Michael Gray Email & Phone Number

4664 As 75Th Ave

Assist in fabrication, planning, management and curating

Modesto Campus

Assist in grading student work in art and art history courses.

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

•Experience in the field of designing as an illustrator. •Proven ability to design layouts and logos •Profound ability to plan, organize and manage the projects. •Sound knowledge of the advance technologies and designing techniques. •Exceptionally good communication skills. •Liaised with clients, editors and authors in order to understand and interpret their business needs.•Built appropriate styles and negotiated pricing and deadlines. •Analyzed a brief’s specification and the text to be illustrated and researching sources, thought creatively and used imagination to produce new ideas, created images and designs by using the traditional hand skills of drawing and painting, alongside other techniques, to meet design briefs. •Used computer-aided design (CAD) packages to scan images and change size, colors and other elements, provided roughs for approval, redefined a brief through further consultation with the client to include new ideas or text as appropriate. •Activity in approaching potential commissioners to seek new sources of work, working to a brief within a set timescale, often to tight deadlines and creating original pieces for self-promotion.

Downtown Miami

•Created a corporate logo package that included brochures and letterheads. •Art directed and designed Jewelry Display site •Designed 32-page print catalog for Company.•Created brochures for Parent Profiles and trade show displays for Jewelry Display inc.•Designed and coded custom tourism site in CSS layout including Flash•Managed creation of brochure distribution site including CSS layout and custom administration functionality.•Directed development and design of a secure file management system including dynamic search and display for use with multiple simultaneous clients.•Designed template-page layouts and corporate branding for main web site, content channels, email, chat, message boards, shopping site and co-branded features.

Miami, Fl

Illustration/Mural/Graphic Designer:•Confer with clients, editors, writers, art directors, and other interested parties regarding the nature and content of artwork to be produced.•Study different techniques to learn how to apply them to artistic endeavors.•Maintain portfolios of artistic work to demonstrate styles, interests, and abilities.•Submit preliminary or finished artwork or project plans to clients for approval, incorporating changes as necessary.•Monitor events, trends, and other circumstances, research specific subject areas, attend art exhibitions, and read art publications in order to develop ideas and keep current on art world activities.Web Designer/Developer:•Develop new Web applications as identified through packaged and customized applications.•Create a company-wide Intranet, allowing data manipulation•Maintain and enhance existing Web applications and all internal systems are integrated.•Perform complete testing of Web applications–unit and system, engaging users as necessary.•Conduct all user acceptances testing, and report results.•Design and implement user-driven templates, databases and interfaces for ease of use.•Develop database-driven Web interfaces for rapid, real-time information sharing.•Develop external Web portals allowing users to input and retrieve accurate information.•Participate in dynamic priority setting sessions as the summer season unfolds.

The Kampong At Coral Gables

Assisted the artist Mark Dion in creating a site specific installation in David Fairchild's laboratory

Miami, Fl

Responsibilities:•Worked closely with Owner to both develop detailed specification documents with clear project deliverables and timelines, and to ensure timely completion of deliverables.•Produced project estimates during sales process, including expertise required, total number of development hours required, etc.•Attended client meetings during the sales process and during development.•Worked with client to build and refine graphic designs for website. •Converted raw images and layouts into CSS/XHTML themes.•Determined appropriate architecture, and other technical solutions, and made relevant recommendations to client.•Engaged in outside-the-box thinking to provide high value-of-service to client.•Developed innovative, reusable Web-based tools for activism and community building.

Miami, Fl

Responsibilities:•Worked closely with Owner to both develop detailed specification documents with clear project deliverables and timelines, and to ensure timely completion of deliverables.•Produced project estimates during sales process, including expertise required, total number of development hours required, etc.•Attended client meetings during development.•Worked with client to build and refine graphic designs for website. •Converted raw images and layouts into CSS/XHTML themes.•Determined appropriate architecture, and other technical solutions, and made relevant recommendations to client.•Engaged in outside-the-box thinking to provide high value-of-service to client.•Developed innovative, reusable Web-based tools for activism and community building.•Modified existing websites (static — html and dynamic — PHP, ASP, .NET) by applying search engine optimization techniques using html editor (Dreamweaver, Homesite, Ultraedit or Notepad)•Worked with FTP and CMS (content management system such as Yahoo Store etc.)Utilizing CSS and JavaScript•Created additional pages for search engines altering SQL queries.

Miami, Fl

•Confered with client about artwork and prices.•Studied different techniques to apply them to artistic endeavors.•Maintained portfolios of artistic work to demonstrate styles, interests, and abilities to client.•Submitted preliminary or finished artwork or project plans to clients for approval, incorporating changes as necessary.

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

•Responsible for cataloguing acquisitions and keeping records and also for giving presentations. •Communicated with voluntary groups, industry, grant agencies and the community including schools to secure sponsorship for publications, events and development projects. •Discussed with individuals and groups about exhibits. •Communicated with trustees, management boards, local council and political group to secure ongoing support. •Arranged meetings and collaborative projects to keep connection with other museum and art gallery professionals. •Dealt with enquiries from variety of clients. •Planned, interpreted, and organized exhibitions.

Master’S Degree, Fine And Studio Arts, 3.9

Working on my Master's Degree to take my artwork to the next level.

Bfa, Visual & Entertainment Arts

Activities and Societies: S.O.D.A (Students Organized Dedicated to the Arts)

Education record