Creative Director/ Art & Design

San Jose State University, San Jose CA
Master of Fine Arts – Digital Media/Interdisciplinary, May 2013

University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha NE
Bachelor of Fine Art – Digital Media/Interdisciplinary, May 2009

Flesh Frosting, San Jose CA
Creative Director, Founder – October 2013 – Present
• Manage own accounts and projects, working within budget and scheduling requirements.
• Confer with clients to determine objectives, budget, background information, and presentation approaches,
styles, and techniques.
• Submit preliminary or finished artwork or project plans to clients for approval, incorporating changes as
necessary.
• Negotiate with printers and estimators to determine what services will be performed.
• Create custom illustrations or other graphic elements.
• Use materials such as pens and ink, watercolors, charcoal, oil, or computer software to create artwork.
• Create pen-and-paper images to be scanned, edited, colored, textured or animated by computer.
• Integrate and develop visual elements, such as line, space, mass, color, and perspective, in order to produce
desired effects such as the illustration of ideas, emotions, or moods.
• Study different techniques to learn how to apply them to artistic endeavors.

Orphen : Original Phenomenon, San Jose CA
Freelance Artist and Graphic Designer – March 2010 – Present
• Manage own accounts and projects, working within budget and scheduling requirements.
• Confer with clients to determine objectives, budget, background information, and
presentation approaches, styles, and techniques.
• Create designs, concepts, and sample layouts based on knowledge of layout principles
and esthetic design concepts.
• Develop graphics and layouts for product illustrations, company logos, and Internet
websites.
• Prepare illustrations or rough sketches of material, discussing them with clients or
supervisors and making necessary changes.
• Use computer software to generate new images.
• Determine the specific audio and visual effects and music necessary to complete films.
• Program computerized graphic effects.

• • Software Specialization – After Effects, Illustrator, Photoshop, Premier, Final Cut
• • Lecturing and Tutoring Experience, Performed in 20+ Art Exhibitions
• • Management Skills 10+ Years