WORK EXPERIENCE
Freelance Illustrator (Tempe, AZ) • May 2009 - present
Shutterfly, Inc (Tiny Prints & Wedding Paper Divas) • October 2013 - present
Production Designer (Tempe, AZ)
Resolutions Multimedia Group
Animation Assistant (Phoenix, AZ) • March 2013 - May 2013
PUBLICATIONS
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
CBS 5 News, KGUN 9 News, ABC 15 News, Covington & Burling LLP
Courtroom Sketch Artist (Phoenix, AZ) • July 2012
“Where’s Your Homework?”
2D/3D Animated Short (Honors Animation Studio, The Art Institute of Phoenix) • April 2011 - September 2011
Software: Photoshop, Illustrator, Paint Tool SAI, Manga Studio, After Effects, Flash, Microsoft Office
Traditional Media: Graphite, Colored Pencils, Ink Pens, Charcoal, Oil Pastels, Gouache, Acrylics
EDUCATION
The Art Institute of Phoenix • GPA: 3.8/4.0
Bachelor of Arts, Media Arts & Animation • 2009 - 2012
HONORS AND AWARDS
Freelance Illustrator (Tempe, AZ) • May 2009 - present
- Creates traditional portraits for local clients
- Exhibits at local pop culture conventions throughout the year
Shutterfly, Inc (Tiny Prints & Wedding Paper Divas) • October 2013 - present
Production Designer (Tempe, AZ)
- Edits customer photos as needed to ensure optimum printing quality
- Proofreads all customer-submitted text for grammar, spelling and stationery etiquette
- Adjusts pre-designed stationery layouts as necessary to accommodate customers’ individualized text
- Personally addresses any design or etiquette-related questions for customers via phone or email
- Shadows and evaluates new team members to ensure consistent level of knowledge/processing quality across department
- (May 2015 - August 2015) Worked with engineering team to manually fix printer rendering issues on photo books
- (April 2016 - present) Joined team of designers who applied advanced photo editing and color adjustment tools to fulfill complex requests
Resolutions Multimedia Group
Animation Assistant (Phoenix, AZ) • March 2013 - May 2013
- Assisted in creating storyboards and graphics for Flash animations
PUBLICATIONS
- 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
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
“Where’s Your Homework?”
2D/3D Animated Short (Honors Animation Studio, The Art Institute of Phoenix) • April 2011 - September 2011
- Primary artist and animator for “Sasquatch” secondary character
- Composited 2D, 3D, and audio assets together into final animation
- Assisted in animating main characters in 3D and creating 3D environment
- Assisted in setting up render farm for 3D scenes
Software: Photoshop, Illustrator, Paint Tool SAI, Manga Studio, After Effects, Flash, Microsoft Office
Traditional Media: Graphite, Colored Pencils, Ink Pens, Charcoal, Oil Pastels, Gouache, Acrylics
EDUCATION
The Art Institute of Phoenix • GPA: 3.8/4.0
Bachelor of Arts, Media Arts & Animation • 2009 - 2012
HONORS AND AWARDS
- 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)
