Graphic Designer • Illustrator
2140 West Broad Street
Scotch Plains, N.J. 07076
phone: (908) 389 1769
New York / 1991-1994
1994 - B.F.A. degree
Major: Illustration
Ukraine / 1983-1987
1987 - B.F.A. degree
Major: Product Design
April 2003 - Present
Freelance Graphic Designer, Illustrator,
Web Designer, Mom
Position: Graphic Designer
New York, NY / April 1995 -March 2003
Design of children's book covers, interiors, displays and packaging; fixing, manipulating artwork; scanning, silhouetting, retouching, colorizing black & white art; creating templates.
Irvington, NY / October 1993-March 1995
Freelance catalog producer
New York, NY / September 1991-September 1993
Position: Gallery assistant
Exhibition design & installation, matting, framing artwork, gallery maintenance, material purchasing.
New York, NY / October 1990-March 1992
Freelance jewelry designer
Uzhgorod, Ukraine / September 1987-June 1989
Position: Package designer
Design of packaging for toys and house appliances, presentation boards, logos, signs, and posters. Also did hand lettering and calligraphy.
Knowledge and experience with the use of the following Macintosh programs:
Adobe Photoshop CS2,
Adobe Illustrator CS2, Freehand MX, Quark XPress,
Corel Painter IX,
Adobe Streamline,
Adobe InDesign CS2, BBEdit, as well as many
major utilities. Also Drawing, Painting, Digital photography,
XHTML and CSS.
References available upon request.