Bachelor of Science, Graduation June 2012 Major: Graphic Design, Minor: Product Design Cumulative GPA: 3.59 Deans List Winter 2010 through Fall 2012 Deans Scholarship 2008 to Present Pennoni Honors Student 2008 to Present Award for Outstanding Portfolio June 2012 Platinum Award, 42nd Annual Creativity Awards September 2012 CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS (CCA), Oakland, CA Summer 2008 Courses in Drawing and Industrial Design ACADEMY OF ART UNIVERSITY, San Francisco, CA Summer 2007 Courses in Graphic Design and Digital Media WORK EXPERIENCE SMART DESIGN, New York, NY Brand Communication Intern and Freelancer, June 2012 to December 2012 - Brand design and development of the Smart sub-brands, Food Lab and FemmeDen, and design of their respective web presence - Primary graphic designer for client projects ranging from creation of research assets to designing retail packaging - Working with directors and senior staff in development and brainstorming for graphic, product, interaction, and business strategy design VF SPORTSWEAR/NAUTICA, New York, NY Graphics Intern, April to September 2011 - Design of seasonal guides for all international retail stores - Organization of visual merchandising props and development of prop usage and standards guide for international partners - Design and formatting of internal audit guide of all store design and merchandising for international and domestic stores ALITE DESIGN, San Francisco, CA Product Design Intern, July to September 2009 - Design of commission work for Alite Design. - Computer renderings of newly produced and conceptual products for Alite Design and the neighboring company Timbuk2 N I C H O L A S L I M COMPUTER SKILLS OPERATING SYSTEMS: Mac OSX; Windows XP, Vista and 7; Ubuntu Linux PROGRAMS: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Premiere, After Effects; Rhino 3D; Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint; Apple iWork. iMovie, Keynote DESIGN SKILLS Brand & Identity Development Logo Design Publication Design 3D & Packaging Design Information & Infographic Design Exhibit & Environment Design Book Binding & Design Web Imaging & Design Illustration Screen Printing Letterpress Product, Industry, & User Research Iterative Prototype Development Advanced Model Making Ideation Sketching Video Editing & Graphic Application contact@nicholaslimdesign.com www.nicholaslimdesign.com Please email for additional contact information DESIGN + ILLUSTRATION