Alexey Sokolin Resume [print]

EDUCATION

Center for Educational Technology, Middlebury College (2004)
Certificate Program in Digital Media Production and Media Studies

Amherst College, BA (Economics; Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought) (ant. 2006)
GPA 3.7

WEB DESIGN EXPERIENCE

SokolinDESIGN [ website ] (2001-Present)
Founder and Freelance Designer : created websites, stationery (letterhead, logo), newsletters and other promotional literature, web portfolios; developed identities for companies in various industries, from business start-ups to established organizations, including:

SariDress, Long Island, NY
Wonderland Consulting, New York
Amherst College Career Center, Amherst, MA
Friends of Cancer Research, Washington, DC
Julia Zhou Photography, Philadelphia, PA
Rivalfish, Washington, DC
Amherst College Russian Department, Amherst, MA
InvestinArt, New York, NY

Present Company, Amherst, MA [ website ] (2003-2004)
Graphic Designer: worked on publicity materials for theatrical productions

United Technologies, Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford , CT (2002)
Web Intern: designed a classified intranet website to promote an R&D project

The Metropolitan Museum of Art , Educational Media, New York , NY (2001)
Apprentice: designed an interactive website based on the Cubist movement

PRINT DESIGN EXPERIENCE

Amherst College Program Board (2002-2003)
Publicity Chair : managed publicity for social events—posters, banners, and table tents

Indicator, political magazine (2002-2004)
Art Editor : created stylized illustrations (pencil/Photoshop), redesigned layout/cover (Pagemaker)

Amherst Hamster, satire magazine (2003)
Graphics Editor : manipulated photographs, created advertisements (Photoshop)

Circus, student literary publication (2003)
Art Editor : submitted and gathered large pencil/ink art pieces for black and white print

Umbrella, Hunter College HS student guide (2001)
Lead Graphic Designer : designed a 228 page student-life guide (QuarkXPress)

PRESENTATIONS

National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education Conference, Chicago , IL (2005)
Voyage to Ithaka: Technology, Collaboration, and the Future of Liberal Arts Colleges:
New Media Art as Modern Collage

EXHIBITIONS

Duderstadt Center , University of Michigan-Ann Arbor , MI (2005)
Sync 2005: Digital Arts Exhibition

Rhizome at the New Museum , ArtBase (online) (2005)
Pause

Hunter College Campus School , New York , NY (2001-Present)
Hunter Remembers (9/11 mural)

AWARDS

World of Expression, Bertelsmann Foundation (2002)
New Media Category Award

SKILLS

Computer Tools
Adobe Photoshop CS, Adobe Illustrator CS, Flash MX, Fireworks MX, Corel Draw, Final Cut Pro, Dreamweaver MX (HTML / CSS), Quark XPress, Adobe Pagemaker, Canvas 8.0, AppleWorks, Proficient with Windows and Macintosh platforms, Microsoft Office XP (Powerpoint, Excel)

Other media
Pencil, Ink, Photography, Collage, Carandache, Watercolor, Gouache, Acrylic