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Siouxsie Fava:
Creative Director and Proprietor of Ideatek llc

Experience:

June '92 to Present; Contract Designer: Web technology and design consulting. Graphic Design production for web and print, utilizing digital and traditional methods for production. Please see designs section of website for design samples and clients section for links to client sites.
Recient Freelance: Full Turn Entertainment, J.F. Griffin Publisher, ChooseCo llc, Buy Domains.

March '03 - June '03; Webmaster: Mount Snow, West Dover, Vermont. Maintained web site and email newsletter. Carried site through transitional design stages. Duties included digitally editing photos, scanning slides, created page layouts and online contests, updating events calendar and helping jr. designer with web design basics.

March '02 - May '04; Designer/Webmaster/IT Consultant Mount Snow Valley Chamber of Commerce. Redesigned site to correspond with print materials and make a more intuitive flow. Integrating the existing MS Access database and updating it for a more functioning site. consulted on computer purchasing for office machines and software as well as sub-contractors to build a marketing database. Also helped to trouble shoot office computers when necessary.

June '02; Quark Xpress Tutor for private client. training in the use and various layout capabilities of Quark Xpress for a writer (non-designer) to include his work in a month newsletter.

Feb. - April '02; Web Project Manager/mentor for Web Academy Program,The Prospect Foundation @ Mass Moca, North Adams, Ma. Duties included overseeing a web design and build project with students, ages 16 - 21, from beginning to end. Using Dreamweaver and including a database of reference sites. From brainstorming site names, dividing up work loads, design, programming and quality assurance, we succeeded in launching a reference site for teachers.

Oct. '99 to Nov. '00; Lead Designer and Acting Art Director, Lycos inc., (shop.lycos.com) Lycos Shop:responsible for site redesign, new IA, UI, special promotions and auctions. Managed Jr. Designer in Auctions and special event design and followed trough on projects from conception to launch. Third party Design contact for technology partners, aiding in design transition by launching a partners extranet.

Aug. '97 to Oct. '99; Graphic Designer Tripod inc., (a Lycos company) Tripod.com: originally for advertising and marketing products, mockups, and promotions. Transitioned into designing content, international sites and site redesign. Responsible for design production, technical backend liaison project management.

Oct. '96 to July '97; Graphic Designer i-Village, Parentsoup.com: responsible for online site-wide elements, icons, special features, partner sites and pre-press of promotional items. Became very familiar with bandwidth limitations and AOL art specs. Contributed and collaborated on themes, ideas and editorial word smithing.

Sept. '95 to July '96; Production Designer Sieble Marketing Group; Studio 800: for SeagramÕs in-house print, display and marketing promotions design agency. Duties included electronic mechanicals, comps, design and layout, Macintosh training and systems management.

Oct. '93 to Nov. '95; Jr. Designer, Bételgeuse Productions: Quantel Paintbox & Macintosh Artist; Designed and created graphics for print and broadcast. Duties included, starting and maintaining a client/vendor database, coordinating and creating special effects and props, photography, rotoscoping, animation, concept and storyboards for show opens and putting elements to tape for sessions, and assisting senior art director.

Education:

School of Visual Arts, NYC; Film Foundation
SUNY New Paltz, 1992 Bachelor of Science Degree in Visual Arts and Communications

Technical skills & Application set:

Mac OS 8.6 - X (Tiger)
Windows XP
Suitcase
Quark Xpress
Photoshop
Image Ready
Illustrator
Freehand
Fireworks
Flash
MS Office Suite

Dreamweaver
BBEdit
Real Audio/Video
iLife Suite
Quicktime
Adaptec Toast
H T ML
PHP 4
JavaScript
CGI/Perl
MySQL

 

Please contact for availability and references.