WHo Is
JADE???
Howdy!
My name is Jade Nicoletti and I am an artist,
designer, and creative based out of Orange
County, California. I graduated from Laguna
College of Art and Design in May 2023.
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Since then I have been hopping around the
place to better understand different
demographics and industries that I am
interested in. Although I am a designer, I am truly
and artist and creative at heart with goals to be
able to be able to make anything I can think of.
I love camping, backpacking, board sports, sailing,
nature, any medium of art, and traveling. I hope to work
for a company that can help create amazing experiences for people
in the fields that I love.
Education
BFA at Laguna College of Art and Design
2019-2023
My major is Graphic Design + Digital Media with an action sports emphasis. I switched from film photography to digital, honed in on my style of illustration and found a love for pattern work, I started apprenticing under an artist fab shop with focuses on metal and 3D printing along with using laser cutters, plasma cutters, CNC machines, along with finding a love for product and apparel design within action aports.
Dana Hills Highschool
2015-2019
Even though this is a decent amount of time ago, this is where I really started getting into design and production. I started selling stickers and shirts with my designs to fellow students and reaching out to shops. I also started selling my work at events and won awards for my work through my school and community.
Work
I have worked in the service industry for almost 10 years as a Montessori school art teacher, sailing instructor photographer, manager of coffee shops, at restaurants, movie theaters, bagel shops, catering companies, Home Depot, and others. These just specifically pertain to my graphics/arts skills and the outdoor industry.
Seamstress
Mammoth
Mountain Resorts,
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Oct 24' -Current
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The night audit position was a choice made that allows me to spend a lot of time at the base of the mountain along with being able to snowboard during the day.
I decided to move out here for the time, to better understand the snowboarding industry and community since I have not spent a lot of time around it. Staying from the winter season through summer allows me to find communities that extend my knowledge in the backcountry and fresh-water fishing scenes as well.
Night Audit
Gravity Haus,
Breckenridge, CO
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Feb 24' -Aug 24'
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The night audit position was a choice made that allows me to spend a lot of time at the base of the mountain along with being able to snowboard during the day.
I decided to move out here for the time, to better understand the snowboarding industry and community since I have not spent a lot of time around it. Staying from the winter season through summer allows me to find communities that extend my knowledge in the backcountry and fresh-water fishing scenes as well.
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Designer, illustrator, vinyl printer
T-Shirt Company of
Laguna Beach, CA
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Jun 22' -Jun 24'
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I started out doing custom vinyl printing in house for our own items and customer designs. From there, I started doing designs for them to be screen printed on shirts. I also have done signage and a small mural for them. I continue to instruct one of their new designers and help critique and help him through the production process.
Ranch hand
Stenner Creek
Animal Hospital,
San Luis Obispo, CA
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Sep' 7 -Sep' 23 2024
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Before I started my job in Mammoth, I worked for a couple weeks on my family's ranch. They needed some help during the weeks that I was available. It is a 130 acre traditional hereford cattle ranch. We feed the horses and cattle in the mornings, make sure their water is filled, and muck the stalls. I specifically worked putting up barbed wire fences, fixing the bumper I knocked off the work truck. We also spent a lot of time on the tractor trying to muck out stalls and large areas and getting ready for hay delivery.
Farm Hand
Ancient Valley Growers,
Pahala HI
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Dec 23' -Feb 24'
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I have been told I should WWOOF for years so I decided to go out here to experience the culture while getting large array of farm experience from milking cows, to taking care of egg chickens, butchery meat chickens, lots of planting and harvesting of cabbage, carrots, daikon and different radish, and many citrus fruits.
I also designed some posters for them to show at farmers markets to inform the community of their farm and promote their products.
designer/
videographer
Terra Thread/ Gallant,
Mission Viejo, CA
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Sept 22' -Feb 23'
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While I was in school, I started doing graphic design, video editing, photo editing, and photography for Terra Thread.
It is a Fair Trade Cotton, Fair Trade Factory, GOT and B-Corp certified company so say a few.
I organized lighting, photoshoots, social media posts, media to send to larger agencies, along with general content creation for the website's product photos and holiday campaigns.
fabrication
Apprentice
Dr. Neon,
Fallbrook, CA
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Aug 21' - Sept 23'
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I met an artist through an art festival called the Sawdust Festival in Laguna Beach. I ended up setting up a large number of 3D printers for him and helping him with software and files. I then started operating a plasma cutter, helping him with his laser cutters, learning to solder, braze, weld (a little MIG), grind, and assisted with blacksmithing and casting with pewter. I started helping because the next phase of medium I wanted to learn was metal but it gave me a love of fabrication and machinery in general.