EXPERIENCE

Freelance Graphic Designer / Animator (2005 - present):
Adolescent (New York), InDemand Network (New York), Martha Stewart Broadcasting (New York), Cartoon Network Japan (Tokyo, Japan), Nailgun (New York), The Brand Gallery (New York), Click 3x (New York), McKinsey & Company (New York), Homestead Editorial (New York), B creative (New York), Rebellion Entertainment (New York), Bluhammock Music LLC (New York), Fedex

Wonderlust Industries Co., New York (07/00 – 03/06) Full-time
Motion Graphics, Graphic Design, Art Direction, Story Boarding, Web Design, Apparel Design

Projects executed for MTV, VH1, Mark Burnett Productions, Reebok, Brahma Beer, Ford Motors, The Limited, Liz Claiborne, Crush Music Media Management, Island Def Jam, Artist Direct Records, Geffen Records

AWARDS

2006 Award for Samsung Times Square Billboard (Click3x)
2004 Annual Design Award for Wonderlust T-shirt Design by Print Magazine
2003 “And No Birds Sang” book was selected in AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers Competition.
2003 Award of Excellence, Design Annual Miscellaneous by Communication Arts
2003 Design Annual, Best in Their Field by Step Inside Design
2000 Accelerated Developmet Poster was selected for Twenty-First Annual AIGA/MN Design Show by AIGA/MN

EDUCATION

BFA 2000, Graphic Design, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, MN
Awarded Merit Scholarship and Carmichael Lynch Thorburn Scholarship in 1999.

BFA 1997, Graphic Design, Osaka University of Arts, Osaka, Japan

SKILLS

Software
Adobe After Effects, Illustrator, Photoshop, In Design, Avid Composer, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Fireworks, QuarkXpress

Languages
English and Japanese