| Education |
2007- Graduated 2010 Columbia College Chicago Chicago, ILVideo 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 |
| Skills |
- Skilled with a broad range of software:
- Productivity/Office (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Web Creation (MS Front Page; Adobe Dreamweaver)
- Art Creation (Adobe Photoshop; Corel Painter)
- Programming (MS Visual Studio)
- Formal training in many other programs: Adobe Flash, Illustrator; MS Project, Sharepoint
- Formal training in C#, XNA
- Experience with computer hardware, including assembly and fundamental repair skills
- 5+ years working with Wacom Tablets
- Experience with Customer Service, Marketing, Public Relations
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| Interests, Activities,
And Awards |
Scholarships and School
- Graduated with Honors from Columbia College Chicago
- Received Merit Scholarship and Incentive Scholarship for the School of the Arts Institute of Chicago
Activities and Extracurricular
- 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
- Manifest!: Large festival in south loop Chicago. Hosted an “arcade” in a gallery, with 7 of our games.
- 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 artwork in Interlochen Review 2004 (main art contributor; 11 drawings, including the cover drawing)
- Published artwork in Interlochen Review 2003 (two drawings)
- Published artwork in The Red Wheelbarrow
- First Place Premium, Arizona State Fair (2003)
- Joined Advanced Placement Art in Mesa, Arizona, a year earlier than permitted based on portfolio review. (2002)
- Second Place, Mesa Youth Fest (2002, out of over 500 pieces)
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