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Mark Itskowitch
812 Vernon Avenue #103, Venice, CA 90291
(310) 450-0122
mark@headTrix.com
Adobe Certified Expert Photoshop, April 2007
Adobe Certified Instructor Photoshop, April 2007
Adobe Certified Professional Dreamweaver Developer, October 2006
Adobe Certified Dreamweaver Instructor, October 2006
Adobe Certified Contribute Instructor, September 2006
Adobe Certified Professional Flash Designer, February 2006
Adobe Certified Flash Instructor, September 2006
Adobe Solutions Network
CompTIA Certified Technical Trainer (CTT+™) Certification, August 2006
Pearson VUE Testing Center, Los Angeles, CA
Regional Industry Advisory Council for New Media,
2001, 2002, 2003
San Diego Community Colleges Association
Advanced Instructor Training Certificate, September 2000
Learning Tree International, Reston, VA
Member of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP),
2000-Present
Member of the Board of Directors, 1999, 2000
President, 2001
Multimedia Special Interest Group (M3), San Diego, CA
Web Publishing Certificate, June 1999
University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Best of Show - Multimedia Festival 1998
Best Interface Design - Multimedia Festival 1997
Multimedia Special Interest Group, San Diego, CA
Multimedia Technology Certificate, May 1996
Foundation College, San Diego, CA
M.A. Media Studies, December 1994
New School University, New York, NY
Computer Graphics and Desktop Publishing Certificate, December 1993
The New School Computer Instruction Center, New York, NY
B.A. Communication, May 1990
State University of New York at Buffalo
Advertising/Public Relations Certificate, May 1989
Millard Filmore College, Buffalo, NY
Graduate of the High School of the Arts, Art Major, June 1986
New York, NY
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
8/00-Present, headTrix - An Interactive Multimedia Agency, Los Angeles, CA
Design, develop and create new media and multimedia projects, integral part of new business, proposals, outside vendors, manage projects and mentor designers from start thru completion, lead brainstorming, interact with clients; Integral part of the creative process from design to completion.
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT
10/07-Present, Certiport and Adobe
Wrote and reviewed test questions for the Adobe Certified Associate Exam
and reviewed test questions written by peers.
ADOBE CERTIFIED INSTRUCTOR
10/98-Present, Adobe Authorized Training Centers, University of California (UCSD), The San Diego New Media Center, The Art Institute, Platt College, Learning Tree International
Corporate Training: Fox Studios, Warner Brothers, Universal Music, Sony, Philips Design, Rand, Inc., Variety, Inc.
(see full list)
Trained beginning to advanced students in college, university, technical training centers, seminars, presentations, and corporate training Flash Rich Media Design, Flash ActionScript, Macromedia Dreamweaver, HTML, Adobe Photoshop, Photoshop Artistic Effects, Photoshop Tips and Tricks, Adobe Illustrator, Digital Publishing, Web Design, Digital Design, Interface Design, Fundamentals of Authoring, web optimization, ImageReady, animation, multimedia seminars, and corporate training.
INTERACTIVE DESIGNER
2/05 - 7/05, The NBC Agency, Burbank, CA
Designed microsites for NBC and Bravo tv shows, created animated flash banner advertisements, animated GIF advertisements, splash screen animations, designed desktop wallpaper.
SENIOR DESIGNER
3/00-8/00, Sony Online, San Diego, CA
Lead team in developing Internet Strategies: designed and implemented
creative for Sony Style, Sony Music, and Sony Online, and Intranet for Sony Internet Solutions; created Multimedia
and Interactive marketing presentations for Sony DVD; met with clients,
developed and directed from concept thru completion.
FREELANCE CREATIVE DIRECTOR
6/99-2/00, High Technology Solutions, Digital Asylum,
San Diego, CA
Created, designed and produced graphics and animations for CD-ROM's,
Web and kiosks, using Flash, Photoshop, SoundForge, Shockwave, and Lingo
programming in Director. Integral part of the creative process from
design to completion.
ART DIRECTOR
7/97-5/99, Multimedia Development Lab/Marconi North America, Inc.,
San Diego, CA
Created computer animations and graphics for a Computer Based Training
program for the Navy; produced, created and designed multimedia marketing
presentations; developed and programmed prototypes for software applications;
developed web sites; designed logos; created illustrations; edited videos;
directed photo shoots; Director/HTML authoring.
MULTIMEDIA SPECIALIST
1/97-7/97, Jostens Learning Corporation, San Diego, CA
Performed a variety of tasks in the development of Secondary Science
CD-ROM's: created and designed graphical elements; activity and unit
assembly programming; porting to windows platform; documented procedures;
quality assurance; proofreading and editing.
LEAD GRAPHIC DESIGNER
1/96-1/97, McGraw-Hill New Media, San Diego, CA
Designed, created, and produced graphical elements for educational CD-ROM's;
created and developed user interface elements; worked closely with assistant
designers, instructional designers, author developers, and producers.
MEDIA SPECIALIST/GRAPHIC ARTIST
3/95-1/96, McGraw-Hill New Media, San Diego, CA
Created layout and design for foreign language CD-ROM's; created and
developed various templates; manipulated images; quality assurance;
archiving; documented production; edited QuickTime movies.
PRODUCTION INTERN
Spring 1994, Berlin Wright Cameron Advertising, New York, NY
Assisted creative directors with copy editing, creating storyboards,
exercising computer graphics applications; assisted account executives
and production managers.
GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATOR
1989-1990, The Spectrum Newspaper, Buffalo, NY
Created illustrations for the second largest distributed newspaper in
Buffalo.
