IRENA MANDIC RESUME

Experience
Virtual World artist and Graphic Designer at Eshi Otawara
January 2007 - Present (2 years 8 months)

Inspired by fine arts background I've developed graphic design skills applied to virtual world
projects. These projects included:
- 55 avatar couture designs including dresses and accessories
- 15 full sim builds
- formed a group of professional and amateur artists centered around an event called Open Art Critique
- started and edited Open Art Critique Blog
- interviewed Artists and wrote reviews for the Blog
- given lectures in Art History
- created virtual corporate headquarters for large well known client
- created a couture line brand
- performed customer service
- coordinated and directed a virtual fashion exhibit
- designed and built the stage and runway for the fashion exhibit
- created immersive virtual spaces for social interaction in Second Life
- organized and managed team of 100+ volunteers to benefit largest SL community charity (Relay For Life)
- designed and built 'Knowledge', Second Life new resident portal with 20 tutorials on how to use Second Life
- taught individuals one-on-one how to use Second Life interface
- managed virtual land Terraformed (shaped/designed) virtual land
- collaborated on innovative art installations such as Parsec (voice reactive virtual instrument)



Freelance Artist at Mandichka Art Studio
2002 - Present (7 years)

Started and managed my own artist studio, provided various artistic solutions for clients, from
portraiture, mural painting, photography to graphic design. Selected accomplishments include:
- Artwork referenced at Montreal Bienalle by Patrick Lichty, professor of Art at Columbia, Chicago
and Independent Curator/Art Critic
- Artwork included in Isaac Kerlow's 4th edition of Art of 3D Computer Animation and Effects
(www.artof3d.com)
- Acadiana Arts Council, Lafayette, LA, "Sustained winds, Before, During, After" Multidisciplinary Art
Exhibition for 57 selected artists affected by the hurricanes Katrina and Rita, 2005
- Illustrated Hoshintao Chi Kung manual for Kawartha Hoshin Training Centre, Canada
- Exhibited Virtual designs as a part of Virtual Renaissance Exhibit, October 21, 2008 - January 7,
2009. at Museum of Natural History at the University of Florence, Italy.



Moderator at gay.hr
2005 - 2006 (1 year)
Moderated 2 sub-forums (Music and Religion) for a 10 000 member Croatian Forum, part of a
Gay.hr portal.
- moderated disputes
- monitored and moderated discussions
- filtered unrelated content
- wrote articles for the portal



Visual Merchandising Manager at Dillards
September 2005 - December 2005 (4 months)
- Worked with entire department store staff in arranging products for sales
- Managed delivery and placement of strategic advertisement throughout the store
- Ordered advertisements from corporate headquarters via internal email and managed delivered items
- Assisted customers as in-store shopping assistance
- Inspected store for cleanliness and reported to general manager



Yearbook Assistant Editor at McNeese State University
2002 - 2003 (1 year)
- Assisted the editor in creating office meeting agenda
- Assisted in overall yearbook design
- Assisted the design team in preparation of visual content
- Invented and Managed scheduling for 20 students in order to increase productivity



Project Coordinator at School of Nursing Vinogradska
1995 - 1996 (1 year)
Coordinated fundraiser "Toy For A Smile".
The fundraiser benefited children orphaned by the Serbo-Croatian war who were residents of
SOS-Children's Village Lekenik, Croatia, managed by the non-governmental social development
organization SOS Kinderdorf International.
Responsibilities Included:
- recruiting volunteers
- tracked donations and volunteers
- created advertising for the fundraiser
- planning delivery of funds and volunteer visit to the children
- writing a report on the project



Education
Bridge Linguatec
ESL Teacher, TEFL, ESL Business English teacher with endorsement for Young
Learners, 2007 - 2008
McNeese State University
BFA, Painting, 2000 - 2004
Skola za Medicinske Sestre Vinogradska
Nurse, Nursing, 1994 - 1998

Languages:
Native speaker of Croatian (Serbo-Croatian)

Activities and Societies: 
Editor in Chief of School Paper 'Infuzija',
Anatomy and Physiology Tutor
NPIRL (Not Possible In Real Life) member.
Hoshinroshi Ryu Jutaijutsu martial arts/meditation/healing techniques

Honors and Awards:
Hoshinroshi Ryu Jutaijutsu- Blue belt- highest honorary rank given by Glenn J. Morris-Soke, 2005McNeese State University Best Mixed Media Award 2004
Web:
http://www.eshiotawara.com