Work Experience
J&R Music and Computer World - New York, NY
Graphic/Web Designer
06/06 - 01/10
• Designed and constructed weekly nationwide e-mail advertisements
• Teamed with social media department to create images and implement marketing strategies on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube
• Developed and implemented design ideas for promotional pages
• Managed and edited content for J&R's monthly web magazine, Snap
• Constructed animated and static banners for marketing and affiliate usage
Forex Capital Markets (FXCM) - New York, NY
Marketing/Graphic Design Intern
09/05 - 05/06
• Revamped and updated over 150 web pages that showcased currency information
• Created banners, graphics and print materials for website advertisement
Counts Media (Yellow Arrow) - New York, NY
Graphic Design Intern
02/05 - 05/05
• Assisted with the set up of museum exhibits including photograph resizing and retouching of over 200 captions and raw images
• Created and updated HTML promotional material in the form of e-mail newsletters
Education
School of Visual Arts
Continuing Education - Summer 2008
Advanced Web Languages: PHP and MySql
CUNY Baruch College
Major: Graphic Communication, Minor: Sociology
BA Degree - May 2006
Related Course Work: Basic Graphic Communication, Business Communication, Intermediate Graphic Communication, Corporate Design, Introduction to Management, Marketing Foundations, Print Production, Consumer Behavior, Management: A Behavioral Approach
CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College
Major: Multimedia
AAS Degree - January 2004
Related Course Work: Graphic Design, Advertising Design, Advertising Illustration, Life Drawing, Multimedia Design, Multimedia Project Lab, Computer Applications, Color and Design, Art Survey, Typography, Sculpture, Corporate Media Applications
Computer Skills
Graphics & Web
Adobe CS4 (Photoshop, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Flash, Illustrator) • HTML/PHP/CSS • Microsoft Office Suite • Explorer/Firefox/Safari/Opera • FTP Applications • Windows XP • Mac OS X • Enterprise Desktop (Blue Martini) • QuarkXpress • Blogging Applications (Wordpress, Movable Type) • Social Networking (Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, YouTube)
Leadership Experience
Middle College High School at Medgar Evers
Photoshop Workshop Facilitator, Fall 2008 - Winter 2008
Instructed students on Photoshop techniques used for the creation of their senior yearbook.
Citizen Schools
Citizen Teacher (Web Design), Fall 2008
Introduced graphic design and web design concepts to middle school students. Led the students in the development and creation of a website for a small business.
Beyond AIDS
Webmaster, Summer 2006 - Spring 2007
Dollars & Sense, Baruch College Review of Business and Society
Design Staff, Spring 2006
Chi Alpha Epsilon (XAE) Honor Society
Member, Spring 2002 - Present
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