Resume
2012 TO PRESENT
illustration, photography, branding, identity, marketing
10+ years of hands-on experience in ‘thinking and achieving’ product development lifecycles.
Involvement across every stage of a project lifecycle to ensure that the concepts and design decisions are sensitive to both the needs of users and clients’ businesses.
Working knowledge of related disciplines such as branding, digital marketing, animation, video.
Experience strategies, design systems, products, services, and customer experiences that the customers and users enjoy, and achieve business results.
Create craft quality standards, with an understanding of the client’s goals, business requirements and constraints.
Oversee multiple projects at a time to achieve high level of performance.
Build trusting client relationships, maintaining client satisfaction and successful delivery of complex projects.
Create meaningful customer and user feedback loops through build, test, and learn cycles.
Establish design practice standards and processes to improve quality and consistency of design.
Strong communication, presentation and storytelling skills.
A passion for social impact design, projects that meet people's functional and emotional needs.
Proficiency with contemporary research. Fluency with common design and prototyping tools
Familiarity with current design trends and best practices.
Experience in leading a creative team, mentoring and supporting juniors through specific and actionable feedback.
CLIENT LIST
The Horticultural Society of New York, Resistance Communications, Generation Branding and Communication, Chilmark General Store, Pilates Garage Studio, Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, Barbès Records, musician Sylvie Courvoisier
2000 to 2012, PUBLISHING
EDUCATION MAGAZINES The New York Times Upfront, Science World, Scholastic News Visual content creator, conceptualizing stories, creating data representation.
BOOKS Simon & Schuster, Stewart, Tabori & Chang, and Chic Simple Publications
FASHION magazines Vogue, Glamour and Marie-Claire magazines - Paris & New York
MARKETING & RETAIL ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN Victoria’s Secret Catalogue - New York, Le Bon Marché and Frank & Fils - Paris
2018 to 2022, TEACHING APPOINTMENTS
ADJUNCT LECTURER The New York City College of Technology - CUNY
Taught Digital Media Foundations to undergraduates, with a curriculum reflecting a mix of creative and academic practice to build critical thinking and imagination within the framework of today’s technology.ART TEACHER Tucson Museum of Art, Arizona
ADJUNCT LECTURER The New York City College
AIGA MENTORING PROGRAM The New York City High School of Art and Design
EDUCATION
BA IN VISUAL COMMUNICATION École Nationale des Arts Appliqués et des Métiers d’Art, Olivier-de-Serres - Paris
TECHNOLOGY KNOWLEDGE
Adobe Creative Cloud, Squarespace, Wordpress
Expert in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Canva, Figma, and Squarespace
Extensive knowledge of SketchUp, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Wordpress, and Figma
TRAVEL/ FOREIGN LANGUAGES SPOKEN
Native languages French and Italian. Fluent in English and Spanish. Lived in Paris for 30 years.