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Education

Art Center College of Design Pasadena, CA: 2010-2012
Working towards an MFA in Media Design.

University of Washington Seattle, WA: 2003-2007
BFA in Visual Communication Design.

Roma Design Seminar Rome, Italy: Summer 2006
Five week seminar on art history and design.

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Work

Nokia Los Angeles, CA: May 2011 - August 2011
Design Intern. Working with the Advanced Design team to explore speculative prototypes.

Art Center College of Design Pasadena, CA: September 2010 - Present
Media Design Program Assistant. Helped with The Rather Large Array at the Made Up exhibit. Coordinating between architects, programmers, and print designers in addition to helping with the physical construction. Also helping out with various department tasks.

Microsoft (via FILTER) Seattle, WA: January 2010 - June 2010
Designer within the Entertainment Experience Group, working across multiple departments. Designing print collateral, presentations, and prototyping interaction design with motion.

Digital Kitchen Seattle, WA: July 2007-December 2009
Designer. Concepted and designed storyboards for pitches and production. Character design, illustration, and 2D animation for broadcast, film & the web.

Hornall Anderson Design Works Seattle, WA: April 2007-June 2007
Interactive Design Intern. Contributed design directions, prototypes and storyboards. Assisted interactive design team with creating animated assets.

Housing & Food Services Seattle, WA: February 2006-April 2007
Student graphic designer for the University of Washington's Housing and Food Services marketing department. Re-branded an on campus restaurant and designed a variety of other printed material for various departments on campus.

The Daily Seattle, WA: September 2004-February 2006
Ad designer for the University of Washington's daily student newspaper. Created, modified, organized and placed ads then prepared them for print. Also designed layouts for Features and Sports sections.

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Select Freelance

Scoot & Doodle Spring 2010-Current
Logo design and Illustration for web application

Veggie Garden Spring 2010-Current
Branding (logo, menus, t-shirts, etc)

Run Studios Spring 2010-Fall 2011
Various freelance projects including logo designs and storyboards.

The Boy Least Likely To Spring 2009
Designed/Directed/Animated a music video for "When Life Gives me lemons I make Lemonade" by The Boy Least Likely To.

Pixel Theory Inc. Fall 2007-Fall 2009
Designed infographic posters for a genetic laboratory, icons for a shipment tracking program, and a holiday card.

UbiComp Conference Summer 2006
Designed the program for a conference on Ubiquitous Computing.

UW Hall Health 2004, 2005, and 2006
Designed the 2004, 2005, and 2006 poster for the University of Washington's
Hall Health's Meningitis Vaccination Day.

University Book Store Winter 2005
Designed and produced a welded steel, public art sculpture for the book store.
Currently on display on a light post in front of the store.

Seattle Weekly Various Freelance
Created illustrations for several special editions of the newspaper, including
the 2004 book and music holiday gift guide, and 2005 Best of Seattle, and
various spot illustrations for articles.

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Volunteer & Teaching

Northwest Film Forum Feb 2010
Taught an Introduction to After Effects 2-day weekend workshop.

Reel Grrls 2008-2010
Periodic mentor teaching teen girls media production skills, from shooting to editing to post production. Led mini workshops on After Effects and stop-motion animation. Mentored experimental animation workshops and a VJ workshop. Taught an adult 2-day Intro to After Effects class.

DIY for CHI March 2009
Designed a 160 page book, DIY::HCI, filled with project submissions for the DIY for CHI workshop.

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Awards/Exhibitions

Communication Arts Design Annual: SIFF trailer featured: 2009
Found Vermillion Gallery: DK group show: 2009
Stash DVD magazine: SIFF trailer featured: 2009
Typophile Film Fest 5: “Woolgathering” selected for film fest screening: 2009
UW Film Club: 24 Hour Film Making Contest Winner: 2004 and 2006
Seattle Flip Book Contest: 2nd place: 2004
University of Washington Annual Dean's List: 2003-2006
Artmart Inspiring Creativity Scholarship: 2003

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Personal

Programs
Proficient in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and After Effects.
Familiar with Flash.
Learning Processing, Arduino, Final Cut Pro, and Cinema 4D.

Interests & Activities
Design, Illustration, Animation, CrossFit, Dancing.
Traveled extensively nationally and abroad.