Resume / Curriculum Vitae
Education
Mason Gross School of the Arts
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ
September 2005 - May 2009
Visual Arts BFA,
Design/Typography Concentration
Magna Cum Laude
GPA: 3.8
Overseas Study
The University of Reading
Reading, England, United Kingdom
September - December 2007
GPA: 4.0
Skills
AJAX, CSS 3 HTML 5, PHP 5, mySQL
Adobe Creative Suite 4
Applescript
Art Production
Bookmaking
Carpentry / Basic Electricity
Copy Writing
Dreamweaver/GoLive
FileMaker Pro
Flash/Actionscript
Illustration
Javascript Frameworks (jQuery)
Microsoft Office
OS X, Linux, Windows
Photography
QuarkXPress
Subversion (via Client & Unix Shell)
Miscellaneous
Excellent Verbal/Written Diction
US Citizen, Pending EU Dual-Citizen
Intermediate Conversational Spanish
Arsenal of Clever Riddles
Mason Gross School of the Arts
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ
September 2005 - May 2009
Visual Arts BFA,
Design/Typography Concentration
Magna Cum Laude
GPA: 3.8
Overseas Study
The University of Reading
Reading, England, United Kingdom
September - December 2007
GPA: 4.0
Skills
AJAX, CSS 3 HTML 5, PHP 5, mySQL
Adobe Creative Suite 4
Applescript
Art Production
Bookmaking
Carpentry / Basic Electricity
Copy Writing
Dreamweaver/GoLive
FileMaker Pro
Flash/Actionscript
Illustration
Javascript Frameworks (jQuery)
Microsoft Office
OS X, Linux, Windows
Photography
QuarkXPress
Subversion (via Client & Unix Shell)
Miscellaneous
Excellent Verbal/Written Diction
US Citizen, Pending EU Dual-Citizen
Intermediate Conversational Spanish
Arsenal of Clever Riddles
Experience
nextSource, inc., New York, NY
Graphic Designer /
Marketing and Ad. Manager
Lead visual designer of user interface experience for web-based applications. In addition to GUI design and development, duties include project management for business-to-consumer web products, as well as marketing and advertising campaign concepts for screen and print.
June 2009 - Present ()
Rich Couzzi Design, Branchburg, NJ
Owner/Freelance Designer
Utilization Adobe Creative Suite to create design for print ranging from publication ad mats, and brochures to apparel/merchandise. Utilization of hand-coded HTML, and CSS as well as implementation of Javascript and PHP to create web pages. In addition, the writing, altering, and implementation of Applescript to invoke interaction between system processes and web applications.
May 2005 - Present
Horris Records, Los Angeles, CA
Design Intern
Duties include in-house web design and development as well as album packaging and merchandise design and development.
September 2008 - January 2009
Nettwerk Management, New York, NY
Freelance Designer
Identity, merchandise and product design and development. Solely responsible for design execution, working closely with clients to ensure the project meets their demands from start to finish. In addition, responsibilities include post-design dealings with print studios and working with printers to see design process through to its final stages.
May 2005 - September 2008
Feury Marketing, Newark, NJ
Design intern
General duties in the art department including utilization of Adobe Creative Suite to create logo design, brochure design concepts and evaluation, digital asset management through FileMaker Pro, and web layout, Learned operation of the large format printers, vinyl plotter, as well as basic operation of the Heidelberg QMDI press.
June 2008 - August 2008
nextSource, inc., New York, NY
Graphic Designer /
Marketing and Ad. Manager
Lead visual designer of user interface experience for web-based applications. In addition to GUI design and development, duties include project management for business-to-consumer web products, as well as marketing and advertising campaign concepts for screen and print.
June 2009 - Present ()
Rich Couzzi Design, Branchburg, NJ
Owner/Freelance Designer
Utilization Adobe Creative Suite to create design for print ranging from publication ad mats, and brochures to apparel/merchandise. Utilization of hand-coded HTML, and CSS as well as implementation of Javascript and PHP to create web pages. In addition, the writing, altering, and implementation of Applescript to invoke interaction between system processes and web applications.
May 2005 - Present
Horris Records, Los Angeles, CA
Design Intern
Duties include in-house web design and development as well as album packaging and merchandise design and development.
September 2008 - January 2009
Nettwerk Management, New York, NY
Freelance Designer
Identity, merchandise and product design and development. Solely responsible for design execution, working closely with clients to ensure the project meets their demands from start to finish. In addition, responsibilities include post-design dealings with print studios and working with printers to see design process through to its final stages.
May 2005 - September 2008
Feury Marketing, Newark, NJ
Design intern
General duties in the art department including utilization of Adobe Creative Suite to create logo design, brochure design concepts and evaluation, digital asset management through FileMaker Pro, and web layout, Learned operation of the large format printers, vinyl plotter, as well as basic operation of the Heidelberg QMDI press.
June 2008 - August 2008
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