ERICA CHANG
+886 960 671 932 ¡P punkec@gmail.com
http://www.ericachang.com

Objective

Seeking contract/PT position as a production artist in an environment that can constantly give me new challenges and opportunities to grow.

Qualifications

• 6 years of professional experience in graphic design and photography
• Diploma in Multimedia Design and Production Technician
• Excellent interpersonal and computer skills
• Organized, efficient and reliable
• Aimed to achieve clients¡¦ 200% satisfactory

Work Experience

2005 - Present Visual Designer							Interplanetary Media / Chicago, USA & Taipei, Taiwan
¡P Responsible for all design & marketing tasks, duties including graphic design, packaging design,  logo design, web design and commercial photography
¡P Design, produce and manage industry trade shows world-wide

2005 - Present Independent button maker			Happy Button Kids Studio / Taipei, Taiwan
¡P Design and produce 32mm and 58mm buttons, magnets and other promos for clients all over the world
¡P In charge of sales, marketing, accounting, shipping, inventory control and QC

2005 - 2006     Motion Graphic Design				Cti TV / Taipei, Taiwan
¡P Work in one of the larget News Departments in Taiwan, correspond with news anchors, news editors, reporters, camera crew and other animators to quickly produce animated graphics
¡P Create sensible and lively headline graphics, animationa, bumpers, diagrams and illustrated charts for the 24-7 hourly news programs

2004 - 2005 Videographer								Unik Media Studio / Toronto, Canada
¡P Camera person and video editor for productions
¡P Coordinated large groups of people during weddings, parties and other events

2003 - 2005     Event Coordinator, Graphic Designer  (Volunteer)	Uprising Bookstore+Info Shop / Toronto, Canada
¡P Organize fundraising events such as benifit concerts, art exhibitions and rummage sales; design and distribute all promotional material such as posters, flyers, news release...etc 
¡P Help with book ordering, budgeting, sales, customer service, shop window display design; tabling and publicizing; new volunteer training and 


2003 - 2005     Graphic Designer & Photographer  (Volunteer)	ORA- Organization for the Rescue of Animals / Toronto, Canada
¡P Help with event poster design, magazine advertisement design, magazine layout design and photography 

2003 - 2005      Photographer								Festivals / Toronto, Canada
¡P Daily on-site digital photography during the festivals. Photos were used for festivals¡¦ official websites, archives and other publications
¡P Clients include Hot Docs Documentary Film Festival, Mayworks Art Festival, and Giggle Shorts Comedy Short Film Festival
 
2002 - 2005     Graphic Designer						No Hands Design / Oklahoma, USA
¡P Specialize in promotional material design such as posters, flyers, banners, covers...etc
¡P Range of duties: concept building, branding, graphic design, corporate identity design, photography, layout and publishing
 
2003-2004               Photo Editor's Assistant				KlixPix Photography Agency / Toronto, Canada
¡P Provided support to photo editors. Duties include selecting, scanning, retouching and filing all photos for major international presses and corporations
¡P Clients include the New York Times, Time Magazine, Now Magazine, Eye Weekly¡Ketc
 
2001-2002		    	CEO's Assistan							Lumi Locale Multimedia Design House / Taipei, Taiwan
¡P In charge of PR tasks, was the correspondent between production artists and clients
¡P Managed project through completion including timeline scheduling, budgeting, quality control until final delivery

Software Capabilities

Graphic, Image Illustrator, PhotoShop, QuarkXpress, InDesign

Video Final Cut Pro, Premiere, After Effects, Vegas Video

Web DreamWeaver, Fireworks, Html, Java Script

Animation, Presentation Director, Swish, PowerPoint

Proficient with both Mac and PC platform
 
Education and Training
2005 LIFT- Lighting and Camera Assisting Workshops
2004 Central Tech- Advanced Photography
2004 CCLCS- TESL Canada Certificate (Teaching English as Second Language)
2003 Humber College- Multimedia Design and Production Diploma

References are available on request