|  Christine Castigliano
metaToggle: stategy | content | design | animation
Poulsbo, WA
v. 360-394-2444 | c. 206-852-3152
email:
christine@metatoggle.com
website: http://www.metatoggle.com
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summary of creative and technical expertise:
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| I help organizations communicate
with clarity and distinction through compelling
websites, animation and print materials. With a 20-year design
background, I offer strong writing and illustration ability
as well as expert skills in Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, Photoshop,
Illustrator and InDesign.
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career history:
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Freelance Designer | Writer | Illustrator | Animator
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Selected websites: (complete design, text, code, graphics,
except where noted)
• www.genigraphics.com
{e-commerce site for presentation products}
• www.crownoverconstruction.com
{Crownover Construction Company}
• home.boullioun.com {Boullioun Aviation Leasing; Intranet
design}
• www.ess.washington.edu
{UW Earth & Space Sciences; identity, home page}
• www.yspp.org {WA
State Youth Suicide Prevention Program}
• www.pacificeyecare.com {Pacific
Eye Care}
• www.openingoftheheart.org {Photographic
exhibit on Israelis and Palestinians}
• www.ibexglass.com {Studio
glass catalog site; identity, website design}
• www.idc-design.com {International
Design Concepts: Spa Design portfolio}
• www.agelessinseattle.com {Seattle
Spa website}
• www.odomcorp.com {Odom
Beverage Distributing; Flash, website design}
• www.mangophotography.com {Photographer
portfolio – Flash website}
• www.metaToggle.com/design_crs {Foundations
of Design and Type course}
Selected past clients:
Time-Warner, Inc., Microsoft Press, St. Louis Magazine,
Bon Marche, Southwestern Bell, Comprehensive Health Education
Foundation (CHEF), HealthQuest Magazine.
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| 10/00-6/01 |
Flash / Graphics developer, MediaPro Instructional Technology
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Created graphics, animation and Flash learning interactions
(action scripting) for online training; clients include Safeco,
Microsoft, Filenet and APEX Learning.
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Full-time Faculty, Media Communications and Technology,
Bellevue Community College
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Developed and taught online curriculum and regular courses
in HTML, Photoshop 5.5, Image Ready and Illustrator 8. Tenure
track.
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Adobe Certified Technical Trainer, Ivey Seright International
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Developed and presented hands-on workshops: Effective Web
Design, Photoshop 5, Illustrator 8; Freehand 8; Dreamweaver
2; Flash 3; Quark Xpress 4; After Effects 3.
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Computer Graphics Instructor, NW College of Art
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Taught print and new media software: Photoshop; Freehand;
Extreme 3D; Director; Quark Xpress; Pagemaker; MS Word.
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Art Director, PI News for Kids, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Art Director of special tabloid sections. Photo shoots, content
creation (games), layout, direct staff artists.
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Acting Art Director, The Seattle Times
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Manage staff of 14 news artists. Daily, long-range planning,
assign projects. Design, illustrate news pages/sections.
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Graphic Designer, feature film "White Palace"
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Designed logo for Universal release. Props, signage, set
dressing, set design, drafting.
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Designer for Special Projects, TIME Magazine
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Art Director for complete special issues: "1968"
and "150 Years of Photojournalism." Olympics, 1988
elections.
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News Artist, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Art direction, illustration, photo illustration, graphics.
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| 1983
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Graphic Designer, KETC St. Louis (PBS affiliate)
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Magazine production, direct mail, broadcast graphics.
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education:
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BA, Media Communications, Webster University, 1990, with honors
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skills:
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Software
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• Photoshop 6
• Fireworks MX 2004
• Illustrator 10
(Adobe Certified Expert v8)
• Freehand 9
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• Dreamweaver MX 2004 (Macromedia Cert v4)
• Flash MX 2004 (Macromedia Cert v5)
• HTML, DHTML, CSS, JavaScript
• After Effects 3
• Director 6
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• Quark Xpress 4
• Pagemaker 6
• Premiere 4
• MS Office suite
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Written Communications
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• Information architecture / structure content for navigation
• Developed marketing messages and text for several websites
• Researched, interviewed and wrote several features
for newspaper and magazine publication
• Wrote marketing copy for tourism brochures
• Wrote "Twins of Tessar," a fantasy novel
(fifth draft, unpublished); potential for series or multi-media
• Attended Clarion West Writer's Workshop for Fantasy
and Science Fiction, 1999
• Studied fiction writing with Ursula K. leGuin, Jane
Yolen, Greg Bear, Octavia Butler and others
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Video / Audio
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• Title sequence, 1999 documentary "Emperor of
Hemp" (After Effects)
• Produced and directed "Fire and Ice," student
documentary on glass studio, aired HLC cable, St. Louis
• Video emphasis for BA; production and editing skills
• Recorded and mixed audio CD, vocal lullabyes, (Premiere
and Sound Edit 16)
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Film
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• "White Palace," Universal Studios feature.
Logo design, set decoration, props
• "L-Dopa," independent feature. Preproduction,
storyboards, locations
• "Crazy in Love," Turner Broadcasting feature.
Storyboards
• Film Production courses, New York University, 1988
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Awards
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• The Seattle Show (Advertising and Design) Silver award;
May 2002, for MidEast Diplomacy photo exhibition on Israelis
and Palestinians.
• Silver AXIEM (Absolute eXcellence In Electronic Media)
award of excellence; Oct 2001, for SAFECO Mutual funds course,
produced contract animation/graphics for MediaPro
• "Creativity and Technology" speaker/presenter,
DigitalEve Seattle, March 2001
• Earthlink Homepage contest winner, Advanced category,
April 2000.
• Best of the Web, Y2G: Roots and Culture, for EcoTeach.com
(12th in top 20 social awareness websites, along with Greenpeace
and Amnesty International)
• Walter Cronkite Award, National Association of Television
Arts and Sciences (NATAS), St. Louis, 1989
• First Place, Layout and Design, Mo. Press Association,
1987
• Award of Excellence, Photo Editing, National Press
Photographer's Association, 1987
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