Janice

Art Director/Illustrator/Designer

Energetic, positive team leader and forward-thinking designer and illustrator with strong marketing capabilities. Balances a broad range of design skills and insights with authentic consumer understanding and unique approaches to creative projects.

/strengths

COMPUTER/DESIGN: Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, In Design, AfterEffects, Premiere, Dreamweaver), Microsoft Office (Word, Powerpoint, Excel), book design, advertising/marketing campaigns, frontend/GUI, photo and video shooting, editing and retouching.

LANGUAGES: English (native), German (native), French (professional).

WRITING: reports, contracts, memos, plans + presentations, press releases, blurbs, blogs, social media posts, curricula, and great songs about my dogs.

CHARACTER: listener, self-motivated, passionate, approachable, excellent communication and managing skills, crafty

MISC: non-profit management and development, photo/video shoot planning, coordination and working with contractors, working with youth + children, event planning and coordination, screen printing, volunteer program development and coordination, loving and playing with dogs, finishing a book in a day because I can’t put it down; co-founder of FREESPACE and West Side Arts UnLimited/The New State

/education

Loyola University BA French Language & Literature, Visual Communications (2008-2011; Dean’s List Spring and Fall 2011)

Shorewood High School Wisconsin (2006-2008)

BG/BAG Perchtoldsdorf Austria (2000-2006)

/awards

CBMA Gold Award Prison City Brewing; for Stout Collective

88Nine Radio Milwaukee Humanitarian of the Year Award FREESPACE

VISIT Milwaukee Annual Report 2017 PR Daily Nonprofit PR Awards, Winner: Creative PR Assets; MarCom Awards, Gold Award: Print Media Publications: Associations; Davey Awards, Silver Award: Design/Print. Read here.