Jessica Cantlope Graphic Designer, Illustrator, Character Designer, Concept Artist Nashville, TN | 615.516.1520 me@jessicacantlope.com | jessicacantlope.com Experience Freelance Web Designer ILP Music | College Grove, TN | Jun — Aug 2011 | www.ilpmusic.org Editing of book layouts and creation of email blasts regarding new and up-and-coming features. Freelance Comic Artist Mysteries of the Arcana | May — Jun 2011 | www.mysteriesofthearcana.com Penciled, lined, and colored a section (14 pages) of the third storyline with a unique cel style. Visual Communications Director Middle Tennessee Anime Convention | Nashville, TN | Jun 2011 — Present | www.mtac.net Answering to the PR director. Director of all design for MTAC, the yearly Japanese animation and culture convention in Nashville. Also overseeing graphics production for Geek Media Expo, MTAC's spin-off convention. Freelance Web/Graphic Designer Sowell Group Services | Franklin, TN | Sep 2010 — Jan 2011 | www.thesgs.com Redesign of Wordpress-based blog, Weekends With Dad (http://www.weekendswithdad.com) as well as the SGS company homepage. Brainstorming and collaborative development of the websites with semi-regular meetings occurred throughout development. Web Designer Sommet Group | Franklin, TN | Mar — Jun 2010 | www.sommet.com Grew company revenue within a new position. Developed websites and web/mobile templates in HTML5 and CSS3 as part of a marketing team. Utilized jQuery within Wordpress sites. Created corporate landing pages and participated in redesign and rebranding of websites and logos to unify brand image and increase revenue. Received print production quotes. Performed general print design and email blast work. Participated in regular meetings to generate ideas and ensure idea unity. Freelance Flash Designer Radius Design Works | Nashville, TN | Sep 2009 — Jan 2010 | www.radiusdesignworks.com Website portfolio design integration, layout, construction, and animation, with frequent email communications. Light SEO work. Freelance Web Designer deshsbebop | Franklin, TN | May — Jun 2009 | www.deshsbebop.com Web portfolio building, layout, and image formatting. Freelance Web Assistant Studio 202 | Thompson's Station, TN | Aug 2008 — Jan 2009 | www.studio202.com Mass webpage HTML-editing; aid with web template image slicing and implementation into animated Flash layouts. Freelance Graphic and Web Designer Saving Little Hearts | Knoxville, TN | Aug — Dec 2007 | www.savinglittlehearts.com Corporate rebranding for a local company as part of a group college course. Design and integration of a "Kids Only" section of the website using existing artwork. Cleanup and Color Intern Funnypages Productions | Franklin, TN | Jun — Jul 2007 | www.funnypagesprod.com Worked with lineart cleanup (digital and original) for animations; scanned animation frames; colored 40+ Karito Kids spot illustrations. Freelance Concept Artist UltraViolet Productions | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Sep 2006 — Mar 2007 | www.ultravioletproductions.net Character design sketches and fully-rendered environmental art for a short animation project. Other Employment Reader Measurement, Inc. | Nashville, TN | May - Jun 2011, Jun - Jul 2008 | www.measinc.com Graded science (summer 2008) and speculative writing (summer 2011) essay questions from the New Jersey ASK based on a set of guidelines. Sales Representative Vector Maketing | Nashville, TN | Jun - Jul 2005 | www.vectormarketing.com Conducted sales presentations to acquaintances. Involved frequent warm calls to other acquaintances to establish more meetings and further communications. Honors 2 Local Student Addy Silver Awards, 2009 ("Goh Denistry", "Jessicacantlope.com") Magna Cum Laude, O'More College of Design Valedictorian, Radnor Baptist Academy O’More Academic Scholarship | Tennessee Hope Scholarship | President’s List | Dean’s List Education O’More College of Design | Franklin, TN 2004-2008 | BFA, Visual Communications | Magna Cum Laude (GPA 3.8) Radnor Baptist Academy | Nashville, TN 2000-2004 | Valedictorian (GPA 3.9) Skills Mac OS X, Windows XP/Vista/7 | Creative Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash | XHTML/HTML5, CSS, MySQL, Javascript/jQuery & PHP integration, design w/ & wo Dreamweaver | Microsoft Office Portfolio and referrals available upon request.