Brief Summary
Independent illustrator who enjoys working with companies who see the importance of creativity and visual communication and want to keep expanding in this area.
- highly creative thinking combined with technical skills, both digital and by hand.
- Good social skills and used to communicate with people of different cultural backgrounds.
- Quick and efficient in illustrative work and can solve problems and see the whole picture without missing out on the details.
- Sharp color matching sense when it comes to anything from 2D illustrations to whole 3D interiors.
Clients
Reader's Digest Association
CitiHabitats
New York University
Apps&Pads
Banafshe Schippel, Ltd
Bridgewater Design, Inc.
D. Lundy Design
Urban Attutudes, LLC.
Professional Experience
Freelance designer
Apps&Pads
November 2011 – March 2012 (5 months)Stockholm, Sweden
Freelancing as a graphic artist where I design marketing materials for courses and trips organized by Apps&Pads.
Designer
Urban Attitudes, LLC
September 2007 – May 2011 (3 years 9 months)
- Responsible for most of the artwork done in the company.
- Worked closely with the sales team, providing them with digital renderings of accessories in order to clarify for our clients what a finished product could look like.
- Designed textile patterns for several accessory collections.
- Participated in product development with the sales people.
- Put together catalogues and presentations.
- Was responsible for all product photography.
- Prepared sketches and spec drawings for production in China.
- Did trendspotting and research about the accessory- and fashion industry.
- Made many hand made mock-ups of new products.
- Was partly responsible for research and purchasing of materials for certain products.
Freelance print designer
Banafshe Schippel, Ltd
May 2011 – November 2011 (7 months)
Designed new print designs on regular basis, to be sold to various companies on trade shows.
Freelance Illustrator
D.Lundy Design
September 2010 – November 2010 (3 months)
Created illustrations and textile designs with seasonal motives for different home fashion products.
Surface designer, Surtex
Bridgewater Designs, Inc.
May 2010 – May 2010 (1 month)
Designed several prints for textil- and home décor industry. All the following prints were represented for sale at Surtex and Printsource 2009-2011.
Book maker
Reader's Digest Association
November 2008 – December 2008 (2 months)
Made display books for book fairs.
Photographer
Citi Habitats
August 2007 – September 2007 (2 months)
Shot pictures of real estate property for online publications in New York Times Real Estate section.
Freelance illustrator
New York University
July 2007 – September 2007 (3 months)
Did illustrations for a research project for a dissertation in sociology.
Awards and Recognition
- Became a member at Society of Illustrators, Feb 2010
- Parsons Illustration Senior Show
Art Directors Club, New York, Spring 2007
- Moleskin Sketchbook Exhibition
Art Directors Club, New York, Spring 2007
- Florencimiento Exhibition, Florence, Italy. Spring 2006
- Dean's Scholarship, Parsons School of Design
Awarded Fall and Spring 2003
Fall and Spring 2004
- Had a piece on display at Liljevalchs Youth Spring Exhibition 2001