Resume

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Software Proficiency

  • Design:  InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop
  • Web:  Flash (mostly animation, basic Actionscript), Dreamweaver
  • Office:  Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Education

  • BFA Art, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
  • BBA Marketing, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa

Work Experience

University of Hawai‘i Lab School, Multimedia Assistant } 2005–2009

  • Creates graphics and illustrations for elementary Mathematics stories and worksheets
  • Designs promotional booklets for elementary mathematics research department

Wall-to-Wall Studios, Intern } Sep–Dec 2008

  • Worked alongside full-time staff to create concept sketches for various brand identity, print media, and websites
  • Client projects worked on included Castle & Cooke, DeconGel, the Gift Foundation of Hawai‘i, the Shidler College of Business, and Zoombis

Freelance Graphic Designer & Illustrator } 2006–2008

  • Designed graphics, brand identity systems, and brochures for small local businesses
  • Clients included Cake Couture, Harp Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i Lion Dance Association, Honolulu Board of Realtors, Kennedy Theatre, Tactics Unlimited, and The Wedding Café

Foodland, Intern for Advertising Department } Feb–Apr 2005

  • Designed and produced various in-house print materials and advertisements
  • Assisted art director during monthly photoshoot

Loomis-ISC, Intern } Sep–Nov 2004

  • Assisted art director in designing and producing advertisements and brochures for clients including Hogan Entrepreneurs, PacificLightnet, and Turtle Bay

Notable Projects & Publications

Writing With Thread: Textiles of Southwest Chinese Minorities } 2008–2009

  • Designed a publication that featured over 300 hand-embroidered Chinese textiles
  • This catalogue was printed in Spring 2009 in conjunction with a travelling art exhibit arranged by Thomas Klobe, Emeritus Director of the University of Hawai‘i Art Gallery

Manoa Alcohol Project: Alcohol Awareness Campaign } 2008

  • Project Leader in a team of four that researched content on safe alcohol practices and incorporated this information into an original design for a student planner
  • Over 2000 copies were printed and distributed freely on campus in Fall 2008

Kaimuki as a Place of Bypass } 2007

  • This project featured a pair of books that investigated Kaimuki as a bypassed community
  • Excerpts from these books were selected for inclusion in the upcoming publication, Design School Confidential, by Steven Heller
  • This project was also included on DesigningWithType.com, a website devoted to the appreciation of typography: http://www.designingwithtype.com/Hawaii/index.html

You Are Here Exhibit, Commons Gallery, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa } 2007

  • A member of the design team that transformed the Commons Art Gallery into a “map” of Honolulu by filling the space with thousands of paper strips that a visitor was meant to move through in an immersive and claustrophobic experience

Huaka‘i, University of Hawai‘i Honors Newsletter } 2004–2005

  • Worked with the student editor to design content for the Undergraduate Honors Newsletter

Honors & Awards

Outstanding Graphic Design Student Award } 2008

  • Awarded once a year to the graduating student who has produced superior design work

Manoa Alcohol Project Graphic Design Award } 2008

  • In acknowledgement of significant contributions to an alcohol awareness campaign

Regents Scholarship } 2004–2008

  • Full-tuition, four-year scholarship awarded to 20 freshmen at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa

Organizations

AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Arts) } 2005–Present

  • Student member of the Honolulu Chapter of this national professional design association

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