| EMPLOYMENT Summer 2009 to the present Co-Founder, Designer Captain Hippo, LLC Brooklyn, New York Working as the lead designer for the media production firm. Involves print, motion, web and branding/identity design as well as writing and sound design on video projects. Official Site Summer 2009 to the present Co-Founder, Designer DSDM Design Brooklyn, New York Designing websites with Darren Miller. Clients include comedians Chris Gethard and Laura Willcox. Official Site Summer 2010 to the Winter 2011 Lead Digital Artist The Onion News Network New York, New York Created still graphics and assets for animation for two seasons of IFC's The Onion News Network, one season on Comedy Central's Onion Sportsdome and two slates of web content for theonion.com Summer 2009 to Summer 2011 Designer, Musician LandlineTV Brooklyn, New York Creating branding materials, graphics, music, writing scripts and acting for the topical comedy troupe. Spring 2009 Internship, Original Progamming & Design LOGO (MTV Networks) New York, New York Worked a double internship in the LOGO Off-Air Department and LOGO Creative Department. Internships involved designing title sequences, logotypes and print ads for the station’s upcoming original programming. Fall 2006 to the present Freelance Design Massapequa Park, New York Clients include MIT’s CoLab division and New York comedy troupes Bleak! Comedy and LandlineTV. Summer 2005 to Summer 2008 Co-Founder, Puppeteer Professor Pickle’s Portable Puppet Playhouse Massapequa Park, New York Performed puppet shows for children at day-care centers and birthday parties. | EDUCATION Fall 2005 to Spring 2009 Purchase College, SUNY School of Art + Design Purchase, New York Major: Graphic Design Bachelor of Fine Arts Graduated May 2009 Fall 2001 to Spring 2005 Farmingdale High School Farmingdale, New York ACHIEVEMENTS Winter 2009 The O'Reilly Factor The LandlineTV sketch "Lady Gaga's Christmas Album" was called "pinheady" by Bill O'Reilly, after it was played on his show. Winter 2009 The Noise Is... The blog included the album cover for The Widest Smiling Faces on a list of the best album covers of the year. Summer 2009 NYFA Was awarded third place in a poster contest. The poster announced the foundation's 2009 - 2011 fellowship grant categories. |