John Gosling

Chicago, IL

Video Game Design – Development

2004- 2005                    School of the Arts Institute of Chicago

Chicago, IL

Drawing / Painting

Graduated 2004            Interlochen Arts Academy

Interlochen, MI

Visual Arts

• Proficient with MS Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Outlook, Front Page
• Proficient with Adobe Suite: Photoshop, Dreamweaver
• Proficient with Corel Painter XI
• Training with Flash, MS Project, Illustrator
• Training with C#, XNA
• Training with MS Sharepoint
• Experience with computer hardware, including assembly and fundamental repair skills
• 5+ years working with a  Wacom Tablet
• Experience with Customer Service, Marketing, Public Relations

And Awards

• Received Merit Scholarship and Incentive Scholarship for the School of the Arts Institute of Chicago
• Currently pursuing a BFA in Video Game Design: Development
• 3.9 GPA, all A’s in my major

Activities and Extracurricular

• Founded Game Production Club at Columbia College Chicago – 2007
• Founder and President of Game Production Club from 2007-2010
• Member of the Figure Drawing Studio Club
• Founding Member of the Fencing Club
• Student Membership in the International Game Developers Association, Chicago Chapter
• Extensive experience and analysis of game genres and systems

Published Work and Awards

• Art of Play: Showed Sir Tet and The Sunset at Columbia College Chicago’s annual gallery
• Senior Thesis: Gallery show with three other students, set up and advertised ourselves, opened to exceptional reviews
• Drawing used for the Interlochen ticket pamphlet (2004-2006)
• Published in Interlochen Review 2004 (main art contributor; 11 drawings, including the cover drawing)
• Published in Interlochen Review 2003 (two drawings)
• Published in The Red Wheelbarrow
• Joined Advanced Placement Art in Mesa, Arizona (joined a year earlier than allowed, 2002)
• Second Place, Mesa Youth Fest (2002, out of over 500 pieces)
• First Place, Premium, Arizona State Fair (2003)