November 2003 - Present Graphic Designer, Graphics Specialist - Marsh USA, Inc. (Washington, DC) Experience includes: Graphic design, style & logo creation/manipulation, design, editing & layout updating of documents, proposals, slideshow and multimedia (animated) presentations, music/audio engineering and embedding of multimedia applications in presentations, CD, DVD & proposal package design, training of new staff (publication and production), training of staff on printer/scanner technology, coordinate/manage team projects, maintenance and operation of Xerox, Canon, HP, Brother and Epson Printers/Scanners/Copiers May 2001 – June 2006 Founder/ Producer – Qrissy Media (Seattle, WA) Experience includes: Music production, graphic design, digital art/photo manipulation, concept map/storyboarding, web mastering & design, product promotion/distribution/networking, bookkeeping, small business research/planning, legal preparations, business management (workshops attended), sponsorship/grant proposal writing April 2000 – October 2001 Recording Studio Supervisor – Shoreline Community College (Shoreline, WA) Experience includes: Organization/maintenance of recording studios, music practice rooms and equipment, supervise use of equipment library system, reception/secretarial, standard office duties, data entry, appointment setting, call center, records/bookkeeping Graphic designer with more than six years, full time desktop publishing, multimedia, web design and graphic design experience Expert in web, graphics and web animation tools including: - Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, GoLive, Flash & Premiere (CS4) Expert in standard desktop publishing software including: - Adobe InDesign (CS4), Microsoft Office (MS Publisher, PowerPoint, Word/Works, Excel) Fluent in PC Hardware/CPU architecture: - Have built and maintained several MS Dos/Windows-based PC's Substantial experience with Visual Basic, C/C++, Java, HTML: - Have built Internet and Windows-based games (GUIs) implementing MIDI & digital audio components, graphic art & design, sprite animation Experience (15+ years) designing/producing sound with A/V engineering software including DigiDesign ProTools, Adobe Audition, Cakewalk, Nuendo and Final Cut Pro: - Wrote & produced radio commercials and jingles - Post-produced audio reels for film - Designed/Produced audio version of children's book, Mole Music, by David McPhail - Wrote & produced several original film scores 2001 - Shoreline Community College (3.6 GPA, member Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society) – Associate of Arts in Music Theory & Composition, Associate of Arts in Digital Audio Production, Associate of Applied Arts and Science in Audio Engineering, Associate of Applied Arts and Science in MIDI Music/Music Synthesis 1999 - North Seattle Community College(3.8 GPA, member Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society) – Associate of Science in Computer Science and Mathematics 25+ years fine art experience 20+ years music composition, audio & media production experience 12+ years financial consulting, counseling & bookkeeping (personal assistant) 10+ years general office/secretarial experience Background in small business development & management Organized, diligent multitasker Extremely inventive and creative - Own several trademarks (logos & trade-names), copyrighted works (musical scores), and have a number of invention patents pending Type 76.310438291 wpm Wonderful sense of humor, friendly and ambitious 2009 - Sold all paintings exhibited at Capital Riverfront's Artomatic (Art Exhibit), and received invitations to exhibit at local galleries 2008 - Scored soundtracks for two independent films 2007 - Earned Certificate of Completion of Noble Desktop’s Adobe InDesign Intensive Program 2006 - Awarded “Best of Show” distinction at Philly Stir-Fry Live (Art Exhibit) in Philadelphia, PA 2003 - Awarded MVP certificate for design and production of proposal document which won a contract with General Dynamics Corporation 2003 - Featured Artist interview and seven-page spread of artwork in Autumn issue of Look-Look Magazine 2002 - Scored soundtrack for Seattle based independent film A list of personal references is available upon request. Please contact Krissy for more information.