8/2000 - 5/2004

Ringling School of Art and Design
BFA, Illustration major

4/2006 - Present

Graphic designer/Illustrator
Bradenton Herald
Bradenton, FL

11/2004 - 11/2005

Staff Illustrator and Page Designer
The Pantagraph
Bloomington, IL

8/2001 - 5/2004

Computer Lab Monitor
Ringling School of Art and Design
Sarasota, FL

5/2002 - 8/2002

News Art Internship
Boston Herald, Editorial Art Department
Boston, MA

Software Expertise

Adobe Photoshop
Corel Painter
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Quark Express
Microsoft Word 4
Open Office Suite
Equally fluent with Windows and Macintosh systems

Summer 2005

Received two awards from the Illinois Press Association for illustrations done for The Pantagraph , one in December of 2004, the other in January of 2005.

Spring 2004

'Best of Ringling' juried student show
Judged by Disney character designer
Ringling School of Art and Design (second of two times)

Spring 2004

Two pieces selected to become part of the USF College of Medicine's permanent anatomical art collection

Spring 2004

Selected for publication
CMYK Magazine, student exhibition

Fall 2003

Selected for publication
Postcard contest, Sarasota Magazine

Spring 2003

'Best of Ringling' juried student show
Ringling School of Art and Design (first of two times)

Spring 2003

Selected for first issue of 'Exposed!'
Ringling illustration department student publication