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"...To design is to communicate
clearly by whatever means you
can control or master."
~Milton
Glaser,
Graphic Designer
“...It is the beginning as well as the end,
the process and product
of imagination."
~Paul Rand,
Graphic Designer
“... Good design is good business."
~Thomas Watson, Jr.
CEO IBM
“...Whether it is the
design of a program, a product or some form of communication, we are living
in a world that's totally designed. Somebody made a decision about
everything.
And it was a design decision."
~Sam Farber
Entrepreneur
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Professional Profile
Artist, Graphic Designer and Professor of Fine
Art. Drawing, painting and digital media.
Highly organized able to meet
deadlines productively.
Innovative professional with
a passion for typography and color.
Extensive communication skills,
both verbal and written, with excellent student and client rapport.
Education
The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA. MFA candidate, 2009
Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT. MS Art Education.
1988
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT. Bachelor’s Degree, BFA
in Fine Art Oil painting, Minor in Graphic Design, course work in Illustration
and Web Design. 1976
Software
Creative Suite 2 Photoshop, Illustrator, In-Design
Quark, PageMaker,
Dreamweaver, HTML, Go-Live,
Flash, After Effects,
Adobe Acrobat Professional
Microsoft software Word, Powerpoint, Visio
MAC and PC operating systems, MAC preferred.
Awards
2002 “Love Your Body” Poster Contest, Honorable Mention
1999 Scholarship Award in Graphic Design.
1990 National Award for Instructional Innovation.
1989 Two Celebration of Excellence, CT Teaching Awards.
Employment
01/2002 – Present
Eastern Connecticut
State University,
Willimantic, CT. Adjunct
Professor in the Visual Arts Department. Taught: Graphic Design, Typography,
Package Design, Public Art, Computer Graphics:
Introduction and Advanced, and Web Design. Software: Adobe Creative Suite
2; Photoshop, Illustrator, In-Design and Quark Express,
Acrobat, Dreamweaver. Mac lab OS 10 platform on G-5 computers.
06/2001 – Present
Spring Hill Studio, Storrs,
CT. Owner and Freelance Designer
for Web and Print media. Conception and design of visual identity materials, illustrations
and photography for private clients. Collaboration with other professionals
on a project to project basis.
02/2001 – 06/2001
Sunrise Marketing, Hartford,
CT. Graphic Designer.
Mac-based production of postcards, newsletters, illustrations for the
national horticultural industry, using Quark Express, Adobe Photoshop and
Illustrator. Created and maintained web sites, created graphics, maps and
uploaded content, using Dreamweaver, Fetch and Go-Live. Worked with clients
and color corrected slides for press runs.
10/2000 – 01/2001
Visual-Think, Glastonbury,
CT. Art Director. Created visual identity for new IT company. Setup new
G4s and ordered hardware and software. Art directed Flash educational demo
and web sites for clients.
02/2000 – 05/2000
UConn
Design Center,
Storrs, CT. Graphic Designer. Designed logo
for Asian American Studies Institute. Created in a team environment, an
interactive presentation for client's thesis. Developed interactive poster
for Pablo Ferro, and poster for Office of Multicultural Affairs. Top design
students were select gained entrance to this class.
11/1998 – 05/2000
University of Connecticut
Web Development, MAC
Lab, Storrs, CT. Web Designer. Designed web sites
for University faculty using Dreamweaver, Photoshop, BB-edit and Acrobat
Reader, Writer, Distiller and Exchange.
09/1993 – 09/1998
Windham Regional
Vocational Technical
School,
Willimantic, CT. High
School Art teacher. Integrated Fine Art into Architectural Drafting, Culinary
Arts and Machine Drafting. Taught digital design classes.
09/1992 – 05/1993
Eastern Connecticut
State University,
Willimantic, CT. Adjunct Professor, Visual Arts Department. Taught Nature
Drawing and Printmaking.
09/1982 – 08/1992
Hall Memorial
School, Willington CT.
Full time Art Teacher 4th – 8th grades.
09/1980 – 09/1982
Goodwin Elementary
School, Storrs,
CT. Part time Art Teacher
Kindergarten – 4th grades.
09/1980 – 09/1982
Chaplin Elementary
School, Chaplin, CT. Part time Art Teacher Kindergarten
– 6th grades.
09/1977 – 01/1979
International School
Services, Sar Cheshmeh, Iran. Full time Art Teacher Kindergarten
–
8th grades.
09/1976 – 05/1977
Rustam
Abadian International
School, Tehran,
Iran. Full
time Art Teacher, 7th – 4th grades.
Professional Affiliations
Connecticut Art Director’s Club (CADC)
Clients
On Target Marketing & Communications, Windham
Hospital
Cummings and Good, University of Connecticut, Willimantic Food Coop,
Oak Grove Montessori School, Town of Mansfield, Keiler & Company,
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection and Private clients.
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