Professional work experience
Sushi Chef | Madison Square Garden the world’s most famous arena
2011-present
Prepare sushi in a high volume setting, interacting with multiple departments to help coordinate production. Set up and manage sushi / seafood station and provide elevated customer service in the exclusive Madison Club luxury seating area.
Freelance Graphic Designer | Metro US free daily newspaper
2013
Designed mock-up promotional covers for marketing presentations.
Freelance Graphic Designer | Yellowbook / Hibu.com business directory
2013
Updated / made changes for print advertising.
Bartender | Hapisgah Glatt Kosher steak house
2013
Mixed drinks and served customers.
Graphic Artist | Wall Street Journal the world’s leading business publication
2006-2009
Color-corrected and retouched images, created silhouettes and drop-shadows, and created photo-illustrations. Also photographed products and books.
Graphic Designer | C-Ville Weekly alternative newsweekly
2005-2006
Designed advertising, collateral and editorial pages including features, covers, supplement publications, special publications and advertorial publications. Filled in as Art Director and managed production of entire newspaper, supervising two staff designers and freelance designer. Layed out and redesigned Classifieds section. Color corrected, silhouetted and drop-shadowed images and photographed products.
Sushi Chef / Sushi Bar Manager | Sticky Rice restaurant
2002-2005
Managed sushi bar staff of 5, including training, supervision and scheduling. Ordered and received supplies and inventory, developed new recipes and daily specials, illustrated the daily specials board and implemented the use of a proprietary recipe book.
Graphic Designer | PUNCHLiNE alternative newsweekly
2002-2003
Designed and illustrated humorous advertising in collaborating with Sales Executives.
Handled production and paste up of pages, including delivering flats to printer. Illustrated and designed covers and directed freelance illustrators.
Graphic Designer | AmericanChurch, Inc. church stewardship products
2001-2002
Designed and illustrated church offering envelopes, custom identity packages and bulletins. Converted and recreated existing print designs to digital format. Worked with on-site press, offset printing, digital printing and rubber plate printing.
Graphic Designer | Richmond Times-Dispatch daily newspaper
1999-2000
Designed and illustrated advertising. Designed and illustrated promotional projects including the brochure, mailer and ads for the Spring Job Fair 2000 and Fall Job Fair 2001; and a quarter page ad promoting editorial features.
Independent creative experience
Independent Comic Artist
1999-present
Create (write, draw, design) and publish comics, mini-comics and art-zines. Table and sell at conventions (MoCCAFest 2010, 2011, 2012 and Locust Moon Fest 2013). Distribute and sell in stores (Tower Records, Plan 9, Velocity Comics, Midtown Comics, Forbidden Planet, Jim Hanley’s Universe).
Artist / Art Director | Khybot Recordings digital music label
2011-2014
Developed branding for dj and record label. Designed and created graphics for promotional flyers and music covers, commissioned illustrations, managed social media marketing. Composed, produce, mixed and mastered original music and performed in NYC clubs and parties (White Rabbit, Katra, Slate, Arlene’s Grocery, Gallery Bar, and Make Music New York Gowanus – Scorpio and Gemini Loft).
Blogger | NYC Dubstep Drum & Bass electronic music blog
2011-2014
Started and regularly updated blog, managed monetization through google Adsense and administrated Soundcloud community group.
Game Designer | Trifekhta experimental video game
2011
Designed branding and graphics for indie video game project and kickstarter campaign. Created a video game prototype including graphics and programming in Unreal engine.
Graphic Artist / Promoter | Katra Bass electronic music club night
2011
Designed branding, created graphics for, and executed promotions for online marketing.
Graphic Artist / Promoter | Electronic Groceries electronic music club night
2011
Designed branding, created graphics for, and executed promotions for online marketing.
Graphic Artist / Promoter | Nuco music and art collective
2000-2004
Designed, created graphics for, printed and distributed promotional flyers.
Promoter / Graphic Designer | Render weekly electronic music night
2002-2004
Managed all aspects including booking, promotions, graphic design, working the door, set-up and closing.
Graphic Designer | Change Magazine electronic music magazine
2001-2003
Co-published, created graphics and designed magazine.
Exhibiting Visual Artist
1999-2005
Created, exhibited and sold artwork in galleries and other spaces, managed promotions and maintained website.
Solo Exhibitions: 2005 New Paintings (Empire Lounge), The Phalanx (Katra Gala), Ni Ten Ichi Ryu (Katra Gala), Artist of the Month (Barnes and Noble), 2004 Seekand.com Art Show (Velocity Comics), 2003 Dimensional Entities (Plaza Artist Supply window display), 2002 Art by Seekand, (Render at Chopstix), Art by Seekand (The Experiment at Chopstix), 2001 Seekand art install (Information Technology at Chopstix).
Group Exhibitions: 2005 First Fridays (Richmond Public Library), First Fridays (Gallery 5), 2004 Drawing Room (ADA Gallery), This is What Democracy Looks Like (17.5 Ethos Café), 2003 Modern Crime / True Romance (Velocity Comics), Matchbox / Shoebox small works (VCU Fine Arts Building Gallery), 2002 Last Supper Art Calendar Project (Holy Chow), Deep (Sauce), 2001 System V.1.0 (The Kave), 1999 Undergraduate Juried Fine Arts Exhibition (Anderson Gallery), Painting All Night (1708 Gallery), 1998 Undergraduate Juried Design Exhibition (Anderson Gallery), Painting All Night (1708 Gallery) 1997 Wearable Art: Nude Descending the Runway (James Center), 1996 Undergraduate Juried Design Exhibition (Anderson Gallery).
Education
AS, Accounting
LaGuardia Community College NYC
2014-present
MA, Illustration
Fashion Institute of Technology NYC
2008-2010
BFA, Communication Arts & Design summa cum laude
Virginia Commonwealth University VA
1995-2001
Continuing education
Fashion Institute of Technology NYC
Fashion Art & Design 1, Legal Basics for Business Startups, The Power of Negotiation
2010
New York University NYC
Start your own small business
2010
Baruch College NYC
Understanding Business, Financial Accounting 1, Fundamentals of Project Management
2010
Dubspot NYC
DJ Extension Program, Mixing and Mastering Program
2010
School of Visual Arts NYC
Intermediate Graphic Design, Typeface Design (with Ed Benguiat), Professional Etiquette, Comics Workshop
2007, 2010
Computer skills
Adobe Photoshop (Adobe Certified Expert CS3, CS2)
Indesign, Illustrator, Acrobat
Mac OS, Windows
Blender, Z-Brush
MS Excel
Manga Studio
Sony Acid, Soundforge, Sony Vegas
Native Instruments Massive
Maya, Unreal, Unity3D
After Effects, Premiere, Flash
MS Project, MS Access
Quickbooks
Dreamweaver, Fireworks
HTML, CSS, Javascript, JQuery, Wordpress, Tumblr
Linux
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