Security Clearance

• Confidential/Public Trust - current

Education

• Bachelor Degree in Plastic Arts (Fine Arts).
• Master’s Certificate in Adult Education
• Master's Certificate in Goverment Contracting (on going)

Skills

• Adobe Certified Photoshop Professional
• CompTIA CTT+ (Certified Technical Trainer)
• Fluent in English, Portuguese, and Spanish.
• Advanced xHTML/HTML, CSS, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, InDesign, Acrobat, Illustrator, QuarkXPress, PageMaker, Publisher, Visio, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and SharePoint (all in both Windows and MAC OS)
• Proficiency with JavaScript, Flash, Fireworks, FrontPage, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Section 508 accessibility standards.
• Some experience with ASP/ASP.net, PHP, XML, ActionScript, Access, MS Project, and Visual Studio.
• Effective team player, with excellent communication skills especially in listening and assessing clients' needs.
• Adaptable, detail oriented, highly organized, and able to perform multiple assignments under pressure and consistently meeting deadlines.

Work Experience

USPS OIG (contractor with DISYS)
Graphics Designer

10/2009 - present
Arlington, VA

• Designs, develops, implements and maintains graphical content for the USPS OIG SharePoint web sites and cold fusion applications.
• Creatively produces high quality UIs within the bounds of time, and current web site publishing frameworks.
• Implements Best practices in web development methodologies.
• Briefs customer, Team Lead and/or Managers, and team members on the proposed design.

KBR (Kellog Brown & Root)
Senior Graphics Designer, Proposals

04/2006 - 10/2009
Arlington, VA

• Designs and produces proposal graphics, including: cover, spines, cd labels, charts and diagrams, slide shows, tabs, shipping labels; as well as photo editing, converting bitmap logos to vector, and developing color schemes.
• Supports internal clients with design and production of marketing materials, including: posters, flyers, charts and diagrams, slide shows, certificates.
• Developed graphics in English and Korean for the USFK Base Relocation Proposal.
• 2007 MVP Award for contributions to the USFK Base Relocation Proposal.

New Horizons Computer Learning Centers
Senior Applications Instructor, Graphic/Web Design

05/2004 - 04/2006,
McLean, VA

• Designed and developed dynamic forms, mail marketing pieces for internal clients using Visual Studio, Dreamweaver and Photoshop.
• Installed, customized and managed the internal instructor’s SharePoint site/server.
• Taught HTML/xHTML, CSS, Section 508 Standards, JavaScript, Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat Professional and Standard, ImageReady, Visio, PowerPoint, MS Word, Excel, Access, FrontPage and Outlook.
• Awarded Instructor of the Year in 2005.
• Rated a Top Ten Instructor nationwide in December 2004, January and September 2005 (Knowledge Advisor’s Metrics that Matter).

STMC Training Institute
Web Designer/Instructor

03/2002 – 06/2004
Vienna, VA

• Designed web sites for internal and external clients with Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash, HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Clients included the STMC Training Institute, Advance Security Mortgage, The Family's Cake. Note: sites have since been updated/closed. See Web Portfolio for samples of original designs.
• Designed course manuals for JavaScript, CSS, HTML, Photoshop, Dreamweaver and Flash using PageMaker and MS Word.
• Designed flyers and mail marketing pieces using Dreamweaver and Publisher.
• Taught Web Design courses with Macromedia and Adobe applications.
• Provided computer lab maintenance.

Centro de Capacitación Profesional
ESL Teacher

01/2001 – 01/2004
Alexandria, VA

• Designed ESL course curriculum and support materials.
• Taught English as a Second Language to Latin American adults.
• Supported staff with Spanish/English translation as needed.

Yázigi Internexus
Content Manager & EFL Teacher

03/1996 – 01/2001
Florianópolis, SC, Brazil

• Designed homepage templates for the Y Village portal, and developed web sites for students’ projects with HTML and Photoshop.
• Managed and moderated electronic mailing lists for internal and external clients.
• Trained teachers and Resource Center monitors.
• Taught English as a Foreign Language to children, teens and adults.

Publications & Awards

MVP Award

2007

• For graphic design work in the USFK Base Relocation Proposal.

Instructor of the Year

2005

• New Horizons Computer Learning Centers of Washington, DC

Top Ten Instructor

12/2004, 01 & 09/2005

• Based on Knowledge Advisors' Metrics That Matter evaluations in the New Horizons network worldwide.

Mario Utimati Award

31/07/1997

• First place award at the III Yázigi Language Teaching Seminar, with the workshop: “The Use of Network-Based Tasks to develop Authentic Writing”

Honor Teacher Award

1998, 1999 & 2000

• Yázigi Internexus Florianópolis - Beira-Mar school.

Building the XXI Century Classroom: Collaborative Learning and Teaching

23-24/07/1999

• Presented the workshops “Y Village Projects and Yázigi Programs” and “Building the XXI Century Classroom: Collaborative Learning and Teaching Integrating Yázigi Schools” in the IV Yázigi Language Teaching Seminar.

Reaching Out for the Virtual Classroom: the Pedagogical Use of Internet

29-31/07/1997

• Presented the mini-course in the III Yázigi Language Teaching Seminar.
• Research published in 1997 by Yázigi Internexus Brazil.

Languages

• English
• Portuguese
• Spanish