Education

Simpson College; Indianola, Iowa

  • B.A. in Art (graphic design), Spanish
  • Graduated in May 2003
  • Cumulative grade point average: 3.46
  • Dean's List
Relevant Work Experience

Self employed from August 2003 - Present

  • Learned direct marketing and copy writing for the web
  • Created joint venture deals with online business owners
  • Published articles and wrote press releases for online publication
  • Designed graphic layouts and websites
  • Installed website scripts
La Nacion USA; Arlington, Virginia
Graphic Design Intern, June 2003-August 2004
  • Updated the newspaper's existing website
  • Created all new graphics and designed new website
  • Designed ads for the classified section

Polaris Project; Washington, DC
Web Design Intern, June 2003-August 2003

  • Updated Polaris Project's existing websites
  • Created a new website for partners of Polaris Project
  • Researched and implemented localization for the website
  • Worked along with the graphic design intern to enhance the
    organization's visual identity.
  • Designed several movies in Macromedia Flash
Simpson College; Indianola, Iowa
  • Public Relations Assistant, September 2002-May 2003
    Created brochures, pamphlets, invitations, posters and other
    printed work for various departments

  • Resident Assistant, August 2000-May 2001
    Programmed events, mentored students, trained on risk issues
    affecting college students, managed 45 students.
Activities and Honors
Travel and Languages
  • Languages: English, fluent; Spanish and Vietnamese, proficient
  • Travel: Mexico, study program
  • Computer Literacy: QuarkXpress, Photoshop, Illustrator,
    Imageready, Fireworks, Flash, Pagemaker, Word 2000,
    Powerpoint 2000, Dreamweaver, HTML, CSS, XML, CGI, Macintosh,
    Certified Web Professional

References available upon request.