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Name: Charles L. Metze III

Address: 325 Delafield Place #3 N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20011
Email: cmetze87@yahoo.com (Checked Daily)
Site: http://graphiteaddict.blogspot.com/ (Art Blog)

Education:

I. College: Howard University (2006- Present)
Washington, D.C.
Graduation Date: (Expected) 2010
Major: Art
Concentration: Graphic Design
GPA: Freshman: 3.5
Sophomore: 3.83
Junior: 4.0

II. High School: DeMatha Catholic High School
Hyattsville,M.D.
June, 2005
GPA: Final, 3.31

Honors, Awards and Achievements:

On the Honor Roll for 4 years (HS)
Graduated with honors (HS)
West Point candidate
Deans List 5 semesters (Uni)
Accepted into 77th Howard Student Art Show (Uni)
Accepted into 78th Howard Student Art Show (Univ)
Winner, 2nd Place (Design) 78th Howard Student Art Show (Univ)
Leader of Team Howard in GM Human Machine Interface Competition 2008

Job Experience:

I. June 2005-August 2006

Republican National Committee
Washington, D.C.

- From June 2005 to February 2006, Professional Telephone Representative:

I was a political fund raiser working in the RNC phone bank. I would call various members from across the country, and talk them into making donations. I was successful in meeting the required quota everyday.

-From February 2006- August 2006, Credit Card Recovery:

I was promoted from the phone bank to Credit Card Recovery. It was my job to wade through all the donations that were not accepted by the bank, then call the donors and confirm that the credit card info received by the RNC was accurate.

-From February 2006- August 2006, Data Updater

In this same time period, I was also responsible for updating the RNC’s donor information (Names, addresses, telephone numbers, etc.)

II. January 2007 and May 2007

Luke C. Moore Academy
Washington, D.C.

-Both January and May of 2007, Freelance Graphic Design:

Created layout and assisted in the design of a school newspaper for the Luke C. Moore Academy.

III. October 2007- Spring 2008

The Grind Magazine

Washington, D.C.
Howard University

Art Assistant

IV. June 2008-December 2008

The Smithsonian Institution
Museum Of American History

- Summer of 2008 (Paid Internship)

Exhibits Production Office. Work included exhibit creation, preparation and set up. In addition worked, on redesigning the website of the Smithsonian African American Association (SAAA) website.

- September 2008-December 2008 (Volunteer)

Continued work on redesigning the SAAA website, handed final design over for approval.

V. September 2008- Present

The Hilltop Newspaper
Howard University
Washington, D.C.

Cartoonist. Created editorial cartoons 2008-2009. Created comic strips 2009- Present

VI. Summer 2009

Think RPM (Revolutionary Performance Management, Inc.)
4518 Beech Road, Suite 360
Temple Hills, MD 20748

Graphic Design Intern. Work included brand creation, rebranding, video editing, photo retouching

Extracurricular Activities/Interests:

I. High School:

-Art Club, Martial Arts Club, French Club

II. Currently:

-Reading, Films, Videogames, Drawing, sketching, digital painting, watercolors, 3D modeling, Sculpting, Texture, Animation

Skills:

I. Personal:

- Fast Learner (Got grip on Maya in 5 months)
-A Consistently Positive Attitude
- Product Oriented
-Humor (both a sense of and an understanding of)
-Knows how to take Direction and Criticism and apply it.

II. Technical:

- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe InDesign
- Maya
- Zbrush
- Flash
- Corel Painter
- ArtRage
- Sketchbook Pro
- Adobe After Effects

III. Languages:

-English
-French (4 years high school 1 semester College )
-German (One semester)