WORK EXPERIENCE
Shutterfly, Inc • April 2019 - present
Catalog Production Designer (Tempe, AZ)
Freelance Illustrator (Tempe, AZ) • May 2012 - May 2021
Central Utility Specialist (Chandler, AZ)
Shutterfly, Inc (Tiny Prints & Wedding Paper Divas) • October 2013 - October 2017
Production Designer (Tempe, AZ)
Resolutions Multimedia Group
Animation Assistant (Phoenix, AZ) • March 2013 - May 2013
PUBLICATIONS AND FANZINES
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
CBS 5 News, KGUN 9 News, ABC 15 News, Covington & Burling LLP
Courtroom Sketch Artist (Phoenix, AZ) • July 2012
SKILLS
Software: Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office, Procreate (iPad)
Traditional Media: Graphite Pencil, Colored Pencil, Ink Pen, Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Gouache
EDUCATION
The Art Institute of Phoenix • GPA: 3.8/4.0
Bachelor of Arts, Media Arts & Animation
HONORS AND AWARDS
Shutterfly, Inc • April 2019 - present
Catalog Production Designer (Tempe, AZ)
- Quality tests internal and external designs for best customer experience
- Enables products for the Shutterfly and Tiny Prints brand websites
Freelance Illustrator (Tempe, AZ) • May 2012 - May 2021
- Creates custom traditional portraits for local clients
Central Utility Specialist (Chandler, AZ)
- Transcribed and verified prescription information via computer
- Interpreted medical abbreviations (SIG codes)
- Reviewed and entered prescriptions into the system; troubleshooted to obtain missing information utilizing basic math skills
(in addition to pharmaceutical mathematics, conversion measurements and percentages)
Shutterfly, Inc (Tiny Prints & Wedding Paper Divas) • October 2013 - October 2017
Production Designer (Tempe, AZ)
- Edited customer photos as needed to ensure optimum printing quality
- Proofread all customer-submitted text for grammar, spelling and stationery etiquette
- Adjusted pre-designed stationery layouts as necessary to accommodate customers’ individualized text
- Addressed any design or etiquette-related questions for customers via phone or email
- Evaluated new team members to ensure consistent level of knowledge/processing quality across department
- Worked with engineering team to manually fix printer rendering issues on photo books
- Applied advanced photo edits and color adjustments to fulfill complex requests
Resolutions Multimedia Group
Animation Assistant (Phoenix, AZ) • March 2013 - May 2013
- Assisted in creating storyboards and graphics for Flash animations
- Collaborated with other teams to ensure consistency in style and quality
PUBLICATIONS AND FANZINES
- L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future, Volume 26
Illustrator for Simon Cowell’s story “Confliction” (as Cassandra Shaffer) - Templum Digital Magazine No.2
- INCOMPLETE: A WIP-focused zine
- To Boldly Go: A Star Trek zine
- Pokemon Go!: A Pokemon Go! Team Leaders zine
- Moonlight: A Shiro-centric Voltron zine
- Who Runs the World: A Lesser-Known Magical Girl zine
- Primary: A Primary Color-themed original art book
- Fantasy Zines: A collection of both original and Haikyuu!!-centric art and writing
- Letters in the Wind: A travel-themed Genji and Mercy-centric Overwatch zine
- Plus Ultra and Beyond! A Boku No Hero Academia AU zine
- Ethereal: An Altean Lance-centric Voltron zine
- Resurrection: A BBC Merlin fanthology
- Kino's Travel Guidebook: A Kino's Journey zine
- Honor and Duty: A Gladiolus-centric FFXV zine
- Ever at Your Side: A FFXV friendship zine
- Fauna in Fodlan: An animal-themed FE3H zine
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
CBS 5 News, KGUN 9 News, ABC 15 News, Covington & Burling LLP
Courtroom Sketch Artist (Phoenix, AZ) • July 2012
- Provided local news stations and law firms with realistic pencil sketches of plaintiff’s and
defendant’s attorneys, witnesses, and presiding judge
SKILLS
Software: Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office, Procreate (iPad)
Traditional Media: Graphite Pencil, Colored Pencil, Ink Pen, Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Gouache
EDUCATION
The Art Institute of Phoenix • GPA: 3.8/4.0
Bachelor of Arts, Media Arts & Animation
HONORS AND AWARDS
- September 2018 Improvement Achievement Winner, Walgreens (2018)
- Production Design Team Honor Roll, Tiny Prints & Wedding Paper Divas (2016)
- Best Display, The Art Institute of Phoenix Spring Portfolio Show (2012)
- Alpha Beta Kappa Honors Society Member, The Art Institute of Phoenix (2012)
- Dean’s Honor Roll, The Art Institute of Phoenix (2009 - 2012)
- Spring 2011 SIGGRAPH Animator’s Challenge, Intermediate 2D Category (2011)
- 1st Quarter Winner, L. Ron Hubbard’s Illustrators of the Future Contest (2009)
- Recipient of Karen Swan Scholarship, The Art Institute of Phoenix (2009)