SKILLS

• Art direction
• Design - editorial
• Illustration - vector, photo collage, traditional media
• Animation - vector, traditional media, stop motion
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Apple Keynote
• Branding and marketing
• Social media
• Public speaking, presentations, workshops, quick courses
• Education and mentoring
• Collaboration and brainstorming
• Editor whispering
• Typography
• Advocacy
• Improvisational comedy
• On-air radio DJ
• Animal Crossing New Horizons
• Splatoon 3

EDUCATION

Attended: San Jose State University
Graphic design with illustration emphasis

Taught: School of Visual Arts and University of the Arts

ACCOLADES

Countless talks, demos and panels at professional, collegiate and cultural conferences (KCON), newsrooms, workshops (Apple Store Williamsburg), organizations, and universities

Featured and interviewed by numerous art and design podcasts and websites

Awards

• The Society of Publication Designers (SPD)
• Society of Illustrators (SOI)
• Type Directors Club
• Society for News Design (SND)
• 3x3 magazine
• Print magazine
• Emmy for ‘Penguin Love’ / The Boston Globe — 2012
• Anton Majeri Award for Innovation and Leadership in Graphic Journalism / Ball State University — 2011

2018 - Artist-in-residence / Light Grey Art Lab / Iceland
2018 - produced and starred in Recurring Public Speaking Nightmare improv show

Judged

• 44th Annual International Regional Media Association Awards
• SOI Illustrators 66 jury — editorial

• SPD53 illustration
• SOI Zankel Scholar Award
• Society of Illustrators Los Angeles
• SOI student competition
• Association of Alternative Newsweeklies’ Awards
• SND30

Group exhibitions

• 'Dumpster Friends Forever' customs show / 100% Soft and My Plastic Heart
• 'Dames: A Visual Tribute To The Women Who Inspire Us' / Leanna Lin's Wonderland
• 'The Robo Show' / Light Grey Art Labs
• LEGO Store Rockefeller Center
• Create:Fixate
• Works / San José

REFERENCES

Available upon request