About
Jennifer's interdisciplinary work bridges both design + artistic modalities. She creates symbiotic design systems, intuitive narratives, curious content and thoughtful outcomes.
◦ Creative Direction ◦ Art Direction ◦ Graphic Design ◦ Typography ◦ Branding ◦ Advertising ◦ Interactive / Web ◦ Packaging ◦ Information Design ◦ Interior Design ◦ Environmental ◦ Photography ◦ Video / Film ◦ Writing ◦ Narrative Design ◦ Publishing/Book ◦ Curation ◦ Conceptual Work ◦ Presentation Design ◦ UI/UX ◦ Product Design ◦ Mobile + Social ◦ Interactive + Web Design ◦ Image Editing ◦ Educational Design ◦ Multi-Channel Marketing ◦ Project + Team Management ◦ Client Interfacing
Projects
Awards
DESIGN + PHOTOGRAPHY
The New York Times
Filter Photo
Prix de la Photographie Paris
Marianne Boesky Gallery
Art Heals Auction
American Illustration
ICON9
Print Magazine
Communication Arts
Work Experience
Art Director - Vital City - Current
vitalcitynyc.org
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Art Director / Designer - Studio Pelzek - 8 years
ART DIRECTION + DESIGN FOR: Print, digital, editorial, new media + environmental. SPACES: Real estate, non-profit, corporate, boutique, education, product, retail + interiors. PROJECTS: Branding, product design, data visualization, advertising, environmental, websites, video, photography, packaging, + digital marketing.
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Art Director - The New York Times - New York, NY - 4 years
Art direction for Science Times, Business Daily, + Sunday Magazine. Collaboration with illustrators, photographers, editors + writers. Creation of visually compelling layouts and overall visual aesthetics for digital + print editions. Ensured that the visual elements complemented the content + appealed to the target audience.
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Senior Designer - KBP - New York, NY - 1 year
Art direction and design in an agency setting, developing branding, digital, retail graphics, packaging, + advertising. Worked with creative director to develop concepts + deliver design narratives. Supervised junior designers.
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Senior Designer / Art Director - Nike - Portland, OR - 1 year
Created award winning Nike annual report, designed environmental graphics for Niketowns Toronto + Melbourne. Created environmental graphics for retail partners The Athlete’s Foot + Foot Locker.
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Designer - Fitch - Boston, MA - 1 year
Worked with a team of interior designers, architects, product designers + writers to develop projects such as environmental graphics, product packaging, + identity systems. Created environmental graphics for London Fog’s concept store, The Weather Store, in the Pittsburgh airport.
VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Taught art and design related courses to BFA and MFA college students. Instructed classes in various levels from foundation to advanced from art studio to more theory-based classes.
School at the Art Institute at Chicago
Pratt Institute / School of Art
Peck School of the Arts
Illinois State University
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PHOTOGRAPHER / TEACHING ARTIST
Arts at Large/Milwaukee Public Schools
Taught photography courses to inner city middle and high school students, on both aesthetic and technical photo skills. Worked with school system to coordinate and design community based photography projects that would help the students take ownership of their own visions and perspectives of their neighborhood. Curated gallery show + designed a book of the students work at the end of the semester.
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MURALIST / DESIGNER / SITE LEADER
Publicolor / New York Public Schools, New York, NY
Planned in-school color scheme and daily schedule, design and implemented large scale graphics on walls and public spaces in various schools and community sites. Worked with inner city teenage apprentices to paint interior spaces of New York City’s public schools and community sites. Taught leadership. mentorship, math, color theory + painting skills.