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OBJECTIVE & EDUCATION

Seeking a position in the art and design industry.
Parsons The New School for Design, New York, NY, May 2010
Bachelor of Fine Arts Candidate, Communication Design
Coursework includes Thesis 2, Information Design 2, Letterpress, Book Cover Design

SKILLS

Advanced in Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, QuarkXpress, Microsoft Word, TextWrangler, iMovie HD
Intermediately skilled in Flash (ActionScript 3.0), HTML, CSS, FontLab, Adobe AfterEffects, Dreamweaver, Microsoft Excel
Strong communication design skills, detail-oriented, efficient, organized, motivated, ambitious
Fluent in Mandarin and conversant in Japanese

EXPERIENCE

Johannes Faktotum, New York, NY, Fall 2009

Freelance Web Designer
Created fashion label's website. Features collections, individual looks, biography, and contact information.

Pure NY, New York, NY, Fall 2009

Freelance Storyboard Artist
Designed logo and storyboard concepts for client.

EVA NEW YORK, New York, NY, Spring 2009, Summer 2009

Graphic Design Intern
Designed sale and event invites for boutique and gallery space. Digitally edited and resized photographs for online
usage.

IVEE, Boston, MA, Summer 2008, Fall 2008, Winter 2008, Spring 2009, Summer 2009, Fall 2009

Freelance Graphic Designer
Designed Spring/Summer 2009 catalogue and linesheet for women's athletic wear line. Color corrected and digitally edited photographs
for print and web usage.

Pure NY, New York, NY, Summer 2008, Fall 2008, Winter 2008

Design Intern
Designed conceptual storyboards, scanned and prepared images for rendering, website design refinement, layout design and production
of presentation booklets.

Micropage, New York, NY, Fall 2007, Spring 2008

Art and Design Department and Production Intern
Assisted design department with various projects, including book design, poster and flyer layout design, website design refinement, production process, logging of jobs, clients, and follow up.

HONORS

Parsons The New School For Design Dean's List, Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Spring 2009
Pen and ink illustration featured in main title sequence for the Sci-Fi channel's 2008 TV show, Sanctuary.
Vector illustration featured on portfolio site for the New York City based editorial film company, Chemistry.

© Maggie Tsao 2010