Ashton Grosz

Dossier

Name

Ashton Yves Grosz

Address

Pilsen, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Currently

Seeking a job as a junior front-end designer/ developer/ copywriter for a creative firm or media corporation where one's success directly correlates to the caliber of one's communication. (Or at the very least where success isn't reward for pretense in the face of adversity.) I enjoy complicating the commonplace as much as elucidating the mysteries. Photoshop is a familiar bedfellow and I deal with Rails if he buys me a drink. Until you decide there's a place for me at your agency, I'll be over here starting my own business. We call it 187 Media Agency because some of the old ways should be shot.

Education

I went to a small school in South Florida until a large school in the middle of Florida bribed me with bloated sums of money and plane tickets to exotic destinations around the world. I learn from the go-getters who surround me, am grateful for each small victory and don't worry too much about the papers that prove it.

Background

I was born in North Miami where I spent my '80s childhood alternately fascinated by snap bracelets and horrified of Skip-Its. When I was 7 years old my bicycle's brakes malfunctioned and I rode it into the pool. I now keep my gears in meticulous condition with regular upkeep and undue love for inanimate objects that help me achieve daily tasks.

Little Known

• Jimi Hendrix and I have the same birthday
• In Japan I ate fermented soybean glob, which esteemed chef Anthony Bourdain deems one of the worst foods around
• I was on track to be a ballerina
• Shadow puppets are my specialty
• I support the Second Amendment
• I ride a Schwinn World Sport and it's heavy.
• I took piano lessons for 15 years
• Tomato juice is horrific
• I helped push start a sailor's car in Cape Town
• People who don't say thank you miss out on the good side of every person, I think
• I've never gotten into wine because I feel suckered by the pretty labels
• I wear sunscreen every day