Alicia Cort's Page

Name

Alicia Cort

Profession

Female

Company

Art Department: assistant art director, coordinator, graphic designer

Memberships, Affiliations, Unions

union 800, ASID, CAAA

Location

Venice

Birthday

june 2nd, 1980

Website

http://www.aliciacort.com

MySpace Address

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&am...

Resume (Position, Network/Production Company, Year, Location, & Description) - you can cut and paste your resume here

EDUCATION
June, 2002 Bachelor of Science, University of California, Davis, with Honors
Major: Architectural & Graphic Design
Minor: Art Studio, English, Textiles
Summer, 2001 Universidad de Burgos, Burgos, Spain
UC Extension Program in Spanish Art and Architecture

RELEVANT SKILLS
Highly proficient in newest versions of Photoshop, Illustrator, Vectorworks CAD, Word, Excel, Acrobat, Power Point and InDesign. Illustration, set/wardrobe sketch experience.

WORK EXPERIENCE
07-08/08 Art Director, “Abandon Me” Film Short
06/08 Set Dresser and Graphic Designer, “Glock” Film Short
06/08 Assistant Art Director, AUTOZONE “Free Ride” & “For a Living” Commercials
The Institute
5/08 Post Graphic Work for Endless Bummer Film: DVD Case, Posters, Soundtrack album cover
04/08 Assistant Art Director, DC2 GAMES “Spog Racing” Commercial
G&M Plumbing

03/08 Art Department Coordinator, CHASE MANHATTAN “They Are You” Commercial
Euro-RSCG

02/08 Art Department Coordinator, Illustrator TOYOTA “Corolla People” Commercial
Anonymous Content

01/08 Art Department Coordinator, CTIA “Want Next” Commercial
Anonymous Content

11/07 Art Department Coordinator, MONTICELLO “Questions” Commercial
Euro-RSCG

07/07-09/07 Art Department Coordinator and Graphic Designer, Endless Bummer the Movie
Lighthouse Productions

07/07 Graphic Designer, SunCOM tan Commercial

06/07 Art Department Production Assistant, IBM- “STOP TALKING”- 12 vignettes
Pytka

05/07 Graphic Designer and Production Assistant, Bank of America Commercial

04/07 Art Department Production Assistant, L’Oreal Preference- 4 Commercials
Believe Media

03/07 Art Department Production Assistant, McDonalds Commercial
Believe Media

11/03-Present Contract Designer, ARC Design

Design 2-D and 3-D graphics for various clients, design of any needed set graphics, including photo manipulation. provide design consultation services, prop design, collateral design, large-format graphics, web design, 3-D renderings of interior and exterior architecture, tradeshow exhibits, and product design. Work directly with printing houses- format and layout designs for printing, create and send documents and proofs digitally; create and show paintings locally. Handle all invoicing and accounting needs.

04/05-04/07 Creative Art Director and Co-owner, Spin66 Studio Marketing

Provide wide range of marketing services including: corporate branding, logo design, campaign development, collateral design, trade show exhibit graphic and 3-D design, internal and external creative direction, Ads (print & online), web design, multimedia presentation design, template design, product launches and product marketing, mailer and email blast design, layout, business identity advancement.

6/02-12/03 Head Designer and Art Director, Professional Exhibits & Design

Full direction of concept, design, manufacture and exhibition of every design job in the business. Work directly with printers to create proofs and final documents for printing. Work directly with all construction teams with the building of custom furniture, trade show exhibits, showroom displays.

1/02-6/02 Intern, LPA Sacramento, Inc.

Assist in Microstation space planning designs, contact and deal with Product Manufacturers, design and creation of concept/art boards for presentations, create 3-D models.

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

2002-2007 Various “Best in Show” Awards for tradeshow Graphics and Exhibits shown throughout the country.
2000 & 2001 Design work chosen to be displayed in UC Davis Design Gallery for Picnic Day Event.
Winter, 2000 Finalist in Galleria Design Contest for Earth-Sheltered Cafe design; project kept on display in the UC Davis Design Department Gallery.
Spring, 2000 Co-chaired Set Design Committee for UC Davis Picnic Day Fashion Show Coordinated committee, led design and building of set.

Projects Currently In Development (Title, Film/Television, Status, Budget)

Art Director for Short film, "Abandon Me". In Pre-production...

Favorites (Film, Director, Television, Actors, Musicians, etc.)

Christopher Walkin, Across the Universe, Sarah silverman, Naked Gun, Robert Downey Jr., Ryan Gosling

Dreams & Goals

To become a fabulous Production Designer; and travel the world doing so~