I RENE KOH
www.kohwritten.com
abqaf7@r.postjobfree.com
Allston, MA 02134
EXPERIENCE EDUCATION
Irene Koh: Illustration & Design Rhode Island School of Design PROVIDENCE, RI
PRESENT JUNE 2012
Various freelance work. Clients include Rad Dragon, Intuary B.F.A. Illustration
Books (FarFaria children s e-book series), Monarch Comics,
Dusk Comics, and Josh Tierney s Spera. SKILLS
PC and Mac OS. Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe
Blind, Inc. LOS ANGELES, CA Illustrator, Flash, Actionscript, Dreamweaver, openCanvas, SAI
FEBRUARY 2012 - MAY 2012 Painter, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, FrontPage).
Intern storyboard and concept artist for award-winning design HTML, CSS, PHP, blogging software/services (Wordpress,
Tumblr, Blogger, LiveJournal, etc.).
and advertising firm BL:ND in Los Angeles.
Formal education in traditional media such as graphite,
NCsoft SEOUL, S. KOREA
charcoal, crayon, pen and ink, sumi brush, oil paints, acrylic
JULY - AUGUST 2011
paints, watercolor, gouache.
Intern with the concept art teams responsible for MMORPG
games Aion and Guild Wars 2.
Working knowledge of Japanese, Korean, and French.
Moonrise Kingdom Production Set MIDDLETOWN, RI
HONORS & EXHIBITS
MAY - JUNE 2011
2012, Senior Show* Great Job! RISD Thesis Show
Credited intern for Wes Anderson s film. Designed 60s era
2008, Congressional Art Award
hairstyles and compiled Hair & Makeup reference book.
2008, CAEA Scholastic Art Award: Gold Key
risd + espn PROVIDENCE, RI & BRISTOL, CT INTERESTS
SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER 2010 Judo, Brazilian jiujitsu, karate, boxing, horseback-riding, PADI
13-week course sponsored by ESPN focusing on fandom. With certified scuba diver, snowboarding; vocalist, violin, piano,
the direct help of an ESPN design team, created projects that
melodica, guitar, ukulele, music production.
were personally relevant and valuable to ESPN corporation.
Created webisode series about amateur athletes.
REFERENCES
Available upon request.
Cheil Worldwide Global Marketing SEOUL, S. KOREA
JULY - AUGUST 2009
5 week internship with online advertising and digital media
division. Samsung as major client. Designed online game
concepts, clothing designs for photoshoot in Hong Kong,
assisted on creation of microsite for upcoming mobile phone.
Also served as a copywriter for slogans and product names.