DESCRIPTION

I’m a designer at heart, but technical work is second nature. I have a full breadth of skills from great typography and logo design to full web experience design. In past roles I did print design as well, from package design to catalogs. With these skills I have been able to play a key role within my teams on projects as vast as full AOL channel designs and high profile projects such as AOL Music’s Live 8 experience. It doesn’t stop there.

The last couple of years I have also taken it upon myself to make the websites I or my colleagues design look professional and tight with my extensive knowledge of CSS along with HTML skills. I have a proven track record as the go-to for not only delivering rock-solid design in the ways of Photoshop mocks but also “coding it like it was designed” in the final web experience. Again, it doesn’t stop there.

Over my career I have been well in-tuned to great typography, and understanding what meaningful type can do for a project. Working in the web world has proven a challenge to advocate great type, but where I have been able to shine in this field is with logo design. Going beyond just a simple icon and type treatment, I hand tailor my logo treatments for sense and rhythm. Again proving these abilities has landed me challenging and rewarding logo work, even going so far as being asked specifically to step in on floundering identity work. It may seem to stop there, but I have many great qualities to go.

EDUCATION

‘96-’97 University of Hartford, Engineering
‘97-’98 Adirondack Comm College, Art (focus on Design)
‘98-’01 University of Hartford, BFA in Graphic Design
Spring ‘07 School of Visual Arts, Talking With Type with Ed Benguiat (cont. ed.)

SKILLS

Detail orientated
Strong Typography
Knowledgeable with web optimization
Photography/photo retouching/enhancement
Ability to build Flash experiences with Actionscript involved
Expert knowledge in CSS/XHTML

PROGRAM PROFICIENCY

Adobe InDesign 2.0-CS3
Adobe Photoshop 5.5-CS3
Adobe Illustrator 9.0-CS3
Adobe Acrobat Pro 8.0
CSSedit
Espresso
iWork ‘09
FontLab Type Tool
Linotype Font Explorer X
Mac OS 8.6-10.5
Macromedia Fontographer 4.1.5
Macromedia Flash 5.0-CS3
Macromedia Dreamweaver 4.0-CS3
Microsoft Office 2004
MS Entourage 2004
TextMate
Versions
Propellerheads Reason 2.5-4

PROGRAMMING EXPERIENCE

HTML
CSS
Actionscript
XML
PHP

COMPUTER EXPERIENCE

Fluent with Apple Macs OS 8.6 through OS 10.5
The defacto Mac IT person at AOL design dept.
Understanding of PCs/Microsoft OS 3.1 through XP

WORK EXPERIENCE

Principal Designer, AOL, February ‘05-present [www.aol.com]
Designer, Samson Technologies, November ‘03-February ‘05 [www.samsontech.com]
Designer, Friar Three Visual Communication, June ‘01-July ‘03 [www.friar.com]
Freelance, DTA Records, Sept ‘01-’03 [www.dtarecords.com]
Freelance, Balogh Design, January ‘01-present [www.balogh-design.com]
Internship, Dunham Studios, various design projects June ‘00- Aug ‘00

AWARDS

2006 Designer for the Emmy Award-Winning LIVE 8 on AOL Music
2003 CADC Annual Awards: WESU Poster
2001 Goldfarb Exhibit, University of Hartford: “The Woodsman” Book

SEMINARS

MacWorld Expo, NYC, 2003
Driven By Design, NYC, 2003
Macromedia Studio MX 2004 Overview, NYC, 2003