• Completed advertising and publishing projects, including comics, storyboards,
  and book illustration
• Clients include NASCAR, VIZ Media & LEGO Magazine
• Illustrated & published two full-length graphic novels, Paradigm Shift – Vols. 1 & 2
• Manage websites for online content syndication, track & analyze traffic, sell advertising, receive and fulfill orders through virtual shopping cart software.
• Business management expertise includes customer relations, submitting project estimates, working with printers, administering accounts receivable, accounting, vendor contracting, intern training & direction, planning and exhibiting at trade shows, and publication.

July 1999 – March 2004
Freelance Design Contractor – Chicago, IL

• Designed branded materials for print, web, video, and interactive media.
• Animated and programmed interactive presentations using Flash and Director
• Designed and implemented web sites using HTML, CSS, Javascript, and generated code compatible with various content management systems
  
• Created printed brochures, program books, and direct mail advertising

November 1997 – July 1999
Internet Media Specialist, Arthur Andersen – Chicago, IL

• Designed custom graphics and illustrations for weekly online publication
• Created weekly illustrated photo podcast interviews
• Edited video presentations and interviews for streaming in Real Video

May 1997 – October 1997
Assistant Web Designer, Shandwick Interactive – St. Louis, MO

• Created and implemented website designs for clients
  
• Managed and updated content on active websites
  
• Animated designs and logos for promotional material

• Mentor, Big Picture High School 2005-2007
• “Creating Your Own Comics” Guest Lecturer, School of the Art Institute of Chicago,
  Woodstock High School, Chicago Public Schools
• “The Business of Art” Guest Lecturer, American Academy of Art
• “How to Make a Webcomic” Panelist, Library, various conventions
• Organizer, Art Night Chicago 2004-2008

• Tiede, Dirk. Paradigm Shift - Part Two: Agitation. Chicago: Dirk Tiede Cartoons and Illustration (2006)
  
• Tiede, Dirk. Paradigm Shift - Part One: Equilibrium. Chicago: Dirk Tiede Cartoons and Illustration (2003)
  
• Garrity, Shaenon and Dirk Tiede. Next Stop: Germany!. San Francisco: Viz Media, LLC. (2006).

Artwork featured in:

• Withrow, Steven. TOON ART: Graphic Art of Digital Cartooning. New York: Watson-Guptill Publications (2003).
  
• Withrow, Steven and John Barber. Webcomics: Tools and Techniques for Digital Cartooning. New York: Barron’s Educational Series (2005).
  
• Adventures Into Digital Comics, documentary film, Top Two Three Films (2007).