I sometimes wish you were still small, not yet so big and strong and tall for when I think of yesterday, I close my eyes and see you play.

I often miss that little boy, who pestered me to buy a toy, who filled my days with pure delight, from early morning to late at night. We watch our children change and grow, as seasons come, then quickly go, but our god has a perfect plan to shape a boy into a man. Today, my son, I’m proud of you, for all the thoughtful things you do, I’ll love you till my days are done, I am so grateful your my son!

Mom..

“This letter was written to me from my mother, she has great faith in me, her strength lives in my blood and pumps through my vines, she is a wonder, but also a pain, I love her because I am her son, i will continue to grow to where I have to be, one day i will reach my goal and be left without pray”

- Mom – Happy Mothers Day -

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

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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