ROGER A. DISNEY
M: 405.414.3871
2248 Summit St.
Columbus, OH 43202
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WORK EXPERIENCE

Freelance Artist & Designer - RogerDisney.com (05.02 - present)
Producing graphic design for print and web, illustration, oil paintings and reproductions, photography, and the design and construction of custom furniture

Senior Graphics Designer - Anautics, Inc: Oklahoma City, OK (09.04 - 07.05)
Web site design and development

Creative Services Lead - NICUSA: Oklahoma City, OK (07.01 - 06.02)
Hired, with three others, to open the Oklahoma City branch of the nation's largest eGovernment company; Creative supervision and design for the state of Oklahoma's website and individual contracted state agency sites; Worked along-side developers and marketing representatives in a mostly PHP production environment; Helped lead the office more than double in staff and to first in earnings within the NIC Corporation; In-depth knowledge of web usability and accessibility issues including W3C section 508; Supervised one graphic designer.

Web Designer - CAS Web Office: Stillwater, OK (11.00 - 05.01)
Web site design and development for organizations and departments at OSU; Instructed employees in usage of web design and graphic software; Produced brochure and print work

Web Designer/HTML Editor - Aquent Partners: London, England (06.00 - 08.00)
Employed as a contract designer working in London area for a global creative and IT talent agency; Web site development and editing of HTML for Intel.com, Railtrack.com and others

Marketing Coordinator - Student Union Marketing: Stillwater, OK (11.98 - 04.00)
Art direction of and design, illustration and photography for the Student Union web site and online store; Produced printed promotional pieces for the Student Union, its organizations, and merchants; Marketing and promotion for upcoming events; Maintained a business relationships with outside advertising representatives, printers and publishers; Supervised three graphic design employees and one marketing employee

Graphic Designer - Audio Visual Center: Stillwater, OK (01.98 - 05.98)
Design and production of printed material for the departments and organizations of OSU; Work included art direction of photo shoots, prepress color checks, blue line approvals, and client meetings


TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Illustration Instructor - OSU Department of Art: Stillwater, OK (08.01 - 12.01)
Led sophomore and senior level illustration courses during the fall semester

Personal Tutor - Stillwater, OK (11.98 - 04.00)
Design and illustration tutor for undergraduate art students at Oklahoma State University

EDUCATION

Master of Fine Arts: Painting (02.04 - 06.04)
Queensland University of Technology: Brisbane, Australia
Two semesters remaining until completion

Bachelor of Fine Arts: Graphic Design (08.94 - 05.99)
Oklahoma State University: Stillwater, OK
Dual emphasis on Illustration and Graphic Design

COMPUTER EXPERIENCE

Macintosh OS
Windows OS
Adobe GoLive
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Adobe PageMaker
Adobe Premiere
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Streamline
CorelDRAW
Corel Painter
Macromedia Dreamweaver
Macromedia Fireworks
Macromedia Flash
Macromedia FreeHand
QuarkXPress
Microsoft Office
HTML
JavaScript
PHP
Traditional animation
4-color printing
Digital imaging
W3C section 508
B&W photo developing and printing

PUBLISHINGS

Feature story in The Edmond Evening Sun on local artists (06.03)
Published in OSU Spirit Magazine: Western Governors Universities Illustration (09.98)
Published in OSU Spectrum Magazine – Two Illustrations (08.98)
Profile Article on local artists in The Daily Oklahoman (12.97)
“Pulp” cartoon - The Daily O'Collegian: Stillwater, OK (08.95 - 05.97)
“Pulp” cartoon - The Edmond Evening Sun: Edmond, OK (06.95 - 08.95)
“Pulp” cartoon - The Ruff Draft: Edmond, OK (08.93 - 05.94)

AFFILIATIONS, EXHIBITIONS, & AWARDS

Acceptance into The Austin Fine Arts Festival (11.04)
Acceptance and participation in Arts Festival Oklahoma (09.03)
Accepted into MFA program at Queensland Univ. of Technology, Brisbane, AU (04.03)
Accepted into MFA program at the University of Sunderland, Sunderland, England (03.03)
Offered $1500 scholarship by Sunderland University (03.03)
Began membership in AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Arts) (09.00)
Winning Environmental Design Solution: Pawnee Tribal Museum Competition (04.00)
Merchant Award in the Oklahoma State University Student Art Exhibition (04.99)
Acceptance of Three Pieces into juried OSU Student Art Exhibition (04.99)
Oklahoma State University Senior Design Exhibition (03.99)
Nominated for the Commencement Medallion Committee (12.98)
Winning Environmental Design Solution: Pawnee Tribal Museum Competition (11.98)
Best of Show Award in the Oklahoma State University Student Art Exhibition (04.98)
Kinko's Merchant Award in the Oklahoma State University Student Art Exhibition (04.98)
PC Link Merchant Award in the Oklahoma State University Student Art Exhibition (04.98)
Acceptance of five pieces into juried OSU Student Art Exhibition (04.98)
Campus Life logo competition winning solution (12.97)