Summary

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Detail-orientated, efficient & reliable creative professional with:

• Over 10 years experience with Photoshop
• 8 years with Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash, and HTML
• 5 years with CSS, After Effects, Encore
• 2 years with JavaScript/Jquery, HTML5, CSS3

Diversified skill sets covering visual communication and motion design. Excellent inter-personal, phone, and digital communication skills. Highly organized with a strong affinity for design.

Professional Experience

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Design Consultant

Mrowka Graphics and Media

Naperville, Illinois

April 2012 - Present

• Run the day-to-day as the CEO at Mrowka Graphics and Media as a design-consulting agency.
• Communicates with clients as the Senior Designer and Art Director.
• Create all frontend material and deliverables for clients.

Digital Art Director

Simple Truths

Naperville, Illinois

November 2006 - March 2012

• Movie and DVD production: Created short inspirational movies that reinforce themes from their respective inspirational book. Used Adobe After Effects to create the movies and Adobe Encore to create the DVD masters.
• Project management: Served as the project lead for outsourced movie projects.
• Web site management: Led team which was responsible for all web site activities including the maintenance of five online stores, thirty movie sites and all online marketing. Used Adobe Dreamweaver for web site production and have fluent knowledge of the store's CMS, Nexternal.

Graphic Designer

Full House Productions

Charlotte, North Carolina

May 2005 - September 2006

• Graphic design: Responsible for the design and layout of print material including event flyers, posters, menus, publication ads, emailers, and brochures.
• Event Branding: Created the branding for many special events and venues which included logo design.
• Web design: Designed and produced several bar/night club web sites, developed various online flash elements, and responsible for updating online content for events and promotions across the US.
• 3D animation: Provided 3D materials for television commercials for broadcast.

Web Designer, Flash Development Specialist

eSearch Logistics

Wilmington, North Carolina

February 2005 - May 2005

• Flash Development: Responsible for all flash development in new web site projects.
• Web Design: Worked collectively with a team during the design and conception of new web site projects. Interacted with clients during the design and SEO stages in the production process. Implemented Search Engine Optimization (SEO) to existing web sites and new web site projects. Incorporated administrative systems (Cutenews) to existing web sites and new web site projects.

3D Modeler

Exuro Studios

Cayce, South Carolina

August 2002 – October 2002

• Responsible for transferring drawings, schematics, and ideas into 3D computer models using Maya.

Education

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Art Institute of Charlotte

Web Design Certificate

Charlotte, North Carolina

October 2002 – December 2003

• Gained a deep understanding of the web development process.
• Achieved proficient skills in HTML and CSS.
• Fluently learned web site production with Adobe's Dreamweaver and Flash.

Full Sail University

Associate Degree in Computer Animation

Orlando, Florida
November 1999 – April 2001

• Intimately learned the workflow of CG post-production and thought.
• Acquired advanced 3D skills.
• Maya Certified.

Technical Skills

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• Web Site Design

  - HTML/CSS
  - Adobe Dreamweaver

  - Adobe Flash
  - JavaScript/Jquery
  - Adobe Edge Animate

  - Wordpress

  - Axure

• Video & Multimedia Design

  - Adobe Affter Effects

  - Adobe Premiere

  - Adobe Encore

  - Maya

• Graphic Design

  - Adobe Photoshop

  - Adobe Illustrator

  - Adobe InDesign