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| EDUCATION: | | |
Barnard College, Columbia University | New
York, NY | | | B.A. Awarded
May 2000 | | | | | Major:
Architecture | | | | | Minor:
Art History | |
| | EXPERIENCE: | | May
2004 - Present | CALVIN KLEIN JEANS
Assistant
Graphic Designer: Design and produce graphics for men's t-shirts
-- Research
and create t-shirt and direct application graphics as directed by Men's Design
Director
-- Produce technical documentation, specifying t-shirt colorways,
graphic placement and printing technique, for use by Production, Merchandising
and Sales departments | New York, NY | | | | December
2003 - February 2004 | DKNY
Freelance Graphic
Designer: Arrangement of graphics for DKNY International Jeans line
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Edited and placed graphics on men's and women's wovens and knits, using Adobe
Photoshop, Illustrator and QuarkXpress
-- Produced pitch sheets for overseas
production | New York, NY | | |
April 2002 -
July 2003 | TEK
Architects
Marketing Coordinator / Graphic Designer: Visual
design and graphic production of marketing campaigns for mid-sized architecture
firm
-- Redeveloped brand identity and implemented comprehensive marketing
program including custom brochures and proposals
-- 4-Color and B&W design
and pre-press of all printed materials including postcards, mailers, advertisements
and custom die-cut folders
-- Applied technical expertise in Adobe Photoshop
and Quark Xpress to color-correction and re-touching of photographs and architectural
drawings
-- Complete design, information architecture and production of firm
website
-- Coordinated with senior partners to further marketing priorities |
New York, NY | | | | |
January 2001-
September 2001 | National
Information Consortium
Information Architect: Worked as part
of a team that designed user-friendly websites for government clients such as
San Francisco, Tampa, Dallas County and Kent County, MI
-- Designed comprehensive
website evaluation and documentation process
-- Liaised between technology
and design groups to improve usability
-- Graphic design and branding using
Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, Macromedia Dreamweaver and Flash |
New York, NY | | | |
June 2000 -
November 2000 | Omnient
Corporation
Information Architect: Designed e-commerce websites
for clients including National Information Consortium, Racemark, The League Treatment
Center and The Community Coalition | New
York, NY | | | |
| Summer 1999 | Forbes
Information Technology Intern: Designed and implemented company-wide intranet,
allowing employees to work and communicate more efficiently |
New York, NY |
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| RETAIL EXPERIENCE: |
| Summer 1998 | Polo
Ralph Lauren, Polo Country Store
Runner/Cashier: Managed the
cash register and provided customer service to shoppers at point of sale
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Opened and closed store
-- Assisted salespeople |
East Hampton, NY | | | |
| Summer 1997 |
Banana Republic
Sales Associate: Sold men's and women's
clothing and housewares part-time
-- Opened and closed store |
Cleveland, OH |
| | SKILLS: |
| | | Hand
drafting, model-building, AutoCAD, 3D animation & photography
Microsoft
Office including PowerPoint, Visio and Project, HTML, CSS, Javascript, Notary
Public, Basic Sewing & Patternmaking
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| URLs: | | | |
www.abbygelfand.com
www.ghettotuna.com | |
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