2011 - present
senior production designer, apple online store (aos)
apple, inc: cupertino, ca
- produced web and mobile graphics and product images for the Apple Online Store based on design comps and wireframes
- localized, optimized, and uploaded web and mobile banner promos and images for 20+ Apple Online Store countries worldwide
- image lead for the localization and delivery of image assets for the launch of Apple Online Store Russia, Apple Online Store Turkey, Apple Music, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone X and various seasonal retail campaigns
- successfully executed high volume image releases for widely visible apple product launches including Apple Watch, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone X, iPhone 7, iPhone 5, iPhone 5c, iPad Air 2, iPad with Retina Display, Mac Pro, MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air and iPod Touch
- provided image support for cross functional Apple Online Store teams including marketing, engineering, design, and web developers
- utilized image best practices for efficient, optimized web and mobile image assets
2011
production artist
contractor: aquent, llc: new york, ny
- built and coded online tools sites for pricewaterhouse coopers based on wireframes utilizing html, css and javascript
2009 - present
freelance graphic artist :: web designer
bunso72 productions: cupertino, ca
- built and coded fordalejandro.com based on graphical comps utilizing html, css and javascript
- designed and produced billboard promo graphics for dial7.com
- designed and produced promo graphics for jomashop.com
2008
production assistant
contractor: workforce logic: san jose, ca (via off-site remotely in staten island, ny)
- produced over 100 homepage and site graphics for the microplace.com website, an ebay company
- created layered templates for faster graphics production
- wrote and prepared step-by-step documentation on how to utilize templates and guidelines for efficient graphics optimization
2007 - 2008
freelance webmaster: belmont, ca
- updated and edited web site pages and graphics for oviedoart.com, centinelaranch.com, and innatchimayo.com
2003 - 2008
production designer
user experience & design: ebay, inc: san jose, ca
- designed and produced banner ads and promos for various ebay categories including the ebay home page, ebay buyer & seller pages, ebay education pages, and ebay motors
- responsible for image preparation and quality assurance of ebay's asset management system
- responsible for uploading images to ebay's pics server using rational clearcase
- liaison between ebay's creative design, web development html, and projects groups ensuring seamless integration of design comps and image optimization for web page mockups
- studio manager of ebay inc.'s photo studio responsible for execution of all product photo shoots and maintenance of imacon professional digital camera, rollei camera lenses, and flexcolor photography software
- designed and created ebay, inc.'s job posting template for monster.com
- responsible for quality assurance of web site designs
- produced print collateral for advertisements, campaigns, and trade shows, including ebay live!
- project manager responsible for training and workflow for 6+ contractors
- coordinated with third party vendors on workflow and delivering files for ebay projects
- technical writer for ebay responsible for writing style guides for all of ebay, inc.'s onsite promos and banner ad production processes
:: achievement awards ::
:: 2004 innovation award ::
- awarded innovation award for contributing to the stores customization 1.0 team, an innovative solution that has had a positive impact on the ued group and ebay
2003
graphic artist
msi learning: san francisco, ca
- developed, created and produced brochure collateral and imagery using adobe pagemaker
2002
production intern
san mateo daily journal: san mateo, ca
- developed and produced printed ads and newspaper layouts using quarkxpress
1999 - 2001
graphic production lead
creative group: onlinefocus, inc: cupertino, ca
- converted and recreated defined art for fedex.com, msdwonline.com, cooperlighting.com, arvida.com, akamba.com, nidera.com, and iplanet.com
- created graphical comps and optimized images
- designed, produced, and globally distributed fedex corporate logo and style guide
1998 - 1999
on-line production artist
digital media services: miller freeman, inc: san francisco, ca
- produced and designed banner ads and user interfaces
- conceptualized and produced banner ads and web sites for computer telephony.com, ct expo.com, cc demo.com, kbis.com, techlearning.com, pcbeast.com, palfair.com, systemsmgmt.com, and imagingmag.com using html, javascript, and macromedia flash
1994 - 2001
graphic artist :: illustrator :: web designer
bunso72 productions: staten island, ny
- designed and produced promotions and banner advertisements for photoalley.com (2001)
- designed and produced pop-up advertisements for gator.com (2001)
- designed and produced redesign comps and mockups for wytec, inc. (2001)
- produced fedex kiosk images for onlinefocus, inc. (2001)
- designed corporate branding imagery for human resource microsystems (1998)
- designed and created the dontdoit.com web site for general signal networks-tautron (1997-1998)
- conceptualized and produced banner ads for sun microsystems' planetout.com, papernapkin.com, and interaction, inc.'s the-quiz.com (1997-1998)
- created artwork for the book tangled weeds by etheleen hardy using oil paints on illustration board (1994)
software
- adobe creative suite:
- photoshop
- illustrator
- flash
- fireworks
- dreamweaver
- acrobat
- premiere
- adobe imageready
- adobe pagemaker
- adobe scene 7
- adobe CQ5
- adobe enterprise management
- macromedia freehand
- macomedia homesite
- bbedit
- debabelizer
- flexcolor
- corel painter
- rational clearcase
- rational clearquest
- quarkxpress
- microsoft powerpoint
- html
- css
- javascript
- mac os
- windows
2010 summer continuing education classes
cascading style sheets
school of visual arts: new york, ny
2009 summer continuing education classes
flash animation & actionscript
school of visual arts: new york, ny
1997 spring continuing education classes
multimedia technology
new york university: new york, ny
1990-1994
bachelor of fine arts degree in illustration
school of visual arts: new york, ny