EXPERIENCE

Technical and Design Consultant10/2005 - Present         Kagi          Emeryville, CA

Full time consultant supporting Kagi's online store solutions and website. Responsible for graphic design needs in Kagi's marketing campaigns in web and print, consulting engineering in GUI design, technical customer support through helpdesk, Google mini appliance support and developing new product. Using applications and technologies including, but not limiting to: Photoshop, Flash, Fireworks, Eclipse, HTML, CSS, XML, XSLT, PHP, and MySQL.

Graphic Director/Instructor7/2000 - 6/2006        Silicon Valley College         Fremont, CA

Lead and full time instructor in the graphics department. Responsible for all graphic design needs for the campus, overseeing graphic departments equipment, instructors, and curriculum, and teaching courses in web interface, layout and design. Using and teaching applications including Photoshop, Flash, Fireworks, as well as HTML.

Graphic Assistant/Designer1/2000 – 1/2002         SEEWISDOM tech         Emeryville, CA

Web Design & Graphic contractor responsible for creating and optimizing graphics for the web. Designing e-learning solutions through Flash. Laying out, designing and maintaining web sites.

Designer 5/1997 - Present         Freelancing   New Haven, CT / Fremont, CA

Working with clients, jobs include working on collateral, identity, multimedia, web design, illustration and other areas of print design. Examples of work can be seen on request or at Jcarrano.com.

Intern 7/1995 - 7/1999         WPLR Radio          Hamden, CT

Internship that supported the morning show. Responsibilities include consulting graphic decisions assisting in production and preparing music, commercials.

Music Director2/1995 - 7/1999         WNHU Radio          West Haven, CT

Created all graphic work for the station. Station Production Manager - creating public service announcements, legal ids and drop ins. Music Director - Duties include monitoring of all music received, developing weekly reports and directing marketing strategies with record and promotional companies.

EDUCATION

12/1998         UNIVERSITY of NEW HAVEN          West Haven, CT

Bachelor's Degree

Graduated on the dean's list with a BA in graphic design.

5/1994         ELI WHITNEY RVTS           Hamden, CT

Vocational

Graduated 5th in the class with honors with a vocation in machine tool and was involved in many extra curricular activities

COMPUTER SKILLS

Expertise in the following software in both Mac and PC formats:Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premiere, Director, Flash, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, and Microsoft Office. Also experienced in Golive, QuarkXpress, Adobe Pagemaker and Indesign. Proficient in computer scripts and languages such as HTML, JavaScript, CGI, XML, and Action Scripting.