Experience

Brightcove
Cambridge, MA / June 2007-present / Production Designer

At Brightcove, the most recent brainchild of Internet pioneer Jeremy Allaire, I serve as production designer where I work on our plethora of websites doing design and front-end programming (CSS, XHTML, Javascript, PHP). In addition, I manage all design and production in the marketing department including but not limited to: print design, web banner advertisements, email marketing, marketing collateral (whitepapers, datasheets), promotional materials (tshirts, takeaways, signage, etc).

The Himalaya Group
South Boston, MA / December 2008-present / Partner, Head of Innovation

At Himalaya I am responsible for creating projects that help our clients succeed. Using in-house and outsourced resources, we as a small creative team are able to handle any size job. I manage the design and programming teams as well as work on a daily basis with clients and coming up with new areas of exploration.

Hopeless Clothing
Augusta, ME / November 2005-present / Founder

I started Hopeless when I was 15 years old as a way to do design and business in the same setting. At the time I was actively playing in my band, Radiation Year, and used the shows and my music connections as a means to sell the clothes. I sponsored many bands in and around New England including: Sparks the Rescue, The Killing Moon, In the Arms of Providence, Cambiata, and more.

Education

Emerson College
Boston, MA / 2005-2009 / Bachelor of Arts

Graduated Magna Cum Laude with a major in New Media with a concentration in both Interactive Media and Audio Engineering as well as a minor in photography and entrepreneurship.

Knowledge

Languages
XHTML / CSS / Javascript / MySQL / PHP / Processing / ActionScript / Coldfusion

Web Applications
Drupal / Wordpress / Typepad / Blogger / Indexibit / Zen Cart / jQuery / SVN (sourcecontrol) / Jira (bugtracking)

Applications
Photoshop / Illustrator / inDesign / Fireworks / Flash / Dreaweaver / Final Cut Pro / Soundtrack Pro / Pro Tools / DVD Studio Pro

Get in Touch

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