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Principal Designer / June 2004–Present
Cottage Industries Design / Los Angeles, California
Cottage Industries is an independent graphic design studio specializing in print and web design for the cultural and academic sector, non-profits and small businesses, including: Otis College of Art and Design, The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Mercy Corps, The Westport Arts Center, NetAid and Norwalk Symphony Orchestra.

• Design or art direct all projects from concept to print;
• Manage successful business operations and client relationships.

Freelance / November 2006–January 2007
Counterspace / Santa Monica, California
A studio specializing in identities, books and catalogs, Counterspace is owned and managed by partners Michael Worthington and Yasmin Kahn.

• Assisted with production and design for a variety of projects.

Design and Communications Director / November 2004–June 2006
Westport Arts Center (WAC) / Westport, Connecticut
Named “Best Art Gallery” in 2006 by the Fairfield County Weekly, WAC is a multidisciplinary visual and performing arts organization located 45 miles outside of New York City.

• Created, implemented and measured success of comprehensive marketing,
  communications and branding strategy across a variety of media;
• Designed or directed all print and web communications;
• Led and implemented redesign of westportartscenter.org (since changed)
  including launch of a weekly email for constituents;
• Developed messages and themes for public relations effort, ensuring WAC’s
  philosophy, mission and vision were pertinent and practiced throughout the
  organization, garnering unprecedented gallery reviews from The New York
  Times and Art New England;
• Hired and supervised Community Relations Coordinator, freelance graphic
  designers and writers.

Senior Graphic Designer / May 2002–June 2004
Intermedia Arts / Minneapolis, Minnesota
Intermedia Arts is a multidisciplinary arts center whose mission is to be a catalyst that builds understanding among people through art.

• Designed or directed all printed materials, web initiatives and updates, signage
  and exhibition didactics for gallery and performance spaces;
• With Executive Director, led 8 staff-persons through the organization’s
  extensive re-visioning process;
• Hired and supervised Junior Designer, interns and freelance designers.

Designer and Project Manager / Summer 2002
MCAD DesignWorks / Minneapolis, Minnesota
DesignWorks is a student-run design firm that pairs select students with “real-world” clients.

• Managed team of creatives to develop a brand commemorating the University
  of Minnesota School of Music’s centennial;
• Designed multimedia installation in Ted Mann Concert Hall comprised of
  interactive listening stations and collaborated with additional project designer
  on event logo and save-the-date postcard design.

Art and Copy Coordinator / May 2000–April 2001
Bachurski Associates / Washington DC
Bachurski Associates was an award-winning marketing consulting firm serving 14 non-
profit clients, including: The New York Public Library, Greenpeace, The Schomburg Center
for Research in Black Culture and African Wildlife Foundation.

• Developed company’s in-house art department, from the ground up.

Membership Associate / August 1998–May 2000
The Washington National Opera / Washington DC
Led by Artistic Director Plácido Domingo, The Washington National Opera is one of the largest and most admired opera companies in the nation.

• Managed 6000+ member, $2.5 million donor group: publishing donor
  newsletter, designing invitations, writing and coordinating quarterly direct
  mail campaigns and planning special events.