EXPERIENCE

English Program in Korea (EPIK) – Buan, South Korea
August 2008 to present
Elementary School English Teacher
EPIK is a Korean government institution with the goal to improve English fluency and acquisition through it’s public education system. Teach over 300 students in six elementary schools, manage class sizes ranging from 4 to 30 students, create lessons plans, evaluate student progress, ensure
classrooms are safe, exciting, and welcoming environments to facilitate English communication.

European American Center for International Education – Detroit, Michigan
October 2007 to March 2008
Web Design/Management Intern
The European American Center is a host to US higher education institutions in France. In charge of administering, developing and maintaining websites for corporate brand and sub-brand entities, designed graphic identity to improve presence of the nationwide commercial real estate entity.

Penn State University – State College, Pennsylvania
January 2005 to October 2007
Web/Graphic Designer
Part of a 30 member creative services team of Penn State University Outreach Marketing and Communications. Team collaborated on development and implementation of statewide and multi-campus campaigns for adult continuing education and university extension, designed conference websites with Web 2.0 technology, provided colleague assistance to trouble shoot and learn new software skills.

Snavely Associates – State College, Pennsylvania
January 2005 to December 2005
Graphic Designer
A member of the print design team, focused on higher education clients such as Gettysburg University and Brandeis University. Designed and produced capital campaign materials and inaugural invitation packages, designed Flash presentation for United States Naval Academy, performed photo research.

Centre Daily Times – State College, Pennsylvania
October 2002 to December 2004
Prepress Operator
Centre Daily Times is part of the McClatchy Company, the third largest news publisher in the United States. Maintained and operated photo processing equipment, handled daily pagination of the newspaper, designed catalogs and advertisements, color corrected photos, trained employees and clients on pagination process and design software.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Web − Flash ActionScript/Animation, Dreamweaver, CSS2, DHTML, JavaScript, XML
Print − InDesign, QuarkXpress, Illustrator, Photoshop
Other − DotNetNuke CMS, Reddot CMS, Joomla, Textpattern CMS, Audacity

EDUCATION / PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Alliance Française – Montpellier, France, 2008
- successfully completed 5 week intermediate French course

Pennsylvania State University – State College, Pennsylvania, 2007
- successfully completed first year French language studies courses
- awarded 1.6 Continuing Education Units for completion of project management training

Oregon State University – Corvallis, Oregon, 2001
- Bachelor of Science in Art, Graphic Design Option

LANGUAGES

Language / Level

English / Expert (native)
French / Intermediate
Spanish / Beginner
Korean / Beginner