Alex Hamil
KANSAS CITY, MO

Alex Hamil   - Freelance Designer/Visual Arts Educator with Sales Experience
 
#### Wyoming     Kansas City, MO  #####     /     (###) ###-#### (cell)
email to:     portfolio at: http://sites.google.com/site/alexhamilportfolio/ 
(copy and paste above address for the portfolio link into your browser)

OBJECTIVE		
Currently seeking instructor, sales, and/or fabricator positions in multimedia design and visual arts or general education (liberal arts) instruction.  As I attempt to solicit teaching opportunities (as part-time on a contractual basis) my desire is to utilize and continue to develop my expertise in the commercial arts sector in either full or part-time positions that relate to my field of instruction.

The portfolio (link above) contains client and personal work in commercial and studio art mostly from the last five years, but includes work in the last decade in order to showcase my range of media and job responsibilities from current digital work to more traditional methods.  If you are looking for a diversified artist or educator (or both), please feel free to contact me using the email address above.

AREAS of EXPERTISE
• Art Director for television, print, and promotional work (# yrs./Expert)
• Visual Art instructor/Curriculum Developer (Kindergarten to Adult / ##+ years)
• Practicing Studio Artist and Freelance Designer (## years)
• Proficient in a variety of software (Adobe CS#, Photoshop and Flash)
• Expert presenter in workshops and classroom environments (#+ years)
• Client relations and project development from concept to completion* 

*Note – Whether I’m meeting with a client as a freelance corporate designer or serve in the capacity of a visual arts instructor, I instill a process for communication that encourages feedback.  In developing this skill through various media formats and venues for over the last ten years as a classroom instructor I’ve shared my awareness of traditional and software based mediums with students of all ages.  As a designer I practice an approach that is similar to my classroom philosophy by working with clients in order to encourage and develop their knowledge of the potentials in product to consumer visual marketing as well as utilizing recent trends in technology for both web and print.


EDUCATION

Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO 
Master of Education (Humanities), M.Ed. May #### 
Thesis: “A Blueprint to Media Literacy in the Classroom” (####)

University of Kansas (KU)
Bachelor of Fine Arts, BFA May #### 
Visual Communication  (Illustration and Graphic Design) 

Park University (Parkville, MO)
Art Education (K-##) / Certification, Provisional Certification


EXPERIENCE and INSTRUCTION

Art Institutes International (Kansas City),Adjunct Instructor
• PHI###D – Critical Thinking (Summer ####)
• PHI###MA – Critical Thinking  (#-week long intensive/SU####)
• HUM###A – Sensory Language and Culture (Summer ####)

Kansas City Art Institute, CE Instructor/Admissions Coordinator
Continuing Education instructor (March of #### to present)
• An Introduction to Interactive Multimedia and the Web (adults)
• Portfolio Preparation (#-week and weeklong intensives for teens)
• Computer Animation (for middle and high school students)
• Digital and Traditional painting classes (for teens and adults)
• Digital and Traditional drawing classes (for teens)

Special Programs instructor (KCAI, June through August #### and ####)
• Figure Drawing Coordinator and Life Drawing Instructor

Regional Admissions Coordinator/Recruiter (KCAI, August #### through June ####)
• Traveling throughout the Midwest and working with potential BFA students
 
St. Elizabeth School (K-#), Kansas City, MO  
Computer lab instructor (July #### to June ####)
• Personally developed a curriculum supporting technology use for grades K-#

Head Track Coach #th through #th grades (St. Elizabeth, March/Apr/May #### to ####) 
• Won City Championships in # out of # years

Penn Valley Community College, Kansas City, MO  
‘Computers In Design’ instructor (August #### through May ####) 
• Instructor in Photoshop, Illustrator, and Quark Express

Kansas City, Missouri School District, KCMO 
Student Teacher Elementary/HS (September to December ####) 
After-school art instructor (May to July ####) Operation Breakthrough
After-school art instructor (February to May ####) Marlborough Elementary

Shawnee Mission School District, Shawnee Mission, KS 
Summer Enrichment (Art) instructor (June through July ####-####)  
 

COMMERCIAL DESIGN EXPERIENCE

KMBC-TV#, Kansas City, MO 
Assistant Art Director/Coordinator Evening Newscasts (####/##) 

KSMO-TV##, Kansas City, MO  
Art Director (####/##)

Kansas City STAR, Kansas City, MO  
Art Director-Niche/Promotions Department (####/##)

KSHB-TV##, Kansas City, MO  
Assistant Art Director (####/##)

FREELANCE CLIENTS’ (starting in ####) 

• Kabuki Japanese Restaurant (Crown Center / digital photo and design) 
• Nara (#### Main Street / August #### to present / digital photography)
• Guadalajara Cafe / September #### (digitial photography and framing)
• Community America Credit Union (#### to #### / installation work)
• Simmons Bedding (Lenexa, KS / installation work and logo design)
• Leslie, Kline, Lucas (illustration and logo design)
• Matsu (in Westport / digital photography and various sign applications)
• Oak Street Coffee Shop (Brookside, Kansas City/logo design)

(References and transcripts available only by request)

I am providing the following ‘keywords’ regarding my understanding of various media for both ‘experience’ and the satisfaction of a possible HR ‘meta tag’ gauntlet:

multimedia, concept designer, interactive, motion graphics, animation, team player, high quality, professional, timely manner, management experience, budget conscio