Joanna Nazimek
Art Director Graphic Designer
Summary
Art Director Designer in search of creative enlightenment!
Experience
Creative
Freelance Designer / New York City
Art direction and graphic design for multimedia advertising; print, web, fashion: music media, film and radio production.
Graphic Designer
B Robinson / NY, NY
Set up artwork for print and web such as; brochures, catalogs, online banners, ads, email blasts+ Communicated with vendors for print and online needs. Utilized Adobe Creative Suite to update collateral using existing templates - linking images, working with crops, finalizing InDesign documents, etc. Worked on creative advertising projects for designers Betsey Johnson, Ivanka Trump and Judith Leiber amongst others.
Art Director
SpaceGirls_DET / NY, NY
Lead a creative team from Detroit, Michigan to capture the brand spirit of the social media company, Evolver, with a series of photographic images. From concept to execution, managing the project as a whole; met with executives, pitched a digital presentation, created inspirational mood boards, gave fashion/ location direction and held responsibility for the logistics of the project throughout it's entirety. Organized the financial, legal and overall aesthetics of the project.
Graphic Designer
Inked Magazine / NY, NY
Designed feature story, typography and page layouts. Concepted styling direction & prop styling direction with the Creative Director. Assisted on set for photo-shoots.
Junior Art Director
MySuites Design Boutique / NY, NY
Assisted Creative Director and Press Editor on projects specifically concerning website design and graphic design for MySuites & The Ace Hotel.
Freelance Designer
New York Accessory Group / NY, NY
Assisted design director with NYAG's fashion accessory product showroom. Handled sample products for brands clients such as; Urban Outfitters, Charlotte Russe, Walmart, Buckle, Sears, XOXO and many more. 2011
Co-Host
101.9 Detroit Public Radio / Detroit, MI
Co-Host of the Detroit Electronic Network, The DEN, and underground electronic music program hosted by 101.9 WDET Detroit Public Radio and streamed live on HD2.
Conducted interviews with electronic artists; Kevin Saunderson, Fatboy Slim, Heartthrob, Kyle Hall and many others. Worked media for two consecutive years at the Detroit Electronic Music Festival aka Paxahau Movement Festival: Detroit.
Education
Central Michigan University
Art, Writing
Focused mostly on the production of my design portfolio. Studying charcoal, graphite and pastel illustration, 3-D modeling/ sculpting, as well as painting and the fine arts.
Billy Blue School of Design
Study Abroad / Art Direction, Graphic Design, Production
Study abroad program, Sydney Australia 2009
College for Creative Studies
BFA in Advertising Design / Art Direction, Graphic Design, Copy-writing
Spent 5 years in downtown Detroit, learning the art of creative advertising design. Studied under some of the best directors in the state of Michigan. Developed experience and practice conceptualizing; designing, directing and producing creative projects and 360 degree campaigns.