WORK EXPERIENCE

10/02-present
Freelance
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, San Francisco, CA
City of Foster City, Foster City, CA
City of Citrus Heights, Citrus Heights, CA
Marker Seven Inc, San Francisco, CA
ADHR Consulting, Hayward, CA
Blue Highway Design, San Francisco
Avenue A/Razorfish, San Francisco
Pier 39 Inc., San Francisco, CA

4/02-9/02
Bontica, San Francisco, CA
Freelance Art Director
Created a logo and identity system for the retail store, Bontica. Designed in-store materials, stationery, signage and packaging. Directed the application of the identity for various components such as merchandising and the retail environment.

1/99-3/01
CKS Partners - USWeb/CKS - Marchfirst, San Francisco, CA
Senior Designer
Designed collateral, identity systems, newsletters, in-store materials and packaging for Apple Computer Inc. Responsibilities included design, presentations, art-direction of photoshoots, and supervision of production.

Designed launch site for www.potterybarn.com. Generated and presented design concepts, supervised production of project from start to launch. Other clients include: Netflix, Marchfirst and Excite@Home.

9-12/98
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, San Francisco, CA
Junior Designer
Designed and produced projects including leasing brochures, environmental signage and in-house marketing materials.

6-8/97
Landor Associates, San Francisco, CA
Intern
Assisted with design implementation and production. Designed and produced in-house multimedia presentations.

1-2/97
Alben+Faris Inc., Santa Cruz, CA
Intern
Worked on the new thematic appearances of the Mac OS for Apple Computer Inc. using Photoshop and ResEdit. Designed the visual appearance of interface elements including animated cursors, finder icons and desktop backgrounds, following thematic design concepts.

EDUCATION

Rhode Island School of Design
BFA 1998 with Honors, major in Graphic Design
Contributing writer for The Providence Journal and RISD Views

Proficient in CS3, Quark XPress, and PowerPoint. Knowledgeable of Adobe GoLive, ImageReady, Dreamweaver and basic HTML. Effectively bilingual in both English and Mandarin, can typset Simplified Chinese.

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