I graduated from East Carolina University in the fall of 1995 with a BA in communication arts including a specialization in graphic design and illustration. My areas of study included basic design, drawing, graphic design, typography, illustration, photography, production and computer graphics, among others.

References from the University are available upon request.

Dec 1996-

• Nortel (contractor) Raleigh, NC
  • software research for new project
  • designed template for departmental documentation in FrameBuilder
  • developed course material, and instructed international classes for software and template use
  • created graphics for departmental web pages

May 1995 - Dec 1996

• Nortel (co-op and contractor) Raleigh, NC
  • worked with engineers on a project to convert documentation from text to illustration. The product is a two thousand page user manual used by Nortel field technicians
  • created on-line illustration library

May 1993 - Aug 1993

• North Carolina Council for Women (co-op) Raleigh, NC
  • freelance illustrator and designer
  • illustrated annual report publication
  • created organization logo

• received the Golden Quill Award from Advanced Concepts Contracting Agency for outstanding performance on contract at Nortel
  
  
• awarded three cash spot awards for outstanding performance on Nortel projects
  
  
• member of Corporate Graphics team with Nortel where I worked to improve the company's graphic standards by implementing the use of appropriate software and file formats
  
  
• won second and third place in Juried Moore County Art Exhibition
  
  
• active member of Design Associates, the University designers' club, at East Carolina University
  
  
• Honor Roll 1990-1994
  
  

� Adobe Illustrator     � Adobe Photoshop         � Adobe PageMaker  

� Quark XPress          � Microsoft Word          � Adobe FrameMaker

� Netscape              � Macromedia Freehand     � Adobe Acrobat Software            

� HTML 3.2              � FTP networking (file transfer protocol)