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Skills

 

Education
 

New York University, New York, NY
Master of Arts in Graphic Communication Management & Technology
Fall 2005 – Winter 2006

Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Bachelor of Arts in Visual Art, Graphic Design Concentration, Minor in Art History
GPA 3.82, Dean’s List Fall 2001– Spring 2005
Rutgers Summer Institute in Art History/Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
 
 
Graphic Design I, II, & III; Design & Visual Thinking; Typography I & II; Professional Practice in Design;
Graphic Communications Management; Creating [Corporate] Identity; Electronic Publishing
 
 

Washington Square News, New York, NY
Graphic Designer, September 2005 – present
Produce artwork for the newspaper’s advertisers. Create templates for headlines and special features.
Design monthly calendar to include NYU events and feature advertisements.

MZI Global Marketing, Inc., New York, NY
Head Design Intern, Fall 2005
Designed brochures, advertisements and presentation materials for clients. Produced in-house promotional
items. Gained marketing knowledge through intensive participation in project planning and brainstorming with
marketing team. In charge of coordinating the design interns by supervising project management.

Barrood Real Estate, Somerset, NJ
Marketing and Graphic Designer, February 2005 – August 2005
Developed advertisements and templates for seasonal mailers, which led to an increase in inquiry call volume.

The Daily Targum, New Brunswick, NJ
Graphic Design Intern, Spring 2005
Created graphics for articles and advertisements. Designed newspaper layout containing text and photos. Contributed to long-term stories, projects, feature stories and the web-site.

 
Special Projects
  

Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Middlesex County Courthouse Arbitration Lobby Design, Spring 2005
Worked with a team to create artwork and room design reflecting the theme of arbitration. Executed
research and observation of arbitration process, made formal design presentations to courthouse judges
and commissioned photographers and vendors.

Font Collection CD Package, Fall 2004
Produced CD packaging on the Baskerville Family to reach an understanding of the formality, history, and style
of the typeface as well as to incorporate my findings into an informative and communicative package.

 
 
(Both PC and Mac platforms):
Adobe – Illustrator, PhotoShop, InDesign, Acrobat, PageMaker
Microsoft – Word, PowerPoint, Excel
Macromedia Flash MX Professional 2004
Quark XPress
 

Awards & Honors

  
Livingston College Community Leader
Chi Alpha Epsilon National Honor Society, Inc.		 Golden Key International Honour Society
Gates Millennium Scholar
 
 

Member, American Institute of Graphic Arts
President, Latinos Unidos En Poder (Latinos United in Power)
Historian, Livingston Honor Society
Public Relations Director, Latinos Unidos En Poder
Peer Academic Advisor, Livingston College
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