BIO:

My name is Dylan Cyr. Firstly, I am a son, a friend, a cousin, a nephew; I am interested in technology, video games, politics, social studies, and design trends. I hold personal relationships above nearly all else, and believe that what goes around, comes around. I am passionate, driven, empathetic, intelligent, organized, spontaneous, and fun-loving. Laughter is the spice of life that makes everything better.

Secondly I am a Designer, Photographer, Fabricator, Machinist, and Blogger. I graduated from the Rhode Island school of Design in 2009 with a BFA in Graphic Design.

RESUME:

2010 - Present: Milk (Junior Art Director):
Milk is a young, award-winning full service creative marketing agency in South Norwalk, CT. We work with the entire Adobe suite, as well as HTML, CSS, Flash, Javascript, among other platforms.

2008 - 2010: Shazamm (Graphic Designer):
Worked for a graphic design firm based in Pawtucket RI, who has done work with BMW, The Paw Socks, ESPN, The X Games, Providence Bruins, Walt Disney, The New England Patriots, and Tommy Hillfiger, among others.

2009: Yearbook Photographer for the Rhode Island School of Design:
Traveled to hundreds of locations at various times of the day to meet students needs which fit into the theme of the yearbook. The task was extremely time consuming but resulted in one of the best year books to date. The 2009 RISD yearbook has won the HOW International Design Award, which can be seen in the 2009 HOW Magazine's Design Annual Issue.

2008: Didditwear (Marketing/Image Designer/Apparel Designer):
Worked as a major contributor in developing and designing for the up-and-coming T-shirt company. Helped develop a new T-shirt line, as well as a marketing campaign and related materials.

2005–Present: Freelance Costume Designer:
Designed costumes which involved a wide variety of techniques including vacuum-forming, use of fiberglass, foamcore, sewing, and other related techniques.

2006–2008: Demarko Photographic Group (Photographer/Graphic Designer):
Worked as a photographer for the Rhode Island based model agency, documenting various events and fashion shows. Also developed various print advertising for fashion shows and other events.

2006–2008: Rhode Island School of Design (Teaching Assistant):
Assisted various professors at the Rhode Island School of Design. Worked with professor Tom Wedell on a poster design class and professor John Caserta with a basic CSS web design class. Acted as a mediator between the teacher and his students, and assisted in conveying art theory to the students.

2005: Bearsports (Photographer):
Duties involved traveling around New England to various sports tournaments documenting multiple games a day, which required great time management, as well as being able to capture marketable images in a short period of time.

Education:

Rhode Island School of Design: 2006–2009
Providence, RI
BFA Graphic Design
GPA: 3.6

Rochester Institute of Technology: 2005–2006
Rochester, NY
BFA Graphic Design

Skills and Proficiencies

Adobe Creative Suite and related applications (including, but not limited to): Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, InDesign, Flash
Aperture Pro
Final Cut Pro
Proficient with metal and wood working
Silk screening and related techniques
Photography darkroom and developing procedures: 35mm and digital formats, extensive use of both Canon and Nikon equipment, all types of lenses, as well as others.
Skilled with both PC and Mac software formats, and the service and repair of both.
Front End Coding including HTML and CSS, as well as some Javascript, jQuery, PHP, Wordpress themeing, and more.