April 2005 - January 2007
Animated Equity, LLC - Seattle, WA
Art Director
In charge of all web and graphics design

2000 - 2007
Freelance Designer
Freelance work in web design, graphics, concepting, marketing, photography and illustration.
Clients include: The Seattle Parks District, Rubbermaid, Ace Hardware, Build-A-Bear, GetGo Gas Stations, BQ Energy, Steel Winds, Process Energy Solutions, Animated Equity, Pro Ski Service, InMotion Therapy, The Sachem Farmhouse Bed and Breakfast, IO Active, Shipper's Advocate, and all the web and marketing materials foran Illinois State Representative Candidate.

2002
Booth Hansen Architects - Chicago, IL
Web Specialist, Designer and Marketing Representative
Assumed all responsibility for maintaining the Booth Hansen Company website.
Created all marketing materials and proposals, bringing in several million dollars in new work for the company.
Brought new business to the company, saving them money by executing promotional an marketing materials in house, where it had previously been outsourced.

2000-2001
Edelman Public Relations Worldwide - Chicago, IL
Web Designer and Programmer
Doubled as both a designer and a programmer.
Responsible for helping maintain and design websites for Kraft, Absolute, Illinois Board of Transportation and ILoveCheese.com

2000
ImageFiction - Chicago, IL
Designer
Worked digitally imaging and rendering images of architectural spaces.
Printed and mounted outgoing images.

March 2006 - April 2006
Travel: Czech Republic/ Israel / Thailand
A whirlwind trip, taking me physically around the world in flight from start to finish as I explored Prague, Israel and rock climbing in Thailand.

January 2005
Travel: Guatemala / Honduras
Exploration and Photography trip around Guatemala and Copan, Honduras.

June 2004 - December 2004
Travel: Middle East
5 months studying Israeli Society and Politics and Photojournalism at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel
1 month of travel through Turkey, Egpyt, Israel, Jordan and Palestinian Territory / West Bank

July 2003 - September 2003
Travel: USA - Lower 48 and Alaska / Canada
I left Chicago intending to take a 10 day trip while moving to Seattle. By the time I had reached Washington, the move had taken on a life of its own, resulting in a 9500 mile solo drive up to Alaska and back.

September 2002 - January 2003
Travel: USA / Canada / Mexico
128 days on the road, 24,305 miles driven over 41 American States, 3 Mexican States and 5 Canadian Provinces.

2004
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Master's Studies in Israeli Society and Politics; Photojournalism

1999 - 2001
The School of the Art Institue of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
BFA with a concentration in Digital Media and Design

Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, GoLive, Acrobat; Macromedia Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, Freehand; Pagemaker, Quark XPress, HTML, Javascript, CSS, Form Z, Strata Studio Pro, Basic AutoCAD, Microsoft Office. PC and Mac Platforms, 3D Modeling, Digital Photography, Photo retouching and editing, Digital Illustration, Knowledge of printing and presentation preparation.

Rock Climbing, Hiking, Photography, Travel, Photojournalism.