Experience

FORGE Worldwide: Freelance Jr. Art Director
February – March 2012 & May - Present

• Working on new business pitches, as well as concepting and designing digital, print, and OOH for current clients.

BrainJuicer: Freelance Illustrator
April 2012 - Present

• Concepting and drawing anything and everything they ask me to

Manasian, Inc: Junior Art Director
March – August 2011

• Clients: CA Technologies, Providea Communications, Ring Central

• Worked on print, digital, OOH and broadcast.

Seidler Bernstein: Art Direction Intern
September – December 2010

• Working closely with art directors, copy writers, production managers, and graphic designers to concept, design and layout ads, as well as package design for medical clients (Perkin Elmer, Sysmex).

Boston University AdLab: Vice President of Creative Art Direction
May – December 2010

• Responsible for overseeing the creative work of 33 teams & clients.

• Clients include Converse, George Guest, Dorm Storage, Red Dog Spa.

Likeable Media, Boston: Creative Design Intern
May – August 2010

• Worked to create social media advertisements, promotions, graphic designs, and new business pitches.

• Clients included Cumberland Farms, Franklin Baseball, Pampered Chef, Verizon Fios.

Boston University AdLab: Art Director
January – May 2010

• Client: JoJo's DreamCart

• Art directed and designed the interactive Flash game, JoJo's DreamMart.

ImprovBoston: Google Adwords account
January – June 2010

• Created and managed ImprovBoston's online advertising through Google.

American Latvian Youth Association (ALYA): Director of Cultural Affairs
November 2010 – Present

• Organize and plan cultural and social events for the ALYA.

Education

Boston University Graduate School
Graduated January 2011

• College of Communication:
  MS Advertising (Creative Track)

James Madison University
Graduated May 2009

• Bachelor of Science

• Major: Study of Media Arts and Design – Corporate Communications

• Minor: Communication Studies

University of Antwerp
Antwerp, Belgium – Summer 2008

• Global Marketing Focus

Skills

• Technical

• Adobe: Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator, Dream Weaver, Premiere

• Microsoft: Word, Excel, PowerPoint

• Other: Final Cut Pro, Audacity, Quark

• Foreign Languages

• Fluent in Latvian

• Other

• SEO, Google Adwords