Martin F. Izzo Resume

Martin Izzo	26 Meadow lane, Staten Island, NY 10306 Phone: (917)399-7526
· Multimedia Designer	· Web Design			· Graphic design
Profile
Provide freelance web design, development and multimedia consulting services to a variety of clients, such as retail, professional services, high tech and fashion industries. Graphic designer and art director experienced with corporate identity, packaging, print collateral, advertising, web and multimedia. Special emphasis on conceptual design and communication goals, high attention to detail. Comfortable with information architecture. Effective Team player – known for creativity, flexibility and sense of humor, I have an uncanny ability to interpret the clients unspoken wishes and come up with just the right solution.
Software skills
Adobe Photoshop			Adobe Flash				Pro tools
Adobe Illustrator			Adobe Dream Weaver				Adobe premiere
Adobe Page Maker			Adobe Director MX				HTML
Microsoft office tools			Desktop Video				WordPress skills
Windows OS			Mac OS
Career Development
Escape Creations			Staten Island, NY				02 – Present
Title: Freelance Multimedia Designer Freelance Multimedia designer, providing web design, development and multimedia consulting services to a variety of clients. Graphic designer and art director experienced with corporate identity, print collateral, advertising, web and multimedia. Special emphasis on conceptual design and communication goals, high attention to detail. Comfortable with information architecture, project management and business development, strategic Led design direction, maintained client relationships and managed all sales efforts. · Founded and grew this service whose mission to provide exceptional design and branding services to small businesses. · Designed Innovative user-interface for web sites · Print layouts, publishing and advertising.
Career Development (continued)
Nycpaintball.com		Staten Island, NY			07 - present
Title: Forum Administrator Volunteer web designer Volunteered to work as a web designer / administrator, on my spare time, I run as web site called, nycpaintball.com, I manage the sites content which is always revolving with new content, I have updated the logo to its new standing logo, the color scheme and web design overall. Vbulletin software, running new graphics in the system, updating avatars, similes, this site is for paintballers who live in the 5 borough of NY · CSS color scheme · Administration · Update content · Vbulletin software
Precious Properties.com		Staten Island, NY				­­­
Title: Web Designer Hired as a Web Designer / site maintenance Web designer for precious properties.com, as a real estate web site, the content is always changing with new updates, the site needed a few over haul updates, implemented new navigational bar for better navigation, constructed new pages to be consistent with the flow of information needed in order for it to properly listed as a estate Re-design and update the content Implement and optimizing web graphic
The Art Institute		New York, NY				04 – 04
Title: Web site designer Multimedia designer for the Art Institute of New York city’s peer mentor web site, Designed the Peer Mentor section as part of the Art Institutes web site for students allowing them to utilize information on how to acquire a mentor for the students specific requirement course of study
Bishew Sports Inc.		New York , NY				02–03
Title: Graphic Designer Hired as a junior designer and promoted into positions with progression responsibility. As lead designer, supervised a team of 2 designers and artists coordinating with print productions and sales teams to ensure satisfaction Produced over 20 projects for the year including logos, print advertisements, posters, technical illustrations and t-shirts. (note) **This company is out of business further work has been erased**
Nervous Records		New York, NY			01 – 02
Title: Graphic designer As lead designer, designed and coordinated with print productions and sales teams to ensure satisfaction within the record company Produced CD covers Business cards Handled poster designs
Education
The Art Institute		New York, NY			03 - 05
Degree: Multimedia Designer / associates degree proficient in all aspects of multimedia programs, effective speaking courses, Computer applications, desktop video to name a few of the course studied, basic credited collage courses. Peer Mentor - Teaching applied knowledge of skilled programs to students requiring help in different areas of the design class’s 2 Time award winning peer mentor - Received peer mentor award for out standing efforts, with guidance, patience, and understanding how to help students out in meeting there specific class program goals. The Art Institute of NYC Ira Epstein “Teacher quotes” Martin is one of the talented people I have ever met, strange art style but well connected within him self “”Ira Epstein” advanced flash class