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Nick DeSantis Graphic Design, New City, N.Y. (2003 - Present)
Freelance Graphic Designer
• Create logos, event programs, website banner ads, magazine ads, web layouts and other visual media for a number of clients.
• Past clients include Columbia University, American Cancer
Society, Dynamix Consulting, Bluewolf, Petrucelli Beauty, Hairlight USA, and City of Yonkers, New York.

DeCicco Food Market, Inc., Pelham, N.Y. (2003 - Present)
Head Graphic Designer
• Create and execute weekly ad circulars and other visual media such as posters and mailers using Adobe Photoshop and Quark Xpress.
• Produced 24 page, full-color catering menu, including the design, layout, and all copy over a three month period.
• Assist in company rebranding effort through redesigning company logo and consulting on aesthetics of new and remodeled stores.
• Manage creative team of digital photographer and graphic designer for all projects.

Engel Entertainment, New York City, N.Y. (June - November 2007)
Graphic & Web Designer, Promotions Department
• Create and update the promotional website for the documentary A Walk To Beautiful.
• Develop print materials and other graphics for various television and movie projects in development.

Miramax Films, New York City, N.Y. (Summer 2002)
Intern, Creative Advertising Department
• Scanned and refined slides of movie stills using Adobe Photoshop.
• Collaborated with graphic artists on assembling layouts for various newspaper film advertisements.

• Proficient in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Quark Xpress, Pencil Sketching and Rendering, Pen & Ink, Dreamweaver, Flash, Director, InDesign, Final Cut Pro, Lightwave, Microsoft Word, and Digital Photography. Skilled with Mac and PC platforms.

• Creator, Artist, and Writer for comic strip Dead End. One hundred and eleven comics have been published from September 2000 to May 2003 in the Syracuse University newspaper The Daily Orange. Additional new comics have been created from September 2006 to present.
• Completed levels 1 through 4 of Improvisational Comedy classes at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City. Have appeared in multiple onstage performances between 2003 and 2006. Completed Sketch Comedy Writing Level 1 in May 2007.
• Strong interest in comedy, music industry, film, and animation.

Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y. (1999 - 2003)
School of Visual and Performing Arts: Bachelor of Fine Arts
Major: Computer Graphics
Minor: Public Communications,
Newhouse School of Public Communications