Experience

Falkenstein Marketing & Kommunikation (Advertising agency), Mannheim-Strassenheim, Germany, Media Designer
03/2004 - 10/2007
Lead designer and team leader overseeing multiple projects. Skills applied include graphics, print and web design: magazine layouts, brochure design, logo design, web design, picture manipulation, typography, participation in client meetings and presentations, acquiring new software knowledge, teamwork, insight into marketing and advertisement strategies

Punto Design (Advertising agency), Mannheim, Germany, internship for graphic design
09/2002 - 03/2003
Graphic design internship, requiring knowledge of graphic software programs like Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, sample graphic layouts and logo sketches, MAC knowledge

Education

University of Applied Sciences, Schwaebisch Hall, Germany
03/2004 - 11/2007
BA in Media Design
11/2007
Thesis project “How to make yourself miserable”, a four-step guide to misery, animation with 1950s stylization, includes 80 pages theory

Cleveland Institute of Art, USA
08/2005 - 12/2005
Exchange semester, courses in animation, video, photography and web design

School of Arts Rhein-Neckar, Mannheim, Germany
09/2003 – 03/2004
Courses in visual arts in preparation for design studies

Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe University, Frankfurt a.M., Germany
10/2001 – 10/2002
Pursuit of diploma in Biology

Digital skills

Grafic & Print
Adobe Photoshop CS2
Adobe InDesign CS2
Adobe Illustrator CS2
Macromedia Freehand

Video & Animation
Adobe AfterEffects 7.0
Adobe Premiere CS2

Web
Macromedia Flash
Macromedia Dreamweaver
CSS
HTML

Music
Samplitude
Cubase SX
ACID Pro 5.0

3D
NewTek Lightwave 3D

Languages

German (native language)
English (fluent)
French (basic)
spanish (beginner)

Honors

Selected for Student Volunteers Program at Siggraph 2007
DAAD German academic exchange service scholarship, 2005