Resume

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Objective

To find a challenging leadership position in creative environment.
AKA do cool stuff.

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Experience

Edmodo
San Mateo, CA, [08/12 - present]
Creative Director
Responsible for building and evolving Edmodo brand, including product, mobile applications, industry events and marketing.

Adobe (Formerly Context Optional)
San Francisco, CA, [10/10 - 08/12]
Manager, Social Creative Services
My job is creating compelling and successful campaigns across many social platforms for variety of Fortune's 100 clients, and managing international design team with offices in NY, SF and London.

LeapFrog Enterprises
San Francisco, CA, [5/10 - 10/10]
Art Director
As part of LeapFrog’s Web Design Team my job is to create website/microsites and other exciting web pages for an innovative children’s toy and gaming company.

LiveBooks
San Francisco, CA, [11/09 - 5/10]
Designer / Art Director
As a sole creative in marketing team, I was responsible for developing visual language for liveBooks brand, and created deliverables for marketing campaigns, emails, landing pages, online ads and contests.

Google
San Francisco, CA, [9/06 - 9/09]
Sr Creative / Google Creative Lab
My job has been to come up with creative narrative and campaign ideas for the Google brand by re-thinking marketing across every kind of media. My focus was design and art direction. I built and designed campaigns, ads, videos, online media, booklets, naming, events, print ads, logos and other projects. Some recent projects include designing the Google Android Logo and launching the iGoogle themes project.

Yahoo!
Sunnyvale, California, [9/01 - 9/06]
Sr Art Director / Creative Manager
Responsible for online advertising, direct email, web sites, promotional
events, and collateral for four of the company's seven business units.
Hands-on Art Directing and managing team of writers, art directors,
and designers.

Eluxury / LVMH
San Francisco, California, [01/00 - 01/01]
Visual Designer
Art directed redesign of Eluxury website, the boutique portal for
high end fashion items. Worked closely with HTML and Flash developers to
create several websites for various fashion clients.

Landor Associates / LVMH
San Francisco, California, [12/98 - 01/00]
Corporate Identity Designer
Worked both independently, and as a member of a creative team
to develop identity, collateral, and other materials for international
and domestic clients.

Sam Smidt Studio
Palo Alto, California, [12/97 - 12/98]
Graphic Designer
Design of corporate identities and promotional materials for local clients.

West Valley Community College / LVMH
Saratoga, California, [02/97 - 05/98]
Creative Designer
Design and production of class schedules, newsletters, and brochures.

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Education

San Jose State University
San Jose, California
B.S. Graphic Design

Stieglitz St Petersburg State Academy of Art and Industry
(aka Muchina Art Academy)
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Graphic Design

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