I am a designer who has helped start-up companies meet their basic needs and have their own identity when pursuing clientele online.
I love working with 3D renderings and animations. I work with design software to give my work a professional touch.
My most memorable experience has been working with Twitch streamers, who started with no avatars or artwork.
In 2023, I enrolled in graphic design courses through Rasmussen University. I have been awarded Dean’s List certificates for every quarter completed and expect to graduate in 2024.
After obtaining an associate degree, I plan on attending the University of Minnesota, for their UX/UI Boot Camp.
Education
Apple Valley High School - Diploma in 2009
Once classes became available in my junior year, I began taking photography and Photoshop classes. My Photoshop course would tie into bringing my work into Adobe Flash to make cartoon animations.
In my senior year, I started taking courses on Cinema 4D, along with Audio production, where I would work with ProTools, Logic, and Ableton Live to add sounds to video, and also basic music production.
Rasmussen University - Associate Degree in 2024
The college taught me how to use many Adobe software I was unfamiliar with; InDesign, Illustrator, Dimensions, XD, and Dreamweaver. The classes expanded my knowledge into Photoshop and Premiere and 3D rendering as well.
The associate degree was completed while obtaining Dean's List / Honor Roll certificates for each quarter completed.
I had projects that were praised for the effort, and was asked if they could be shared throughout the faculty.
LinkedIn Learning Courses
During my associate degree, we were recommended to watch certain courses to help our skills. There were other courses I have taken that have helped me explore and learn how to be better at what I want to do.
Here are some of the completed courses as of 09/2024;
-Adobe XD Essential Training Design 2020
-After Effects Principles of Motion Graphics
-Learning Cinema 4d
-Motion Graphics for Social Media
-Practical HTML for No Coders
-Marketing to Humans
-Visual Communication for Business
My Next Steps?
After obtaining my associate degree, I am actively seeking positions as a graphic designer. I am working as a freelancer, under the alias Jagged Jason, working with family and friends to make 3D prints, videos for their company, and images for social media.
I am in the works of expanding my education, continuing for a bachelors in graphic design starting in 2025.
I am also leaning towards learning more about UI/UX fields by attending boot camp courses ran by local universities.