed advertising for electronics company Xantech Corporation

Freelance Writer
The Santa Barbara Independent
122 West Figueroa Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
805.965.5205
08/2002 - present

      • Wrote music reviews on a semimonthly basis for weekly
         entertainment paper

Staff Writer
The Daily Nexus
UC Santa Barbara Campus, Storke Communications Plaza
Santa Barbara, CA 93107
04/1998 - 06/2000

      • Wrote music reviews on a semimonthly basis for Artsweek section
      • Reported and wrote news stories on a quarterly basis

Web & Graphic Designer
Boon Mee Decor & Gifts
915 State Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
805.965.7792
07/1999 - present

      • Designed business cards and advertising for press production
      • Designed, edited, photographed items in, and wrote copy for store
         web site: www.boonmee.com
      • Increased web sales after designing site

Program Director
KCSB 91.9 FM, Associated Students of UC Santa Barbara
UC Santa Barbara Campus, Storke Communications Plaza
Santa Barbara, CA 93107
805.893.3921
06/1998 - 06/2001
      
      • Oversaw and organized quarterly program schedule production on
         tight deadlines
      • Voted on change of station policies 
      • Conducted interviews of prospective staff
      • Reviewed program quality quarterly
      • Attended various college radio conferences

Computer Skills

      Web Design
      • Macromedia: Dreamweaver 4 & MX 2004, Flash 6 & MX
        2004, Fireworks MX 2004
      • Adobe: ImageReady 7.0
      
      Graphic Design
      • Adobe: Photoshop 7.0 & CS, Illustrator 9.2 & CS, InDesign CS
      • Macromedia: Freehand 10 & MX, Fontographer
     
      Page Layout & Print Production
      • QuarkXpress 4.11, 5, & 6, InPosition
      • Adobe: PageMaker 7.0, Acrobat 6.0, Acrobat Distiller Server
        6.0, Create Adobe PDF Online, NewsEditPro IQue 3.5
      
      Digital Photography
      • Olympia C740 3.2mp, Kodak EasyShare LS443 Epson Photo
        PC 800 & 850Z
      
      Scanning
      • Epson: Perfection 1660 Photo, Expression 1680 Artist, Expression
        1640XL Graphics
      • Other: Microtek ScanModule, HP Scanjet 4570c

      Printers
      • Hewlett Packard: HP Officejet 925, HP 2500 Large Format Ink
        Jet, HP 5000 Laser Jet
      • Epson: Epson Stylus Photo 925, Epson Stylus Photo 2200 Epson
        Stylus Color 1520
      • Other: Tektronix Phaser 860, Mac OS X Panther 46

      Office Software
      • Microsoft Word, MS Excel, Corel WordPerfect, Peachtree
        Accounting, Open Office
     
      Platform
      • Microsoft Windows 2004, Mac OS 9 & OS X

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