J E S S I C A    G    C H E N
 
jezzkachen [at] gmail [dot] com


[ O B J E C T I V E ]

Currently looking for a company that works on a variety of multimedia projects and has a strong eye for aesthetic designs.

[ S K I L L S ]

• Illustrator CS3 • Flash CS3 • Html • Final Cut Pro After Effects
• Photoshop CS3 • Director • BBEdit • ProTools • Macintosh OSX
• Quark • Media 100 • Dreamweaver  • JavaScript • Photography
• InDesign • Premiere • ImageReady • CSS • Video Editing
• Adobe Acrobat • Sound Design • Quicktime Transmit/FTP  • Interface Design


Area of expertise: Graphic Design, web design, logo design, identity systems, illustration, caricature, animation, silk screening (printmaking), photography Plus: Strong work ethic, enthusiastic, plays well with others Interests: travel, comic art, food culture, comedy, and pinball machines.

[ E X P E R I E N C E ]

Pinhole Pictures , New York, NY
Assistant Editor
www.pinholepictures.com

Maysles Film Institute, New York, NY
• Editing Trailers, Duplications, DVD reels
• Film Archival and Research
• Archival Film Production

www.mayslesfilms.com

Bizarro.com, Brooklyn, NY
• Maintain site development and design

www.bizarro.com

Cartoon Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
• Handling prepress production and prepress printing
• Design large scale window display banners for exhibitions and conventions
• Design print collateral for exhibitions and special events
• Assist in web production, html hand coding, image prep, layout design

www.cartoonart.org

St Barts Music Festival, St Barts, Virgin Islands
• Oversee website development
• Maintain and provide technical consulting

www.stbartsmusicfestival.org

MimoYmima Design, Brooklyn, NY
• Maintain client websites using HTML/CSS
Illustration and photoshop production for web
www.mimoymima.com

Artoons Portraits, Alameda, CA
• Designed and implemented entire company website interface
• Created identity system

www.artoons-portraits.com

Sniff Design Studio, San Francisco, CA
• Web development and illustration for local organizations and businesses
• IT troubleshooting, server and client side applications on Mac platforms

www.sniffdesign.com

S.F. Black and White Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• Design websites for clients using Dreamweaver and hand coded html
• Part of a team of designers creating a ID system for various clients
• Assist in photo shoots, sales, office organizing, and database entry

www.sfblackandwhite.com

Solisys, Davis, CA
• Created and implemented company identity, which included logos, promotional material, and website
• Provided web design and construction services to individual clients
• Illustrated and prepared graphics, icons, and logos for the web

www.solisys.com

University of California at Davis, Prototyping Division, Davis, CA
• Created graphics for a Flash based CD-ROM on Child abuse education for Faculty at UC Davis
• Put together animation sequence using Macromedia Flash and Illustrator
• Provided character designs and background layouts

University of California at Davis, Computer Lab Management, Davis, CA
• Trained and assisted fellow employees in multimedia programs on Macintosh platform
• Provided technical Mac support for students, faculty, and staff
• Maintained and trouble shot Mac CPUs in the lab

[ E D U C A T I O N ]

Parsons New School for Design, New York, NY
M.F.A Design and Technology Program [ Narrative / Documentary Film ]


University of California Davis, Davis, CA

B.S. in Environmental Design + Visual Communication
B.A. in Studio Art

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