Senior Designer at BuzzFeed
Greater New York City Area
- Current
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- Senior Designer at BuzzFeed
- Past
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- Front-End Designer/Developer at Core77
- Web/Print Designer at AIGA New York
- Junior Designer at The Macro Company
- Interactive Director at The Brooklyn Rail
- Education
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- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick
- Connections
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- Industry
- Graphic Design
- Websites
Chris Johanesen’s Summary
I am a graphic designer who specializes in creating clean, elegant designs and user-pleasing experiences for information-rich web sites & applications.
Chris Johanesen’s Specialties:
Web Design, User Interface Design, Information Architecture, Information Design, Typography, Semantic XHTML/CSS, Javascript, PHP
Chris Johanesen’s Experience
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Senior Designer
BuzzFeed
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
July 2006 — Present (2 years 1 month)
Responsible for creative direction, identity & visual design, user experience & interface design, and front-end development.
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Front-End Designer/Developer
Core77
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Design industry)
April 2006 — July 2006 (4 months)
Translated new designs into semantic XHTML/CSS markup. Collaborated on user-interface and interaction design for redesign of Coroflot.com.
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Web/Print Designer
AIGA New York
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Graphic Design industry)
September 2005 — July 2006 (11 months)
Maintained and developed new features for AIGA NY website. Designed and developed websites for AIGA NY conferences, using PHP, MySQL, Javascript, XHTML/CSS. Performed print design and production duties for the chapter.
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Junior Designer
The Macro Company
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Graphic Design industry)
2005 — 2006 (1 year)
Assisted with design and production on print, web, and branding projects.
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Interactive Director
The Brooklyn Rail
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Newspapers industry)
December 2005 — December 2006 (1 year 1 month)
Designed and developed new web presence with art-director. Created front-facing site and custom content management system with PHP, Javascript, and XHTML/CSS.
Chris Johanesen’s Education
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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick
BA, Visual Art/Graphic Design, Comp Sci (Formerly), Psychology (Minor), 2001 — 2005
Additional Information
Chris Johanesen’s Websites:
Chris Johanesen’s Interests:
"Indie" Music, Vegetarianism, Mountain & Road Cycling
Chris Johanesen’s Groups:
AIGA
Chris Johanesen’s Honors:
BuzzFeed.com nominated for Best Blog in the 2007 SXSW Web Awards
Chris Johanesen’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- expertise requests
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
