Education:
BFA in Fine Art Painting - 1996 - University of North Florida in Jacksonville.

Objective:
To find contract and freelance work in the creative industry as a designer with advanced Flash design and programming skills

Skills Summary:

• advanced Flash programming
• web design
• print design
• print pre-press
• web site development

Technical Skills:
Program knowledge includes: Flash MX 2004, Adobe Suite (PS, Illustrator, ImageReady, InDesign), Adobe Dimensions, Quark Xpress, Macromedia Studio (Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks)
Languages include: HTML, XML, Javascript (editing program of preference - Homesite)

Professional History:

Freelance Consultant: Current
Independent - Miami Florida

Many of my current clients are new business while many others are relationships formed from past employment. I work on contract and freelance basis for these clients to produce a variety of work, from print and brand identity to web and multimedia. My most current portfolio may be viewed at www.millingstone.com and past projects can be viewed here. I am currently accepting new contracts.

Lead Designer/Flash Specialist/Developer/Art Direction: Current
Triad Digital Media, Tampa, FL. Feb, 2005 - June, 2007

• Concept, design and program Walmart.com online marketing program(omp), including brand pages, hubs, resource pages (http://walmart.triaddigital.com)
• Concept, design and program SAM'S CLUB member services omp
• Art direct team of designers working in the different online marketing programs.
• Manage creative relationships and establish specifications and standards with the omp hosts.
• Design, program and maintain templates, sites, and servers

Flash Designer/Developer: March, 2004 - Feb, 2005
Sparrow Interactive Group, Tampa, FL.

• concept and design interactive courseware for corporate training programs
• produce, program and launch elearning materials

Flash Artist/ Designer: June, 2000 - Dec, 2003
Digitas, Boston MA.

• Flash design and development for GM, FedEx, AT&T, Celebrity
• Print pre-press duties in Studio
• Print design on AT&T team
• Web site design on AT&T Team
• Maintain complex client and job folders on servers, including archival of work

Associate Applications Engineer: March 2000 - June 2000
Envision Development Corp, Marlboro, MA.

• eccommerce development of client sites
• Flash design and development

Web Designer/Developer: April 1999- March 2000
toysmart.com, Waltham, MA.

• development and launch of toysmart.com Disneybaby.com, eccommerce site
• maintainance of toysmart.com Disneybaby.com
• design and development of microsites on toysmart.com Disneybaby.com
• design and development of flash games on toysmart.com Disneybaby.com

Sr. Production /Jr. Designer (promotion): September 1997 - April 1999
Next Generation, Waltham, MA.

• design recruitment print ads for clients
• produce approx 500 ads per day based on resizes, new copy, and client requests
• archive weekly ads by date and job number on server
• syquest cartridge archival of ads at 3 months

Inker: October, 1997 - August, 1999
Ctoons (Wave Inc) Framingham, MA.

• ink syndicated cartoon strips
• produce daily strips two weeks in advance
• follow artist specific color pallets
• archive strips

"I have approached every opportunity to achieve a standard of excellence both in my job performance and my self-improvement. My philosophy when approaching tasks is to achieve a better solution than and to constantly learn from the experience. My desire is to become indispensable to my employers and companies.

My talents are only limited by the time allowed to learn. I am an asset to any company willing to give me the chance and the resources. In return, I offer that company a high-energy personality, a professional, can-do attitude, and an superior work ethic."