 August 2012 - Present Professional Artist - Krissy "Qrissy" Downing (Seattle, WA) Experience includes: Painting, illustration, design, website design and maintenance, art education, audio podcast editing & digital video recording/editing/production, grant-writing, community outreach. December 2009 - August 2012 Senior Multimedia Designer - The Cadmus Group, Inc. (Arlington, VA) Experience includes: Web design and coding, animation, illustration, design for print, brand identity, user interface/user experience design, creation of interactive websites/widgets, wireframing & storyboarding, project management, mentoring, staff training, audio/video podcast engineering and production, mobile app design and creation. Produced materials to aid in the public education and promotion of environmental/energy focused programs for clients including the U.S. EPA, the Partnership for Clean Indoor Air, Radon Leaders, Pepco/Delmarva, and ENERGY STAR. November 2003 - December 2009 Graphic Designer, Graphics Specialist - Marsh USA, Inc. (Washington, DC) Experience includes: Visual branding and interface design for a large/diverse client base, layout and editorial design of multimedia (animation, motion graphics, slideshow) presentations, RFPs, proposals, infographics, package design, project management, staff training on design software and printer/scanner technology. Major clients include General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, Marriott, Bealls, McCormick, M&M/Mars, and Sunrise Senior Living. May 2001 – June 2006 Founder/ Producer – Qrissy Media (Seattle, WA) Experience includes: Music production, graphic design, digital art/photo manipulation, concept map/storyboarding, web mastering & design, product promotion/distribution/networking, bookkeeping, small business research/planning, legal preparations, business management (workshops attended), sponsorship/grant proposal writing.  Self-taught artist with more than ten years full time painting, multimedia production, web design, illustration, fine art, graphic design and project management experience Expert in web, graphics, UI/UX, illustration and animation tools including: - Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash, Premiere, Audition and After Effects - Visio, OmniGraffle Highly proficient in web, mobile web, and cross-platform application development including: - JavaScript, jQuery, XML, HTML, CSS, Adobe Digital Publishing Suite, Flash/ActionScript, HTML5 & CSS3 Experience (15+ years) designing/producing sound with A/V engineering software including Avid ProTools, Adobe Audition, Cakewalk, Nuendo, Audacity and Final Cut: - Wrote & produced radio commercials and jingles - Post-produced audio reels for film - Designed/Produced audio version of children's book, Mole Music, by David McPhail - Wrote & produced several original film scores Experience writing, illustrating and publishing comic books and children's books  Associate of Arts in Music Theory & Composition, Associate of Arts in Digital Audio Production, Associate of Applied Arts and Science in Audio Engineering, Associate of Applied Arts and Science in MIDI Music/Music Synthesis | Shoreline Community College - Seattle, WA Associate of Science in Computer Science and Mathematics | North Seattle Community College - Seattle, WA Member Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society  25+ years fine art experience 10+ years art direction/project management experience Background in small business development & management Organized, diligent multitasker Extremely inventive and creative Wonderful sense of humor, friendly and ambitious |