Design High School

Albena Petrus

305-***-****

*****@************.***

www.albenapetrus.com

EXPERIENCE since 1999

Adjunct Faculty-May '09 to present New World School of the Art-Miami, FL

Miami International University of Art and Design-Miami, FL Palm Beach State

College-Lake Worth, FL

Currently teaching high school and college level courses in fundamentals of

design, typography, advertising design, graphic design and creative and

strategic planning.

Freelancer-Jan '09 to present Broad Spectrum of Private Clients

.Worked on communications projects.

.Conceptualized and created concepts and guidelines for graphic materials.

.Assisted creative teams with campaign applications.

.Prepared coordinated and supervised final artwork for production.

Graphic and Web Designer-Jan '07 to Sep '07 Columbia University: NCDP-New

York, NY

.Designed a new quarterly newsletter from concept to final product

.Edited newsletter's graphic content, typesetting and style

.Produced graphics for E-learning courses

.Redesigned the company's website in conjunction with its web development

team.

Lead Designer-Nov '04 to Aug '06 Envision Graphics-Miami, FL

.Managed projects from planning stages to launching dates, involving direct

client interaction.

.Planned, designed, and implemented corporate identities

Art Director-Jul '03 to Apr '04 Fortis Design-Sofia, Bulgaria

.Conceptualized and formulated design guidelines specific to the local

market

.Designed the advertising campaigns, print catalogues, direct mail, and

posters.

.Clients Included: Absolut and Playstation .

Senior Designer-May '02 to Jul '03 M3 Communication Group-Sofia, Bulgaria

.Designed graphic materials for PR campaigns and events.

.Managed the graphic design team and schedule for corporate clients

projects.

.Clients Included: Danone , UNDP , Michelin , Cisco Systems , and

Sheraton .

SKILLS

Professional

Creative thinking Design methodology Project management Print and Web

design Typography Pre-press Manual skills

Computer

Mac OS X

Adobe Certified Expert (adb223091)

Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat Pro, Dreamweaver,

Flash, Captivate, HTML and CSS, QuarkXPress, Microsoft Office

Languages

Fluent

Spanish

English

Bulgarian

Intermediate

French

EDUCATION

MS Communication Design-Sep '06 to Dec '08

Pratt Institute-New York, NY

BFA Graphic Design-Sep '94 to Jul '99

ISDI (Higher Institute of Design)-Havana, Cuba

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