Saltfiend

Syracuse University

Bachelor of Arts | May 2004

Dual Major: Fine Arts/Art

Syracuse University Founders' Scholar

Prague College

HND Interactive Media | October 2006 — March 2007

The Boston Phoenix

Assistant Design Director 5/06 — 8/06

Editorial Designer 12/04 — 5/06

• Designed approximately 20 pages per week in the news, music and arts sections
• Worked with editors to conceptualize artwork to accompany stories
• Created, photographed, acquired, or assigned appropriate imagery
• Developed and maintained professional relationships with freelance artists and photographers
• Created PDFs and color corrected images to press standards
• Participated in a major redesign and upheld the new visual standards

The Hartford Courant

Design Intern 5/03 — 8/03

• Designed section covers and inside pages
• Covers included daily life, calendar, business, arts, and food sections

The Daily Orange

Presentation Director 1/02 — 5/03

Design Editor 1/01 — 12/01

• Trained and managed a staff of five designers
• Oversaw and participated in the design of an average of 20 pages each weekday
• Collaborated with editors to coordinate and conceptualize artwork

Dornenburg Group

Design Intern 5/01 — 8/01

• Readied projects for press by creating PDF files and proofs
• Designed several projects, photographed products for advertisement and created composites
• Performed various administrative duties, including proofreading and interacting with clients

Security Systems News Europe

Designer + InDesign Tutor 11/06 — 3/07

• Provided lessons to the editor on InDesign and newspaper design fundamentals
• Assisted with editorial design of the publication since its launch in November

The Alternative Board of Greater Hartford

Designer 10/05 — present

• Developed TAB Greater Hartford website
• Designed HTML email newsletters
• Created identity for auxiliary company, Beyond the Numbers, LLC.

Boston Globe New England Seafood Cookbook

Template creation 3/06

• Assisted book designer by creating InDesign templates, stylesheets, and libraries
• Created vector logos from bitmap images

Ronaldweintraub.com

Freelance Web Design 1/06 — 2/06

• Presented client with several site design proposals
• Incorporated content into final design and created live site

Design

• Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat
• QuarkXPress, Quark Publishing System, CCI Pagination System

Web

• Standards-compliant XHTML, CSS
• Content Management Systems (Expression Engine)
• FTP software
• Familiarity with Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, JavaScript

Computer

• Microsoft Office
• Internet applications and methods
• Comfortable with both Mac and PC platforms

Other

• Digital and manual cameras, including darkroom procedures
• Traditional media (painting, drawing, sculpture)