EDUCATION

1989-1993 NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Science | Radio/Television/Film

2000-2001 MAC UNIVERSITY
Continuing coursework | Photoshop, HTML, Flash

2002 NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
Continuing coursework | Environmental Studies, Geography, Forrestry, Oceanography

2008 BREVARD COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE - Institute for Business Training & Community Education
Certification coursework | Installing Grid Connected Photovoltaic Systems


EMPLOYMENT

WEB DESIGNER
CYBERWORKS MEDIA GROUP | www.cyberworksmedia.com
•conceive, design and build complete static websites
•develop design concepts for presentation to clients via digital mock-ups, storyboards and sketches
•collaborate with other designers, developers and programmers to achieve overall site integration specific to the needs of the client
•independently responsible for providing ongoing site maintenance and file management
•design websites, logos, illustrations, titles, banners, business cards
•serve as project manager and direct client contact for multiple website and design projects
•responsible for writing original copy and for editing submitted copy

proficiencies: Photoshop, Illustrator, HTML, Dreamweaver, css, ImageReady, Flash, BBEdit, Fetch, file management

ECOLOGICAL FIELD ASSISTANT
FLORAVISTA, INC. | www.floravista.net
•assist in field data collection, according to standard scientific protocol, for multiple research projects
•assist in conducting tree survey, determining long-term survival rates of Long Leaf Pines, and Bald Cypress at local utility company
•help write final project reports, including project introduction, site description, and data analysis
•dissect seeds of state listed endangered plant species for plantng innative habitat in Titusville, FL
•designed and built company website and business cards

BEST BOY/ELECTRICIAN
I.A.T.S.E. – STUDIO MECHANICS UNION, LOCALS 476 and 477
•Girl Friday to Gaffer on major motion picture, music video, and national commercial film shoots
•prioritize and delegate tasks to lighting crews of up to 12 people, operating under immediate time restrictions
•operate and maintain high-end professional film equipment, including lighting units ranging in size from 10 watts-36,000 watts
•drive and operate 750 amp van generator
•responsible for department paperwork, including purchase orders, expendables budget, equipment inventory, tracking man-hours and completing/submitting time cards

* view IMDB.com filmography *

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
FREELANCE
•designed and executed the cinematic style for two internationally recognized short films
•led small production crews through daily shooting schedules, adhering to time restrictions and budget constraints
•operated camera on documentary shoot about the Lookingglass Theater Company's production of The Master and Margarita

GALLERY ASSISTANT
THE ANNE & JACQUES BARUCH COLLECTION
•prepared works of art and hung them for shows
•packed and shipped works of art to clients, museums, and galleries
•catalogued works of art ranging from prints to paintings, photographs to lithographs, textiles and sculpture
•assisted in the daily office activities related to the operation of a small business, including answering phones, data-entry, filing, ordering supplies, making travel arrangements

TRAIL COOK/WRANGLER
ANCHOR D GUIDING & OUTFITTING | www.anchord.com
•co-led 3-6 day mountain horseback trips for up to 22 guests in the Canadian Rockies
•single-handedly prepared three meals a day for up to 30 people, cooking over campfires and wood burning stoves
•helped care for up to 25 horses in the mountains and on the outfitter’s ranch

PROP MAKER'S ASSISTANT
MONTROSE STUDIO | www.montrosestudio.com/halloween.html


VOLUNTEERING

2002, 2007 INTERNATIONAL COASTAL CLEANUP
•participated in globally coordinated day of clean up of coastal regions in crisis, including data collection

2002 GARFIELD PARK CONSERVATORY
•helped maintain fern room, greenhouses, and outdoor demo-garden, through weeding, planting, transplanting, pruning, and watering


ADDITIONAL TALENTS
•photography, videography, cinematography
•portrait painting – oil & canvas
•sewing – costumes, props, bags
•sculpture – clay, papier-mâché, fabric