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experience

2011
Game Pub Web Designer Jun 11 – Present
  • Design the look and feel of a new business site to attract advertisers, game developers and webmasters. Contribute UI/UX ideas and develop the front end code for the site.
  • Create and build a new game site for girls including all inner pages.
  • Learn the different CMS structures for each game site to make UI and design enhancements.
  • Create landing pages and iTunes app screenshots for new games.
  • Design and build mobile sites for several game sites using CSS3.
Kickapps Junior Web Designer Aug 09 – Jun 11
  • Designed and developed online community websites for clients by customizing the KickApps platform with CSS and javascript.
    Clients include H&R Block, Simon & Schuster, WWF Canada, History Channel, Prevacid, and Washington Redskins.
  • Created complementing Facebook pages to drive more traffic to the full website.
  • Customized widgets and video players by adding styling, features and RSS feeds.
  • Worked with senior web developer to stylize a commenting module for multiple clients.
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“Angela is one of the most talented and reliable web designers I've had the pleasure of working with. She always delivers superior, smart work and has a knack for honing in on exactly what a client wants. It's truly a gift! Her strengths lie in the ability to translate requirements to design and then execute flawless, cross-browser compatible front-end code.

These skills combined with her mild manner and friendly personality enable her to work effectively with a wide variety of individuals at many levels to make a team stronger. She has been a valuable member of our team at KickApps & any other venture I've worked with her on.” February 14, 2011

Alisha Outridge Director of Interactive, KickApps

2009
LimeBits Web Design Intern Jan 09 – Jul 09
  • Designed and developed invitation websites for the open-source code sharing community.
  • Styled web applications with CSS, color, typography and graphics.
  • Drafted concepts for the LimeBits business cards.
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“Star designer and artist. Angela produced gorgeous websites for us. Her design creativity and aesthetic sense are outstanding. She is cheerful, happy, and calm. She learns fast, and her skills and confidence grew significantly during her half-year internship with us at LimeBits.” August 1, 2009

Jonathan Marshall Group Lead, Lime Labs LLC

MoonSoup Graphic design Freelancer Jul 07 – Jun 09
  • Created branding for print materials including brochures, catalogs and print ads.
  • Revamped the entire website to look consistent with the new branding.
  • Reorganized the user interface to find information faster.
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“Angela is a pleasure to work with. She is very creative, punctual, and needs minimal direction on projects. She has worked for us on my projects, and will continue to do so contingent upon her availability.” May 13, 2009

Ashish Rajadhyaksha CEO, MoonSoup LLC

2008
Kognito Interactive Flash Design Freelancer Sep 08 – Oct 08
  • Assisted production of tutorials, simulations and interactive projects.
  • Animated characters with facial expressions and synchronized graphics to audio.
Sports Illustrated Creative Services Intern Jun 08 – Aug 08
  • Illustrated original concepts for the new line of premium apparel . Four designs were selected for production.
  • Designed marketing collateral including advertorials, sell sheets and signage.
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“During the three months that I managed Angela as our Creative Services intern at Sports Illustrated she demonstrated that she is a very talented, dedicated and creative designer. Many of her print designs ended up in the magazine and some of her apparel designs were ultimately produced. She proved to be a very valuable addition to our team and I wish she could have stayed longer.” December 8, 2008

John Jaxheimer Creative Director, Brand Marketing, Sports Illustrated

2007
HBO Graphic Design Intern Feb 07 – May 08
  • Created in-house catalogs, newsletters, print ads, and PowerPoint presentations featuring merchandise for popular HBO shows.
  • Illustrated graphics for several new products and redesigned the new paper shopping bag for the HBO Shop.
  • Designed signage and window display concepts for special events at the HBO Shop. Significant events included a large scale illustration for Valentine’s Day and the initial concept rendering for the Sex and the City holiday display.
  • Participated in an Intern Team Project and presented our Flight of the Conchords marketing campaign to over 20 HBO executives. Led the team in art direction.
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“I enjoyed working with Angela, in the year that she worked with me, she grew tremendously and was a fast learner. She is talented, resourceful, efficient, very mature and most importantly has a good design and aesthetic sense. I have no doubt she will be an asset to any organization she works with.” December 19, 2008

Gurmeet Kaur Director, Licensing & Retail, HBO

2006
Pedone & Partners Advertising studio intern Jun 06 – Feb 07
  • Designed packaging labels for two Cumberland products: a design for NeuroCoat, a natural sweetener and a redesign for NuSalt, a salt substitute.
  • Checked files for errors then packaged them for production.
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“Angela was a very motivated intern at Pedone & Partners. She took direction well, worked efficiently as part of a team and often contributed with creative ideas. She was very thorough with her work and took on extra responsibilities. She has a strong work ethic and will be a valuable addition to any team.” December 7, 2008

David Caso Studio Manager, Pedone & Partners

education

2009
Fashion Institute of Technology Graphic Design BFA May 09
  • Senior thesis project was exhibited at the FIT Museum during Senior Week.
  • Freelanced for the Advertising Group’s entry in the 2007 National Student Advertising Competition (NSAC). Coordinated all aspects of aesthetics including storyboards and print ads . Achieved third place out of 27 schools in the NYC district.
  • Graphic designer for the ICON Magazine for 2 years.

Awards

2009
Art Directors Club Monthly Newsletter Aug 09
  • Interviewed by the ADC for the August Newsletter. View the Q&A here.
2008
Art Directors Club National scholarship in Graphic Design May 08
  • Recipient of the national award among college juniors majoring in graphic design. View the Q&A here.

SKills

Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Flash, HTML, CSS, jQuery

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