Michael Christopher Lyden
1548 Powell Street
San Francisco, CA 94133
Email: mike@digital-orbits.com
Website: www.digital-orbits.com/portfolio
cell: (973) 722-1879

Career Objective:
Full-time, decision-making position on a marketing team, exercising my art, language, and business skills in a multi-national corporation.

Education:

Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
Bachelor of Arts in Industrial Design
focusing on Transportation and Product Design

Expected Graduation: December 2007


Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
focusing on Marketing and International Business
Date of Graduation: December 2002
Grade Point Average: 3.1 on a 4.0 scale

Honors:
A. J. Drexel Scholarship, Drexel Grant, Portfolio Grant

Related Coursework:
Business: Advertising and Advertising Management, Selling & Sales Management, Professional Personal Selling, International Business Law, Finance, Economics, Statistics, Business Communication, Organizational Behavior, International Marketing, Operations Management, Marketing Strategy, New Product Development
Computing: Introduction to Computing, Management Information Systems, Digital Media
Language: Spanish IV-VII, Russian III-VI, Italian I, German I

Employment Experience:
Momentum North America, Atlanta, GA

Fall 2003
Coca-cola Football Town USA Tour Coordinator [Midwest]
Met with contacts for over 40 events throughout the midwest.
Managed local staff onsite and successfully executed events on a tight schedule.


American Motor Carrier Services, Incorporated, Havertown, PA
April 2002-May 2003
Web Developer/Graphic Designer
Designed promotional brochure.
Created company website and logo.

The Triangle, Philadelphia, PA
March 2002-March 2003
Comics Editor
Managed cartoonists for Drexel's student newspaper.
Planned layout for the comics section on deadlines.
Developed various advertisements to be used throughout the paper.

SMG, Incorporated, Philadelphia, PA
September 2000-May 2002
Assistant to Information Architect
Implemented the presentation of various materials via corporate intranet.
Devised general structure of the information through both graphic and web design.

Javelin Promotions, Incorporated, St. Louis, MO
Spring of 2001
Product Promoter
Promoted the prescription drug Zyrtec.
Improved brand image and increased awareness through informative interactions with patrons.

SMG, Incorporated, Philadelphia, PA
September 1999-September 2000
Curriculum Graphic Designer
Created graphics to be used in the company's core curriculum.
Constructed and maintained an intranet graphics gallery website.

Computer Skills:
Proficient in the use of Windows and Mac applications including:

Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe Imageready
Adobe Indesign Acrobat Distiller Corel Draw
Quark Xpress Painter Animation: Master
Macromedia DreamWeaver 3DStudioMax Microsoft FrontPage
Metacreations Bryce 3D Microsoft Excel Alias Studio
Microsoft PowerPoint Microsoft Word Rhino 3D