www.zhillillustration.

com
zhillillustration@gmail.com
(630) 488-7703
2535 Clinton Ave. S. # 103
Minneapolis, MN 55404

EDUCATION

Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN

Bachelor of Fine Arts exp. May 2016
Major: Illustration, Minor: Art History, GPA: 3.81

SKILLS

Editorial work, pattern work, product design, layout work, narrative work, hand lettering
Relief printmaking, collagraphy, monotypes, basic bookmaking, basic boxmaking, screenprinting, intaglio
Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign CS6
Word, Powerpoint, Excel

WORK
EXPERIENCE

Teachers Assistant for the MCAD Studio Kids Summer Camp

June-August 2014
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
Supervised a new group of twelve 5-8 year olds each week during lessons on new art concepts, e.g. architecture,
portraiture and shadow puppetry.
Consulted with lead teachers to plan each weeks activities.
Assisted with set-up and clean up each day; also supervised childrens lunch break.
Teachers Assistant, Art History I under Professor Megan Johnston
Fall 2013
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
Served as a peer mentor for students, often strategizing about studying techniques, important artworks, and
organization intellectual approaches for in-class essays.
Researched and presented key ideas to the class in areas of interest, e.g. Gothic and Baroque, as a class lecture.
Led a weekly study group to review key points with students and to show a supplemental film on art history with an
accompanying worksheet.
Media Center Employee
Sept. 2012-present
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
Facilitate student and faculty use of media equipment, assist with technical equipment inventory, and resolve
conflicts between users and the reservation system.
Assist with bookkeeping.
Very familiar with technical aspects of RentalVision software program.
Stagehand/Technical Crew
Oct. 2009-June 2012
Norris Cultural Arts Center Theatre, St. Charles, IL
Worked running crew backstage, programmed and ran light board, set up microphones and monitors, ran
soundboard, controlled flyrail system, and ran spotlight.
Work conducted for a wide variety of professional and school productions.

HONORS

Hosted The Child Ballads, a juried solo show in the MCAD Library, Spring 2015
Runner up in Creative Quarterly 34, online listing Winter 2013
Part of Quiet Nightmare, a juried show at The Peoples Gallery, St. Paul MN, Fall 2013
Deans List, MCAD, Minneapolis MN, Fall 2013-Spring 2015
Clinton and Mary Morrison Leadership Scholarship, MCAD, Minneapolis MN, Fall 2013-Spring 2015
Visual Scholarship, MCAD, Minneapolis MN, Fall 2012-Spring 2015