Full-time faculty responsibilities and accomplishments include:

• Teaching residential classes that include Introduction to Multimedia, Intermediate Web Design, Advanced Web Design and JavaScript for Designers
• Advising and mentoring 50-60 students
• Developing curriculum to keep pace with evolving technologies
• Meeting with potential and current students
• Attending system-wide and SoMad Faculty meetings
• Serving on academic committees

Full-time faculty responsibilities and accomplishments include:

• Teaching residential and online foundation classes that include Drawing Design, Typography and Color Theory
• Teaching core classes that include Digital Publishing, Web Design, Audio/Video Editing and Multimedia Technologies
• Creating and maintainging a video library of tutorials for use in residential and online instruction
• Showcasing and promoting student art in a yearly exhibit at the Spirit Room Gallery in Fargo, ND
• Developing relationships with local businesses for placement of student interns

Coordinator responsibilities include:

• Representing the SOTD for on-site and off-site functions
• Developing and maintaining relationships for SOTD Advisory Board
• Meeting with potential and current students
• Attending system-wide SOTD Faculty meetings
• Serving on academic committees as needed

Design exciting, photo-real backgrounds for this preschool television series.

On staff for more than 4 years at Little Airplane, my primary responsibilities included designing photo-based backgrounds of environments around the world, and fun animal characters. As a lead designer, I was responsible for completing a heavy scene load each episode under tight deadlines; creating visually exciting and beautiful environments; and working with other departments such as photography, storyboard, blocking, animation and edit. Additionally, I illustrated many Wonder Pets books for various publishing houses, guest-directed for Wonder Pets and Third & Bird, and also lead the design segment of our studio tour.

Managed a team of four designers and oversaw the design of Blue‘s Clues episodes. Worked with designers to achieve the design aesthetic of the show. Instructed and trained new designers in Photoshop and After Effects for show needs. Created and maintained schedules for designers to ensure timely delivery of work. Lead layout and design viewings. Acted as liason, attended meetings with, and responded to needs of the Art, Animation, Edit, and Research Departments. Worked closely with the Art Department from concept to design. Attended art approvals and camera shoots. Designed difficult scenes and special environments. Also assisted Animation department with character and credit animation in After Effects.

Responsible for design and layout of heavy scene load. Worked extensively in Photoshop to create environments and characters based on model and scene sheets. Rendered footage and tested design, layout, and character movement in After Effects.

Sample Work

Various digital design duties involved creating magical-looking animated elements and characters, and background design.

Designed photo-real museum backgrounds to be used in this Flash-animated preschool television pilot.

Painted colorful and fun monster-town backgrounds in Flash for this pre-school television pilot.

Built animated singing birds in Photoshop for the Bing Can Sing! children‘s music video.

Create art, design, and layouts for Blue's Clues pages in preschool section of magazine. Build 2D models and environments. Work closely with Art Director from concept to completion.

Responsible for digital image production of client materials. Designed web sites, custom graphics, and animations. Gained extensive knowledge of scanning, digital imaging techniques, and color correction.

Assisted in all aspects of book production of NetGuide series and web production for Your Personal Net web site. Print duties included, but were not limited to, page layout, design, formatting text, and collection for output. Web work included building and designing pages, art, and promotional ads.