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Designer & creative entrepreneur who can sing the Greek alphabet and has squeaky hiccups. Looking for new design opportunities: freelance, contract, or full-time positions
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I was born in the sweltering Colorado river town of Lake Havasu City, Arizona, home of the London Bridge, party location for underage future porn stars, and destination for a slew of snowbirds promoting large Sunday pancake breakfasts. After 18 sunburned years of the big Arizona sky, windswept sand dunes, and palm trees, I started my journey north. I settled for four years at the base of the San Francisco peaks, in the quaint Route 66 hippie town of Flagstaff, Arizona. There I spent my time breathing in the fresh pine air, attending anthropology, sociology, geology, among other “ology” courses, and most importantly, design classes at Northern Arizona University. I obtained my first job in design, advertising for a local entertainment company, that specialized in bringing second-rate comedians and artists to the stage in front a large student audience.
Two days after basking in the glory of my BFA degree in Visual Communication, I continued my journey north, packing all my worldly belongings in a ‘95 Honda and hitting the road destined for Portland, Oregon. Upon arrival, I quickly fell into a designer position at a small firm and set about making Portland home. Over five years later, I am still enthralled by Portland in all of its rain-soaked, art-covered, beer-cheering, hybrid-loving glory. I have immersed myself in the design scene and established my place by initiating and leading the effort to bring the international digital design tournament, Cut & Paste to Portland in 2007. I was most recently employed as a designer at Staccato, have joined the AIGA Portland Chapter Board of Directors as the Volunteer Chair, and am on the committee for the Museum of Design Portland.
In 2008 I founded a project called Our Portland Story, which is a book project that took submissions of paragraphs of text from average Portlanders describing one thing they love about Portland, and pairs those stories with different local designers who graphically bring them to life on the page. Altogether, the book will create a cross-section of community views and values told through personal stories and graphics.
Two days after basking in the glory of my BFA degree in Visual Communication, I continued my journey north, packing all my worldly belongings in a ‘95 Honda and hitting the road destined for Portland, Oregon. Upon arrival, I quickly fell into a designer position at a small firm and set about making Portland home. Over five years later, I am still enthralled by Portland in all of its rain-soaked, art-covered, beer-cheering, hybrid-loving glory. I have immersed myself in the design scene and established my place by initiating and leading the effort to bring the international digital design tournament, Cut & Paste to Portland in 2007. I was most recently employed as a designer at Staccato, have joined the AIGA Portland Chapter Board of Directors as the Volunteer Chair, and am on the committee for the Museum of Design Portland.
In 2008 I founded a project called Our Portland Story, which is a book project that took submissions of paragraphs of text from average Portlanders describing one thing they love about Portland, and pairs those stories with different local designers who graphically bring them to life on the page. Altogether, the book will create a cross-section of community views and values told through personal stories and graphics.
Melissa Delzio on the Web
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http://www.behance.net/meldel
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- AIGA The professional association for design (Public)
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- Identity (Public)
- Packaging World (Public)
- Portland (Public)
- Portland Creative (Public)
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I am available for...
- Freelancing
- Long-Term Contract
- Full-Time Hire
- Consulting
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- Member Since: 6/19/2009
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