TACHIEF POLLARD

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COLLEGE ADDRESS
1 Lomb Memorial Drive 33 Patriot Lane
Rochester, NY 14623

OBEJECTIVE:
A ten-week required summer cooperative work experience in creative digital photography or graphic design graphic design position.
EDUCATION:
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester NY
National Technical Institute for the Deaf
Degree: Associate in Applied Sciences, expected 2013
Major: Arts and Imaging Studies
GPA/Cumulative : 2.595/ 3.53 fall quarter 2011
Credits Earned/Credits Required: 40/82
Dean’s List – fall, 2011

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:
Graphic Design
• Create and produce vivid images for clients in print, electronic media and Web
• Use composition skills, color, typography, illustration, photography, and various layout techniques

Photography
• Produce photographic images for display and publication
• Modify images for special effects and production purposes
• Produce own original images in a computer lab setting

SOFTWARE
Adobe CS4: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
Adobe CS5: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver




WORK EXPERIENCE
McDonald’s, Edgewater Park, NJ April 2008 – present (during school breaks)
Grill cook
• Clean the kitchen, cook meat and prepared the sandwiches

HONORS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
• 2008 and 2010 Best Attendance- Burlington Institute of Technology

ACTIVITIES
• Cross Country running team captain, August 2007-November 2010
• High school Basketball program, November 2006 to February 2008
• Gymnastics/ fitness

VOLUNTEER/COMMUNITY SERVICE
New Beginnings Christian Center, New Brunswick, NJ
Church Volunteer October 2005
• Donated food and clothing to the needy people.
NTID EMPLOYMENT CONTACT
Linda Iacelli
Employment Advisor


References and Portfolio Available Upon Request