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WORK HISTORY

Freelance Designer   1/97 - present

Design and develop web sites for artists, small businesses and weddings. Work with clients to develop a strategy for information and visual design with a focus on usability. Clients include Boston Yoga, BWell Inc, Caffè Umbra, Stephanie Sersich and Willows & Ivy. Also experienced in logo design and corporate identity.

Senior Web Designer, Creative Consultant   9/02 - 12/05
Shoestring Creative Group, Portland ME

Design and develop web sites and logos for Shoestring Group's non-profit and government organization clients. Clients include the Maine Libraries Campaign, Maine Department of Agriculture, New England chapter of the Association for the Education of Young Children, the Children's Museum of Maine, and the Maine Arts Commission.

Designer   10/01 - 5/02
Art Technology Group, Cambridge MA

Designed within ATG's Enterprise Business Systems Group. Focused on internal applications and guidelines for a User Interface and Visual Design Standard. Internal application work included creating software solutions that simplify and enhance everyday business processes. Each application project involved work in company strategy, user experience design, visual design and client-side code development.

Visual Designer   4/01 - 10/01
Art Technology Group, Cambridge MA

Worked as part of an inhouse team of 4 visual designers to create web and print graphics, user interfaces, product demo's, and marketing material for all ATG departments.

Design Developer   11/99 - 4/01
Art Technology Group, Cambridge MA

Worked as part of an inhouse design team of 20+ designers. Worked closely with a Project Manager and Software Engineers to design and build web sites for external ATG clients such as garden.com, CapitalOne, HBS, and others. Worked on projects, beginning with a discovery period and continuing through to implementation by developing user scenarios, html prototypes and templates. Responsible for developing all html and javascript code and integrating it with ATG's sofware, Dynamo.

Graphic Artist / Web Designer   9/97 - 11/99
Modify Technologies, formerly Ariel Technologies, Boston MA

Began designing for Ariel Technologies in its earliest phase as a start-up. Created a corporate identity including logos, letterhead, and a company web site as well as all marketing pieces, client presentations and demos, holiday cards and invitations. Responsibilities increased when Ariel became Modify Technologies. Designed, developed and maintained the company's internal web site, created a new corporate identity including revised letterhead and company web site, designed user manuals, CD's, jewel cases, and presentation binders. Worked closely with the engineering team to produce user interfaces and technical diagrams for print and the web.

Business Director   5/95 - 5/97
Judi Rotenberg Gallery, Boston MA

Responsible for the overall management of the gallery. This included all marketing/public relations and event planning as well as sales; both in-gallery and in-home consultations. Worked in liason with local artists to arrange each exhibit and opening reception as well as sell each artist's work. Designed all promotional brochures, postcards, letterhead and business cards. Trained new employees on gallery procedure and artist backgrounds. Created artist files, updated and revised mailing, sales and inventory lists and databases.



EDUCATION

Graduate Class, Boston University, Boston MA, 1997
Multimedia Publishing - Grade A

BFA, Boston University, Boston MA, 1994
Major - Painting       Minor - Photography
Cum Laude, Golden Key National Honor Society


SOFTWARE / PROGRAMMING KNOWLEDGE

Adobe Photoshop, Adobe ImageReady, Adobe Illustrator, Quark XPress, BBEdit, GifBuilder, FTP, Telnet, HTML, Javascript


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