résumé

Robert Hickling
415.867.8678
robert@liquidelectric.org

SKILLS

·Web and graphic design proficient
·Mac proficient, Illustrator, Photoshop, HTML, CSS, Flash, Dreamweaver, Final Cut Pro, Word, Excel, PC familiar
·Skilled in photography, film, and film editing
·Learned, taught, and performed improvised theater since 2000
·Skilled in teambuilding, communications, problem solving, brainstorming
·Organized, detail-oriented, rapid learner, self-motivated,
creative, intuitive
·Trained and experienced in counseling, conflict mediation
·Significant experience and success in working with a wide range of individuals and tenants: college and high school students, professionals, seniors, colleagues, vendors, management
·Tenant management, budget management, coordination and supervision of vendors and security, initiation, coordination and follow through with building and tenant projects
·Skilled and familiar with commercial building plumbing, electrical, cleaning, carpentry, phone and cable line repair
·Advanced German, elementary-level Spanish
·Able to leap tall buildings

EXPERIENCE

studio867/San Francisco
July 2007-Present
Freelance, Self-employed

Yahoo!/Sunnyvale
September 2005-June 2007
Visual Designer, Yahoo! Mail and PIM
Yahoo! Green Team Co-Leader
Yahoo! Improv Coach

liquidelectric/San Francisco
June 2004–June 2007
Freelance, Self-employed

BATS Improv/San Francisco
March 2002-Present
Coach, TA

Academy of Art College/San Francisco
January 1999–June 2004
Resident and Site Manager

The Bamboo Blossom, ecological design business
July 1998–January 1999
Principal

SFIA, San Francisco Institute of Architecture/San Francisco
September-December 1998
Instructor, Course on Bamboo

Bambu Pura Vida, S.A./Quepos, Costa Rica
October-November 1998
Program Assistant

SFIA, San Francisco Institute of Architecture/Orinda
June-August 1998
Assistant Editor

Robin Freeman and Associates/Oakland
August-December 1996
Apprentice

Chi-Theta-Chi Co-op/Stanford University
April-June 1996
House Manager

Züblin Construction Firm/Berlin, Germany
January-May 1994
Construction Intern

EDUCATION

San Francisco Institute of Architecture, SFIA
MA, Ecological Design
May 1998

Stanford University
BA, Human Biology, Area of Concentration in Ecological Design
June 1997

PERSONAL GROWTH EDUCATION

Landmark Education
Curriculum for Living, Seminars

Human Awareness Institute
Levels 1 and 2

INTERESTS

Graphic Design, Web Design, Design, Art, Improvisational Theater and Film, Ecological Architecture, Ecological Design, Film Making and Editing, Music, Singing, Painting, Photography, Philosophical Waxing and Waning

References available upon request.