Experience

Freelance Web Designer

Current

• Created commercial and person sites from scratch
• Created illustrations, logos

Features Designer

April 2009 - Present at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in Milwaukee, Wis.

• Laid out multiple section covers per week
• Created illustrations - either hand drawn or in Photoshop and Illustrator
• Took and edited photos
• Also designed for news sections occasionally

News Designer

January 2005 - March 2009 at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

• Laid out any section from 1A to Business covers
• Created illustrations - either hand drawn or in Photoshop and Illustrator
• Occasionally designed for Features sections

Designer and Art Director

January 2003 - December 2004 at the Columbia Missourian, in Columbia, Mo.

• Laid out any section from 1A to Features covers
• Created illustrations - either hand drawn or in Photoshop and Illustrator
• Art directed for the Food and Lifestyle section

Reporter

Internship during Fall 2002 at the Charlotte Observer's Columbia, S.C. bureau

• Conducted interviews and wrote articles
• Helped bureau chief with research

Education

I am currently enrolled in the Web Designer Technical Diploma program at the Milwaukee Area Technical College.

Master of Arts in Journalism

2004: From the Missouri School of Journalism in Columbia, Mo.

Bachelor of Arts in Journalism

2002: From the University of South Carolina School of Mass Communications in Columbia, S.C.

Baccalaureat

1998: From the Lycee Parc Imperial in Nice, France.

Skills

Programs

• Photoshop
• InDesign
• Quark Xpress
• Illustrator
• CCI Layout Champ
• HTML, XHTML and CSS languages

LANGUAGES

Fluent in:

• English
• French
• Lebanese/Egyptian Arabic

Proficient in:

• Italian
• Spanish

Contact Me

You can email me at sleepingbanshee@hotmail.com (Just remove the NOSPAM bit).
Or you can leave a comment here.