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• www.grafikss.com
• art@russgossett.com
• +603 305 7884
• cambridge
• 41 wendell street +42
• massachusetts 02138

EXPERIENCE

BostonChefs.com

• Web Designer + Production Artist | 2006 – Present
• Responsibilities include:
• Graphic designer and Front-End Web Designer for our creative service clients such as: Hamersley's Bistro, Rocca Kitchen and Bar, Tantric India Bistro, Cafe Marliave, Garden at the Cellar, Tastings Wine Bar and Bistro, The Fireplace and Heather Restaurant on the Cape.
• Website maintenance for BostonChefs.com and CapeCodChefs.com, which is over 140 fine dining restaurants in the Boston/Cambridge and Cape Cod areas.
• Tailor individual email marketing campaigns, print advertisements and front-end web design solutions.
• Manage print projects and paper vendors for our in-house design projects.
• Redesigning the corporate brand and website for BostonChefs.com (launch date: 12/15/2008).

RGI+D

• Owner / Principal | 2003 – Present
• Develop identity systems, graphic designs and front-end web solutions. Notable clients include: Lesley University, Corporation for Public Broadcasting/PBS, and Trinity Financial.
• Produce digital illustrations for a range of clients such as Aeroflot Premier Magazine (Moscow), Mystic Valley Traders, The Boston Phoenix

Teplow Cucurullo Communications, Brookline, MA

• Creative Intern | 2005
• Worked with lead illustrator, Mike Cucurullo to generate marketable ideas and concepts for toys, shoes, games and puzzles. Assisted in digital storyboard production for Comcast.

Teaching Experience

The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University

• Adjunct Faculty | 2006 – Present
• Teaching spring course titled New Media Design: Digital Collage.
• Promoting new media and digital interaction for the University's Foundation cirriculum. Have taught classes: Graphic Design Techniques, Intro to Web Design, Porfolio Preperation and Adobe InDesign as part of the foundation course Type I .

EDUCATION

The Art Institute of Boston

• Dual BFA Graphic Design and Illustration, cum laude
2001–2006

The Willem De Kooning Academy, Rotterdam, NL

• Typography & Design focus
September–December 2004

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

• Printmaking Techniques
July 2003

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITES

• AIGA, Gourmet Typography
• AIGA, Letterpress Workshop
• Society of Illustrators NY, IPA Drawing Retreat
• Creative Process Research, co-founder, public relations officer

SELECT CLIENTS

• Corporation for Public Broadcasting /PBS
• Trinity Financial
• Lesley University
• The Art Institute of Boston
• City Square Associates
• Uturn Design
• Emergent Probability
• The Publick House
• Offcampus 101
• AnythingDisplay.com
• NHB Internet Services
• Dream Kitchens
• Aeroflot Premier
• The Boston Phoenix

SKILLS

• Excellence and strength in hand drawing ability.
• InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, XHTML/CSS, PHP, Javascript, Flash, Mac & PC

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

• 2007 Illustration Winner, Issue No. 36, CMYK Magazine
• 2006 Best in Show Illustration, Senior Exhibition, The Art Institute of Boston
• 2005 Design Portfolio Scholarship Recipient, The Art Institute of Boston
• 2004 Honorable Mention Portrait Competition, Warp Records, London
• 1999 Best Website for Kids, Third Place, NH.com