EDUCATION

DREXEL UNIVERSITY, Philadelphia, PA

Bachelor of Science, Graduation June 2012
Major: Graphic Design, Minor: Product Design Cumulative GPA: 3.59
Deans List Winter 2010 through Fall 2012
Deans Scholarship 2008 to Present
Pennoni Honors Student 2008 to Present
Award for Outstanding Portfolio June 2012
Platinum Award, 42nd Annual Creativity Awards September 2012
CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS (CCA), Oakland, CA
Summer 2008
Courses in Drawing and Industrial Design
ACADEMY OF ART UNIVERSITY, San Francisco, CA
Summer 2007
Courses in Graphic Design and Digital Media
WORK EXPERIENCE
SMART DESIGN, New York, NY
Brand Communication Intern and Freelancer, June 2012 to December 2012
- Brand design and development of the Smart sub-brands, Food Lab and
FemmeDen, and design of their respective web presence
- Primary graphic designer for client projects ranging from creation of research
assets to designing retail packaging
- Working with directors and senior staff in development and brainstorming
for graphic, product, interaction, and business strategy design
VF SPORTSWEAR/NAUTICA, New York, NY
Graphics Intern, April to September 2011
- Design of seasonal guides for all international retail stores
- Organization of visual merchandising props and development of prop usage
and standards guide for international partners
- Design and formatting of internal audit guide of all store design and
merchandising for international and domestic stores
ALITE DESIGN, San Francisco, CA
Product Design Intern, July to September 2009
- Design of commission work for Alite Design.
- Computer renderings of newly produced and conceptual products for
Alite Design and the neighboring company Timbuk2
N I C H O L A S L I M
COMPUTER SKILLS
OPERATING SYSTEMS:
Mac OSX; Windows XP, Vista and 7;
Ubuntu Linux
PROGRAMS:
Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator,
InDesign, Dreamweaver, Premiere,
After Effects; Rhino 3D; Microsoft
Word, Excel, PowerPoint; Apple
iWork. iMovie, Keynote
DESIGN SKILLS
Brand & Identity Development
Logo Design
Publication Design
3D & Packaging Design
Information & Infographic Design
Exhibit & Environment Design
Book Binding & Design
Web Imaging & Design
Illustration
Screen Printing
Letterpress
Product, Industry, & User Research
Iterative Prototype Development
Advanced Model Making
Ideation Sketching
Video Editing & Graphic Application
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