Michael Rose’s Resume
- Professional Experience
- VWR Education [May 2000—Present]
- Designer/Production Specialist: Instrumental in the production of annual catalogs and marketing pieces for Science Education division. Responsible for all e-commerce graphic needs including but not limited to banner advertisements, e-mail campagins, site redesigns, and landing pages.
- The Joe Switzerland Agency [March 2006—Present]
- Graphic Designer for a full service web consultancy dedicated to helping small and mid-sized businesses unlock their online presence and solve their web-related problems.
- Red Scream [February 2005—December 2006]
- Director of Production/Lead Designer for an extreme horror based magazine and film company. Responsibilities included complete design work for seasonal issues along with various promotional pieces albeit print or web.
- Grand National: Rock Band [2001—2002]
- Web Designer: Designed and helped maintain website for Buffalo, New York band with the creation of some promotional material.
- Rainstorm Production: Record Label [Decmeber 2000]
- Web Designer: Re-designed website for Buffalo, New York band Emerson as a complete Macromedia Flash solution.
- Education
- Rochester Institute of Technology: Bachelor or Fine Arts, Graphic Design, 2001.
- Rochester Institute of Technology: Associates of Applied Science, Illustration, 2001.
- Rochester Institute of Technology: Minor in Literature, 2001.
- Maryvale High School: Regents Diploma, 1997.
- Special Skills
- Knowledgeable in the use of the following software applications and operating systems:
- Adobe Creative Suite (Acrobat, Distiller, Illustrator, ImageReady, InDesign, and Photoshop)
- Adobe Pagemaker
- Macromedia Director
- Macromedia Dreamweaver MX
- Macromedia Fireworks MX
- Macormedia Flash MX
- Macromedia Freehand
- QuarkXpress 6.5
- Macintosh OS X
- Recognitions
- VWR Presidential Award, 2005