Ace Designer
Web Work
Paper Products
Ace Designer
2142 west seventh st.
cleveland, oh 44113
email: info@ohboydesign.com

j e n n i f e r  m a y





education


experience



Columbia College Chicago, BFA in Art & Design,
June 1998 GPA: 3.7
Graphic Design, Illustration, Fashion Design, Photography, Computer Aided Design

Columbia College 2, Spring 2000
Web Design classes

Mac University, December 2000
Macromedia Flash Intensive Training



Freelance Illustrator & Graphic Designer
Since 1997. Most clients are small clothing boutiques with logo design and ad work. My work has been in Chicago Magazine, Chicago Social, the Chicago Tribune and the Sun Times.

Please takesome time and view my online portfolios of web work and paper products to get a sense of my work.

design



Adobe PhotoShop 6.0 (since 3.0)
ImageReady 3.0
GoLive 4.0/ 5.0
Macromedia Flash 4.0/ 5.0 and ActionScript
Macromedia Dreamweaver 4.0
Illustrator 9.0 (since 7.0)
Quark Xpress
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access—on both Mac and PC platforms)
Web Star Server
PHP 4.0
JavaScript
HTML, dHTML, CSS and hand coding html

employment





Spectrum Communications, Rolling Meadows, IL Senior Web Designer, March 2000 to November 2001
Responsible for corporate web site design from conception to actualization for local companies. Created static web sites as well as working with the company’s e-commerce solution and flash-driven sites. Image optimization, animated .gifs, JavaScripts, .pdf conversions, stylesheets and dynamic html content. Acting customer liaison for project coordination, including design meetings, site content, some Mac server- WebStar and DNS support

urbanStyle, Chicago, IL, Freelance Web Designer, December 1999 to present
Responsible for designing the boutique shops located within the urbanStyle.com shopping portal. Custom illustrations and graphics for sites: including buttons, secondary graphics, home page designs and animated .gifs

Vogue Fabrics, Evanston, IL Director of Operations, Vogue Fabrics by Mail, April 1996 – March 2000
Manager and creative director of a bi-monthly fabric catalog. Artistic force behind the mailing, including selecting and merchandising fabrics for the product as well as the design of the catalog. Preparing the catalog for print: including organizing the layout, writing copy, scanning (image adjustment) fabrics. Illustrator of fashion designs within the catalog. Designed and maintained the company's web site, as well as serving as the company's graphic designer: mailing inserts, national advertisements and promotions.

portfolio and references awaiting your request