Marek Jacisin

MAREK V. JACISIN

Instructor /Sculptor at Harvard Ceramics Program, Harvard University

Boston, MA
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Summary

SKILLS

DIGITAL

PRINT

WEB &MULTIMEDIA

HANDS-ON DESIGN

  • Photo editing &
  • Posters & signs
  • Video production
  • Prototyping manipulating
  • Brochures &
  • Instructional
  • Pattern Design
  • Retouching newsletters

Support

  • Stencil Cutting
  • Photograph
  • Logos & business
  • PP presentations restoration cards
  • Website design
  • Mold Making
  • Photography
  • Large scale
  • Social media
  • Vacuum Forming in-house printing

TECHNICAL SKILLS

EXPERT

WORKING KNOWLEDGE

Adobe Photoshop

  • Apple Final Cut pro

Adobe Illustrator

  • Adobe Dreamweaver

Adobe Premiere

  • Adobe Fireworks

Adobe Acrobat

  • Adobe InDesign

MS PowerPoint

  • Adobe Spark

TechSmith Camtasia

  • Adobe Capture

Experience

2013 Mar - Present
Instructor/Artist
Harvard Ceramics Program, Harvard University / Allston, MA

Instructor – Develop curriculum, teach art and design techniques using combination of hands-on and digital tools

  • Teaching assistant for Handbuilding: Architectural Ornament Class Summer '13
  • Teaching assistant for Figure Class Fall '14, Spring '15, Fall'15, Spring'16
  • Teaching assistant for Architectural Ceramics Class Fall '16
  • Instructor for Ceramic Tile Class Spring '17, Fall '17
  • Instructor for Ceramic Mural Class Spring '18, Fall '18

Ceramic Artist - Design and produce ceramic sculptures, relief wall tiles and murals

Key Achievements:

  • Proposed public art project for the ZONE3 in Boston and are implementing it as a class group project in 2018-2019
  • Recently exhibited work in the Fuller Craft Museum, National Museum of Slovenia, Mark Rothko Center, Latvia and Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan.
2007 Jan - Present
Marketing Communication Specialist
Village Travel Agency / Arlington, Massachusetts

Created new design themes for marketing and collateral materials. Designed interactive website as a main marketing tool. Actively maintain social media, including Facebook and Instagram accounts.

2000 Jan - Present
Educational Media Coordinator
New England College of Optometry / Boston, Massachusetts

Successfully manage and coordinate multimedia design projects from concept through completion.

  • Develop graphical and digital course materials (presentations, slides, tutorials)
  • Design marketing print and digital graphic materials including posters, brochures, Web pages, and Power Point presentations
  • Video recording, editing, encoding and uploading video for online use
  • Class room setup for lecture broadcasting and lecture capture utilizing Panopto and Camtasia
  • Provide training, instructions, technical support and design advice to faculty and students
  • Supervise media student assistants, coordinate freelancers and consultants to meet all project requirements

Key Achievements:

  • Started in-house printing production, saving college over $150,000
  • Produced collection of educational Eye Exam videos
  • Designed image database, containing tens of thousands images
  • Provided faculty and students with design templates for PowerPoint, poster presentations, and instructional support
  • Established trusting relationships with faculty, vendors, and key departments
1997 Jan - 2000 Jan
Graphic Designer
3D Plus, Inc / Waltham, Massachusetts

Photoshop work for high-end 3D visualization and animation projects

Final image retouching of architectural and industrial design renderings

Education

1994 - 2019
Harvard University
Ceramics Program Classes
  • Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1994-recent: Harvard Ceramics Program, Ceramics Classes and Independent Ceramics Study
1998
Clark University
Web Design Certificate

Clark University, Cambridge, MA, 1998: Graphic and Web Design Certificate

1992 - 1993
School of the Museum of Fine Arts
CE Ceramics Hand-Building / ceramic sculpture
  • School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 1993: CE Ceramics Hand-Building
1980 - 1986
University of Economics
M.S. degree, Economics / economics
  • University of Economics, Bratislava, Slovakia, 1980-86: M.S. Degree in Economics

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