EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 

Creative and diligent individual with more than 7 years in the retail and service industries and over 2 years in a leadership role.  Extremely well-spoken, possessing great written and verbal skills.  Well versed in computer usage and understands how current technology molds today’s businesses. 

SKILLS 

• Adobe Photoshop CS2          
• Adobe Illustrator CS2
• Adobe Indesign CS2                  
• Macromedia Dreamweaver 8
• Macromedia Flash 8
• Microsoft Word                 
• Microsoft Excel                     
• Limited Conversation Spanish

EXPERIENCE 

Instructor                                                                                                                        09/2007 – Present
Edison Branch YMCA

• Teach a course in painting and drawing to children aged 6-10
• Devise daily crafts projects to enrich the creativity of a group of young children

Street Poet Entertainment - Freelance                                                                          

• Created an advertisement for print in a local newspaper.                                                         01/2007
• Designed a CD sleeve for a company promotion.                                                                   12/2006
• Conceived and executed the layout of dual-sided business cards.                                            08/2006

Mindsport Technologies – Freelance

• Reworked and created a pleasing logo for a sport psychology business                                   11/2005
• Designed using Adobe Photoshop CS

Receiving Supervisor                                                                                                    11/2002 – Present
The Great Indoors                                                                                                               Woodbridge, NJ

• Manage a staff of 12-15,
• Oversee the receiving of merchandise to ensure proper inventory control,
• Coordinate delivery of customer merchandise,
• Various other logistical duties

Distributor                                                                                                                        8/2005 – 9/2005
Axis Marketing Group                                                                                                     South Plainfield, NJ

• Business-to-business marketing and sales
• Warehouse duties

EDUCATION 

Bachelor of Fine Arts                                                                                                     Graduated 6/2007 American InterContinental University                                                                               Hoffman Estates, IL

• Concentration: Visual Communication/Digital Design
• Graduated Summa Cum Laude

Associate in Applied Science                                                                                         Graduated 9/2002
Gibbs College                                                                                                                          Montclair, NJ

• Concentration: Visual Communication
• Received Dean’s List honor