Art Direction & Design | 11.08 — present

• » Worked together with Creative Director to design websites for the health and entertainment industry.

Art Direction & Design | 10.08 — present

• » Worked together with Delphine Krakoff of pamplemousse design inc. to design a website that showcase's her interior design company.

Lunessa, Sanabria, 24karas

Photography Art Direction | 10.08 — present

• » Worked together with Photographer Steve Lawrence to create photo directions for various fashion and jewelry designers throughout NYC.

Art Direction & Design | 7.08 — 11.08

• » Worked together with the Art Director and Creative Director to redesign the look and feel of the Coach website which plans to launch next year.

Art Direction & Design | 10.07 — 7.08

• » Resposible for Design of Madewell1937.com website and emails. From conception to final site I was involved in all aspects of the redesign including a soon to launch e-commerce website.

Instructor | 06.08 — 10.08

• »Responsible for teaching a group of 10-17 students Adobe Dreamweaver and HTML.

Associate Art Director Internet | 07.05 — 09.07

• » Responsible for the design and art direction of the Victoria's Secret website, emails and ad units.
• » Coordinate with stores, catalog and copywriters to maintain a consistent brand message.
• » Art direction and retouching of photography for optimum web quality.
• » Building of victoriassecret.com in HTML.
• » Recognized for:
• » attention to detail, deadline driven time management and multitasking
• » passion for design and usability

Senior Interactive Designer | 08.02 — 06.05

• » Interview clients to determine creative strategy and business goals.
• » Responsible for all aspects of website development from creative concept to launch including:
• » architecture of websites wire frames
• » design of website, navigation and interface components
• » creation of templates using the latest W3C standards for HTML, CSS, XHTML
• » design motion graphics using Flash MX
• » Develop standards for CSS and images to be utilized by design team.
• » Clients include: Swiss Army, FUJIFILM, NYU Stern, Gracious Home, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Phoenix Wealth Management, The Tribune Company

Byte Interactive

Web Designer | 2002

• » Worked in team environment to develop site designs, Flash based banner ads and web graphics for: Poland Spring, Coty and Stetson Cologne.

Newington Public Schools

Instructor | 2002

• » Developed a program for high school students which taught the fundamentals of design with a focus on drawing, Photoshop, Illustrator and HTML.

Central Design

Graphic Designer | 2001

• » Invited, based on portfolio, to join competitive design team of four undergraduate students who worked on pro-bono design projects for various clients.

Central Connecticut State University

• » B.A., Graphic/Information Design, 2002

• » Proficient on Mac and PC
• » Adobe Photoshop, Image Ready, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash, Quark Xpress, Microsoft Office, hand coding, XHTML, HTML, ASP, CSS, Homesite, JavaScript, Visio, information architecture, usability, photography