EDUCATION:
Briarcliffe College Patchogue, NY BFA in Visual Communications May 2006
Suffolk Community College Riverhead/Selden, NY AAS in Graphic Design May 2004
GRAPHIC ART EXPERIENCE:
MV Sport Bayshore, NY
Creative Lead-Resort Division August 2012 – Present
- ♣ Creative Direction of 5+employees
- ♣ Graphic Development
- ♣ Film Preparation and Sampling
- ♣ Cover/Layout Design of Specific Graphic Collection Books
C-Ya Action Funwear Patchogue, NY
Art & Production Manager August 2009 – Present
- ♣ Screen print design, embroidery, promotional products and signage design.
- ♣ Development of graphics, vector art redraw/logo repair, logo design, and corporate identity.
- ♣ Screen preparation, manual printing and website design www.cyateesonline.com.
- ♣ Manage 12 plus employees on a daily basis.
- ♣ Responsible for ordering materials and handling pricing for the company.
All-Star Activewear Miller Place, NY
Part-time Graphic Artist May 2006 - Present
- ♣ Screen printing, embroidery, and signage design.
- ♣ Website design, www.allstarteesonline.com.
Gate Embroidery Holbrook, NY Head of Art and Production June 2009 - August 2009
- ♣ Created and prepared all art files for production.
- ♣ Oversaw all orders in production.
- ♣ Handled screen preparation, automatic machine set-up, and printing customer relations.
Long Island Screen Printing Shirley, NY
Head of Art Department September 2007 – June 2009
- ♣ Developed graphics for screen printing, embroidery, and corporate identity.
- ♣ Created advertising specialties (flyers, brochures, business cards, signage, postcards, etc.)
- ♣ Handled vector art redrawing/logo repair (jpegs, tiffs, bmp’s).
- ♣ Worked with film output, screen preparation, and manual printing.
- ♣ Created the website design, http://www.liscreenprinting.com
FREELANCE EXPERIENCE:
Alteration Clothing Co, Personal Project Patchogue, NY
- ♣ Apparel design, print design, and website design
Manteca Heat and Nations Baseball Manteca, CA
- ♣ Multiple Logo Designs for Tournaments May 2010 - Present
Benjaminmarc.com Nesconset, NY
- ♣ Website, print and logo design. January 2008 – Present
Big Shot Screen Works Selden, NY
- ♣ Screen print graphic design December 2008 – Present
Sportsmanshipmattersamerica.com Long Island, NY
- ♣ Corporate identity including logo design, brochures, business cards. October 2007 – Present
- ♣ Two-three frame cartoon development for website
Interstate Sports Academy Sayville, NY
- ♣ Various logo designs for Devil Dog Sports intended for screen printing June 2007 – Present
SKILLS/CERTIFICATIONS:
- ♣ Proficient in Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop CC 2015
- ♣ Working knowledge of Macromedia Dreamweaver and Flash
- ♣ Proficient in Fast Films™/T-Seps™ and spot color separating
- ♣ Hand Drawing