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Union Street No. 3 Brooklyn, NY 11231 |
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| Professional Experience |
04.2002 present | ||||||||||||
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Independent
design consultant
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Designed corporate identity and business communication collateral for financial services consulting firm Designed
touch-screen interface for GPS navigation device |
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| 09.200003.2002 | |||||||||||||
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Sapient
Corporation New York, NY / Jersey City, NJ Senior Associate, User Experience Led user-interface design phase of successful global B2B application for premier US investment bank Led client facilitation, concept development, and prototype design phases of B2C site for major insurance company |
Made
key contributions to business consulting, project management, and user research
phases of both small and large-scale client engagements in a team environment Led design of internal business development initiatives, mentored and provided direction to other design team members |
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| 08.199508.1998 | |||||||||||||
| Morningstar,
Inc. Chicago, IL Design Manager; Senior Designer |
Developed
product identity, packaging, collateral and promotional materials for proprietary
software products |
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Art-directed,
managed workflow, and led hiring process for small design team Led 6-month site redesign initiative and acted as primary client liaison throughout Made key contribution to business and product strategy as member of core product development team |
Art-directed
and managed workflow of junior designers; managed outsourcing of production
and acted as primary client liaison for major projects Key collaborator with product managers, editors and implementation staff in all aspects of the product development process |
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| 05.199407.1995 |
10.199305.1994 | ||||||||||||
| Hartford
Design, Hafeman Design Group, Pressley-Jacobs Design Chicago, IL Freelance Graphic Designer |
Arthur
Andersen & Co. Chicago,
IL Graphic Designer |
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| Typical engagements included developing corporate identities, designing annual reports, and marketing collateral | Designed
global Corporate Identity Guidelines Collaborated with internal marketing communications departments and international committee of design professionals |
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| Teaching Experience |
1012.2002 | 0912.2000 | |||||||||||
| Carnegie
Mellon University Visiting Lecturer, Interaction Design (Master of Design program), Carnegie Mellon School of Design, College of Fine Arts |
Cooper-Hewitt
National Design Museum Taught high-school groups as part of a Cooper-Hewitt and Sapient-sponsored educational initiative for teenagers contemplating careers in design |
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| 0912.2000 |
1999-2000 | ||||||||||||
| University
of Connecticut School of Fine Arts Visiting Lecturer & Critic, Graphic Design |
Yale
University School of Art Teaching assistant, Letterform Design Visiting Critic, Advanced Graphic Design |
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| Skills | |
Design User Research Design assessment and analysis Concept development Content strategy Information architecture Information design Interaction and user-interface design Dynamic media design Prototype design Brand development Editorial design (print & digital) Pre-press and print production |
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Management Creative direction and mentoring Design team management Project management and planning Client negotiation and facilitation Business consulting Implementation Adobe Illustrator, AfterEffects, InDesign, Photoshop, Premiere; Macromedia Flash, Director, Dreamweaver; Fontographer; Soundedit; Microsoft Office; Quark Xpress; HTML; Javascript |
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| Education | Yale
University School of Art New Haven, CT M.F.A. (Master of Fine Arts), Graphic Design May 2000 |
National
College of Art & Design Dublin, Ireland B. Des. (B.F.A. equivalent) Visual Communication, (First Class Honors) June 1990 |
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| Publications, Awards & Affiliations | AIGA
Graphic Design Annual 18 (1998) Award-winner in AIGA 'Design of Understanding' information design competition (1998) AIGA/Chicago publications department editorial committee chair. Identified and created new editorial board for AIGA/Chicago's quarterly journal "inForm" and collaborated on editorial policy and solicitation of editorial content Featured in "@Issue", a national design publication, for the design of Morningstar's product identities |
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Won
highest award for annual report design by ICAD (Institute for Creative Advertising
and Design) Dublin, Ireland (1993) Affiliations AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Arts) member since 1994 ACD (American Center for Design) member, 199396 ICAD (Institute for Creative Advertising and Design) member, 199193 |
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