shaun

sutherland

 

Resume

(July 17, 2008)
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Shaun Sutherland

multimedia artist, web developer, graphic designer

sutherlandarts@gmail.com
shaun@sutherlandarts.com

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most recent work

Objective

Graphic and web design artist, website developer and traditional artist with the skills to handle a range of tasks and experience to produce quality results for agency clients.


Experience

May 2008 - Present
Varuna Design & Advertising, Bedford, NH www.varunadesign.com
Position: Assistant Designer & Programmer
Designing and editing web content and logo/identity work in Photoshop, Illustrator and some Flash. Coding in XHTML, CSS, PHP and Javascript with the use of Dreamweaver, Drupal and WAMP server.

January, 2008 - May 2, 2008
North Country Graphics, Conway, NH www.nocographics.com
Position: Intern as Assistant Graphic Artist & Junior Programmer
Coding in XHTML, CSS, PHP and Javascript with limited assitance by lead programmer Dave Sartory. Cooperatively designing and editing websites and logo/identity work with artistic director Lisa Surette in Fireworks and Photoshop.


Computer Skills

(listed with typical use in descending order of level of expertise)
Adobe Photoshop CS3:  graphic art, web layouts, logo/identity, advertising/print
Adobe Dreamweaver CS3:  web development (solely in code view) and FTP tool
XHTML:  very clean & concise website markup
CSS:  clean, concise and commented external style sheets
Adobe Fireworks CS3:  website layouts, logo/identity
Adobe Illustrator CS3:  graphic art, logo/identity, advertising/print media
PHP:  fundamental functions, some database work with MySQL
InDesign CS3:  advertising, print media
Javascript:  dynamic web content (i.e. image gallery, form validation)
QuarkXPress:  advertising, print media
Flash:  small animations for websites


Education

2004 - 2008
Springfield College, 263 Alden St, Springfield, MA 01109
Bachelor of Arts in Computer Graphics with an Art minor
Graduated Magna Cum Laude with a GPA of 3.8627 on a 4.0 scale
Concentration: Web design/graphic design
Awards/Honors: Annual Presidential Achievers Scholarship, Dean’s List every semester, 4.0 GPA both semesters Senior year

2000 - 2004
Lowell High School, 50 Fr. Morissette Blvd, Lowell, MA 01852
Graduated with diploma in top 2% of class (ranked 10 of 684)
Member of: Lowell Latin Lyceum, National Honor Society
Awards/Honors: Who’s Who Among American High School Students, Outstanding Students of America, recipient of ten scholarships including the first recipient of the annual Grady Mulligan Memorial Scholarship (for an outstanding student majoring in the art field)


Traditional Background

2-dimensional:  (15+ years) Graphite, charcoal, acrylic & oil paints, ink and wash, pastels
3-dimensional:  (4+ years) Clay, plywood, cherry wood, other mixed media.
copyright 2008 Sutherland Arts