Fred Chasen

UCLA – Design | Media Arts

(Graduated class of 2008)

I received a Bachelor of Fine arts from the Department of Design | Media Arts at the University of California, Los Angeles. I graduated near the top of the class. I was very active in my department, participating in several undergraduate shows and maintaining the Department’s web presence.

Carnegie-Mellon University

Summer Design Program
(Certificate of Completion in 2003)

Edmund Burke School, Washington, DC.

(Graduated class of 2004)

Freelance Republic

Co-Founder / Web Developer and Designer

(March, 2009 – present)

I currently work with a group of D|MA graduates at a small design firm in Venice, CA that we started. Our projects have ranged from a mid-size social networking site, to e-commerce stores, to portfolio site. We focus on clean design and code and attention to detail in both in the work we produce and the attention we give our clients.

KAA Design Group

Web Developer

(March, 2008 – March, 2009)

I was employed as a developer at a Marina Del Rey – based multidisciplinary design group. I have worked on a wide range of sites, from small portfolios to restaurant sites to a large art merchant’s catalogue. All sites used the Joomla Content Mangment System.

Department of Design | Media Arts

Department Website Development

(August, 2007 – March, 2008)

Worked with a team of three and department chair Casey Reas to develop, redesign and maintain the
department’s presence on the web.

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Office of Public and
Intergovernmental Affairs
Design Assistant

(June-September 2004, 2005)

Worked in support of Veterans Day and Special Emphasis Games for the VA. Received two awards for redesigning the Veterans Day Teachers’ Guide.