Skills

International experience in illustrating and designing for products and packaging

Proficient in Adobe Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop

Illustrate in various styles

Three children’s books published

Lead team of four designers

Experience

GrasserArt 

Freelance Illustrator, New York, NY 2010–current

Clients include: Cedarfort Publishing, Crested Butte Music Festival, Logima Software, ShabbyApple, Verily Magazine, Jerry’s Pumpkin Patch, Dream Africa, Top of the Pops Magazine (Germany), Etsy shop

Emson USA

Freelance Graphic Designer, New York, NY Jun 2012–Sept2012

Prepared and sent print ready PDF and AI files to printers

Designed packages for houseware product lines of “Big Boss,” 

“Sharper Image” and “As Seen on TV”

Worked with printers in China to ensure correct and quality production

Trendhaus Germany 

Graphic Designer/Illustrator Reichertshofen, Germany 

Sep 2010–April 2012

Developed strong leadership skills directing an art team of four designers who created 350 new toy, stationery products and gift items each year that sold to over 1000 retail stores in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and France

Designed 13 new product lines creating illustrations, main designs, logos and choosing appropriate typefaces

Ensured timely and quality production of products by coordinating with the factories in China and our internal purchasing department

Spori Art Gallery

Graphic Designer / Gallery Assistant, Rexburg, Idaho 

Feb 2007–August 2007, April 2009–Aug 2010

Designed posters, flyers and display tags

Curated and hung artwork on gallery walls

Kept inventory of original works of art nad assisted in fixing and framing artwork

Education

Brigham Young University, Idaho Rexburg, Idaho 2010

Bachelors of Fine Art, Illustration

Art Scholarship

Utah Valley State University, Orem, Utah 2006

Associates of Science, Visual Art and Communications

Art scholarship