Ben Cary

Address: 2002 McKinnon Lane Pasadena, MD, 21122 Home Phone: 410-439-0456 Cell Phone: 410-274-1893

Objective

To obtain an artistic position in the digital world that requires the use of design and creative prowess on and off of the computer.

Profile

I’m Ben Cary, and beginning my second year of college at Drexel University, where I am feverishly working toward a Bachelors, and hopefully a Masters, degree in Digital Media. As a student, I am fiercely determined, organized with my workload, and meticulous about its completion. In the workplace, all the of these traits translate, along with my innate abilities as an artist as well as the newer skills I have developed along the way, such as an extensive knowledge of a variety of programs and art mediums. I am able to handle hefty workloads and maintain a zen-like focus, for hours at a time if need be, while I work toward a project’s completion. I also work effectively within a team, and maintain effective communication with a client until the final product mirrors exactly what they had in mind.

Skill Summary

Extensive Computer Knowledge

• Proficient in both Mac and Windows-based interfaces.
• Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, After Effects, Illustrator
• Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint
• Wacom tablet experience
• Learning Adobe Flash, DreamWeaver, and Maya

Artistic

• Able to work with a large assortment of mediums, including paint, pencil and digital formats.
• Experienced in all aspects of drawing, including human form and environmental perspective.
• Experienced in analog animation

Detail-conscious and self-motivated

Adept Writer

• Creative fiction and nonfiction
• Report-based writing
• Editing skills

Team oriented

Excellent customer interaction and communcation skills.

Work History

• Chartwell Country Club, Poolside Chef, MD 2005
• Lifetouch Portraits, Model, MD, 2006
• Bill Bateman’s Bistro, Fry and Broil cook, Glen Burnie, MD, 2005-2006
• Gibson Island Country Club, Server, Pasadena, MD, 2006
• Cheeseburger in Paradise, Server, Pasadena, MD, Summer 2007
• Freelance Graphic Design work, Crunchy Dragon Designs, 2007-current

Accolades

College

• Left my first year of college with a 3.93 GPA, having made Dean’s List twice
• National Society of Collegiate Scholars member
• Gamma Xi Honors Fraternity Invitee
• Sigma Phi Epsilon member and Artistic Advisor
• Drexel Siggragph (Special Interest Group on Graphics) member

High School

• Honor Society Member, Foreign Language Honor Society
• Freshman, Sophomore and Junior Scholar
• Scholar Athlete (for Lacrosse and Indoor Track)
• National Young Leaders Invitee
• Publised Poet: With One Voice (a national collaboration of contest winners in 2003)
• Outstanding Scholar Athlete (for Lacrosse)
• Published numerous articles in The Capital (an Anne Arundel County area Newspaper)
• Newspaper Staff (Entertainment Editor and Senior Editor in Chief)