resume

education

Bachelor of Fine Arts
in Graphic Design

School of Art & Art History
College of Fine Arts
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida
08 1995 – 04 1999

Advanced Placement &
Dual-Enrollment programs

Stanton College
Preparatory High School
Jacksonville, Florida
08 1992 – 04 1995

design positions

owner & principal designer

Brands & Events, Inc.
Jacksonville, Florida
08 2008 – present

graphic designer

Rink Design Partnership, Inc.
Jacksonville, Florida
09 2005 – 08 2009
www.rinkdesign.com

graphic designer

Cindy Wilson Design & Advertising
St. Augustine, Florida
12 2002 – 09 2005
www.cindywilsondesign.com

graphic designer

two additional companies
Jacksonville, Florida
01 2000 – 11 2001,
06 2001 – 11 2001

contracts & clients

  • American Institute of Architects
    Jacksonville Chapter
  • Armor Holdings (now BAE)
  • Art with a Heart in Healthcare
  • Cue & Case Sales, Inc.
  • Designmind, LLC
  • District of Columbia Jewish
    Community Center
  • First Baptist Church
  • Flagler College
  • Fogle Fine Art & Consulting
  • Jacksonville Film Festival

event experience

  • Fine Arts College Council’s Art Bash (open house style), 1995 – 1998
  • Fine Arts College Council’s Juried Student Show, 1996 – 1999
  • Vox Graphis ligature, 1999
  • AIGA Jacksonville’s design so good, you can taste it, 2001
  • AIGA Jacksonville’s re:charge 06, 2006
  • AIGA Jacksonville’s re:charge 08, 2008
  • Ploss-Samson wedding, 2009
  • Chelini-Dennis wedding, 2011

software

  • both Windows and Mac OS X
  • Adobe Dreamweaver
  • Adobe Flash & Actionscript
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Microsoft Office
  • Quark Xpress
  • WordPress
    for blogs & content management

skills

  • brand management
  • logos & identity packages
  • print design & production
  • web design, production & maintenance
  • book design & production
  • packaging design & production
  • project trafficking & management
  • photography art direction
  • outsourcing & management
  • training & management of small staff
  • wayfinding packages
  • minor information technology for both Windows and Mac OS X

honors & awards

  • College of Fine Arts Dean’s List, 1996
  • Juried Student Art Show, 1998
  • a President’s Outstanding Student, 1999
  • Ligature Graphic Design Show, 1999

community service

  • UF Student Government
  • AIGA Jacksonville
references, letters of recommendation, samples, salary history, or freelance rates available upon request
  • lover of all design

    & business partner & brand manager & graphic designer & web designer, too & organizational master & event planner & typophile & problem solver & joyfully terrible bowler & strategic thinker & science buff & copywriter & walking encyclopedia & parrot owner & avid researcher & netflix fanatic & member AIGA & occasional blogger

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