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will fain

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experience

8/08-current   

print production assistant/junior designer—vtech communications—beaverton, or

• -  support senior designer and marketing department in print design and production
• -  design collateral for point of sale, internal purposes, and promotional events
• -  maintain digital archive of marketing materials
• -  provide support to internal departments needing assistance with print
• -  prepare files to send to printer

1/08-4/08      

volunteer—common ground relief—new orleans, la

• -  designed informational brochures, t-shirts, flyers, and posters
• -  helped maintain local area network and troubleshot IT problems
• -  assisted establishing and maintaining a bioremediation and gardening initiative
• -  worked in teams to install insulation, sheetrock, and build furniture

3/07-7/07     

kitchen assistant—pizza pomodoro—wellington, new zealand

• -  Trained to cooked pizza in wood-burning oven
• -  Maintained clean workspaces and prepped toppings
• -  Answered phones, washed dishes, delivered pizzas
• -  Made pizzas for kitchen staff

2/07-12/07     

freelance designer and technician—numerous productions—wellington, new zealand

• -  designed lighting scheme for one-act play at wellington, nz fringe festival
• -  designed poster, troubleshot technical issues for experimental film and dance piece
• -  ran video projection and light board; worked in teams to hang and focus lighting

8/04-7/06      

production associate—palgrave macmillan—manhattan, ny

• -  designed book jackets for academic monographs
• -  re-designed book jacket templates following strict branding rules
• -  liaison among packager, editorial, jacket designer, art director, and author
• -  monitored quality of work from freelancers, packager, and printers
• -  oversaw production of manuscripts from final drafts to print, bind, and distribution
• -  maintained multiple databases and schedules for books in production

2/02-5/04      

scenic designer and technician—vassar college drama department—poughkeepsie, ny

• -  organized and worked with crews to complete carpentry and lighting tasks
• -  collaborated with teams of designers, director, and actors to develop design ideas
• -  communicated design ideas via sketches, technical drawings, and scale models
• -  worked with Technical Director to realize full-scale construction of scenery
• -  troubleshot construction and lighting problems

education

vassar college, poughkeepsie, ny

   9/00-5/04

• bachelor of arts, drama, may 2004

montgomery college, school of art + design, silver spring, md

   9/07-12/07

• coursework in graphic design and typography

additional skills

• proficient in microsoft windows and office
• experienced with mac OS/X
• experienced with adobe creative suite and quark
• basic knowledge of xhtml and css
• experienced with a variety of power tools

personal interests

• photography, illustration, design
• pizza, chocolate, and root beer
• comic books and reading
• eclectic taste in music and film
• playing soccer

references furnished upon request