Web Art director at LABEL
Geneva Area, Switzerland
- Current
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- Web Art director at LABEL Group
- Past
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- Senior Designer at Buxum communication Sàrl
- Senior Designer at Danu ltd.
- Graphic Designer at Self Employed
- Web Designer - Senior Web Designer at Parsek
- Executive designer at Parsek
- Education
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- Ecole nationale supérieure de Création Industrielle
- University of Natural Science and Technology
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Darja Gartner’s Summary
An experienced multi discipline Senior Designer specializing in art direction and graphic design for digital media. Passionate about good design and technology.
Working closely with clients, developers, consultants and project managers, I was able to propose the best design solutions in order to meet expectations, even under tight deadlines.
Darja Gartner’s Specialties:
Interactive Design, Graphic Design, Web Design, Photography, Art Direction
Darja Gartner’s Experience
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Web Art director
LABEL Group
(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)
August 2009 — Present (4 months)
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Senior Designer
Buxum communication Sàrl
(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)
June 2008 — July 2009 (1 year 2 months)
_Responsible of design directions (off-line, on-line)
_In charge of agency’s identity development.
Clients: Pernod Ricard Swiss, P&G, Valartis, Losinger -
Senior Designer
Danu ltd.
(Publishing industry)
September 2004 — July 2009 (4 years 11 months)
Slovene company operating web portals for pregnant women and families throughout Europe. (www.danu.biz)
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Website www.ringaraja.net (leading Slovene web portal for pregnant women and families):
_Defined the visual identity: creation of the brand logo, concept and design of the website.
_Defined the architecture and usability.
_Exploring and conceptualizing design alternatives from initial route to final design direction.
_Constantly upgrading the website’s design to support it’s growth in Slovenia and other markets.
_Adapting the website’s design for it’s expansion in new markets (Italy, Austria, Croatia, Serbia).
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Magazine Ringarajine iskrice (major monthly Slovene magazine for families and kids):
_Designer of the magazine.
_Created the magazine’s logo and concept.
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Graphic Designer
Self Employed
(Graphic Design industry)
2005 — 2008 (3 years )
Main achievements:
_Redesign for the website www.nestle.si ordered by the Slovene marketing agency Mayer McCann (www.mayermccann.com).
_Redesign of the website www.districonsult.com for the consulting company Districonsult based in Switzerland.
_Definition and design of the logo for Danu d.o.o. Slovenian company which operates specialised web portals for pregnant women and parents throughout Europe. Concept and design of the corporate website www.danu.biz. -
Web Designer - Senior Web Designer
Parsek
(Online Media industry)
May 2002 — May 2005 (3 years 1 month)
_Dedicated visual web designer for Renault Slovenia, Peugeot Slovenia and Vichy Slovenia: responsable of concepts and designs of their on line projects (mini sites, e-advertising, online games,
animation etc..)
_In charge of creating web design propositions to answer pitches.
_Elaborated and presented design propositions at clients’ meetings.
_Responsible for a team of four web designers: organizations and distribution of tasks. -
Executive designer
Parsek
(Online Media industry)
August 2000 — May 2002 (1 year 10 months)
_Responsible for executing preparatory design tasks for senior designers.
_Maintained web content using html, xml or css.
_Designed promotional web banners
Darja Gartner’s Education
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Ecole nationale supérieure de Création Industrielle
MS , New Media Design , 2005 — 2006
Thesis:
Interactive Architecture: Representation of Life in Architecture
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University of Natural Science and Technology
BSc , Graphic Design and Print Technology , 1999 — 2003
Thesis : Aesthetics of Lomography
(graduated with honour)
Additional Information
Darja Gartner’s Websites:
Darja Gartner’s Interests:
_Global Design, Brand Identity, New Media Communication, Interactive Architecture, Web 2.0 _Photography, Snowboarding, Diving, Kite-surfing, Traveling
Darja Gartner’s Groups:
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eOffice -
Semantic Web -
Ensci - Les Ateliers, French national institute for advanced studies in industrial design -
Web Standards Design + Development -
AIGA | the professional association for design -
IxDA Europe
