Deirdre Spencer

Current

• Volunteer Graphic Designer / Web Developer at The Taproot Foundation
• Freelance Graphic Designer at Deirdre Spencer Design

Past

• Senior Designer at Placemaking Group, LLC
• Acting Art Director at e-agency
• Graphic Designer at Waxcreative Design

• Art Director at eStudio
• Creative Supervisor at Wave Systems Corporation
• Freelance Graphic Designer (Self-employed)
• Webmaster/Photoshop Supervisor at Manex Visual Effects
• Digital Graphic Designer at IMAX Ridefilm

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Education

• School of Visual Arts
• Hampshire College
• Bard College at Simon's Rock

Recommended

10 people have recommended Deirdre

Connections

130 connections

Industry

Graphic Design

Websites

• Twitter
• AIGA Profile

Deirdre Spencer’s Summary

Deirdre Spencer’s life-long love of fine art coupled with her interest in computers and media made graphic design a natural career path. Since building her first corporate website in 1996, her web design has won numerous awards, including five prestigious Horizon Interactive Awards since 2005. She enjoys the ever-evolving challenge of fusing great design with innovative web technology. Equally proficient in both print design (from concept to prepress) and web design (from site architecture to XHTML and CSS coding), Deirdre’s impressive portfolio includes work for clients such as the American Iron and Steel Institute, the Oakland International Airport, The Berkshire Museum, IMAX Corporation, Manex Visual Effects, McRoskey Mattress Company and Taproot Foundation.

Deirdre Spencer’s Specialties:

Printed marketing collateral and website design and development: site architecture, wire frames, XHTML, CSS, experience working with Javascript, ASP, PHP, and Drupal; film output, pre-press. Software: Mac OSX and Windows platforms; Photoshop, ImageReady, Freehand, Fireworks, Acrobat, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, HTML editors, InDesign, QuarkXPress, and more.

Deirdre Spencer’s Experience

• Volunteer Graphic Designer / Web Developer

  The Taproot Foundation

  (Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  December 2005 — Present (4 years )

  Projects include: AXIS Dance Company brochure (2009) • The Wellness Community website (2008) • Streetside Stories website (2006)

• Freelance Graphic Designer

  Deirdre Spencer Design

  (Graphic Design industry)

  March 2001 — Present (8 years 9 months)

  Graphic design, art direction, and front end Web development. Clients include: Placemaking Group • e-agency • JAK Designs • Scalent • DuDell & Associates • Exhale

• Senior Designer

  Placemaking Group, LLC

  (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  October 2008 — April 2009 (7 months)

  The Placemaking Group is a full-service PR, Web and marketing communications firm, with special expertise in the areas of land use and travel.

• Acting Art Director

  e-agency

  (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  January 2008 — September 2008 (9 months)

  E-agency was a full service branding communications company.

• Graphic Designer

  Waxcreative Design

  (Graphic Design industry)

  February 2005 — March 2006 (1 year 2 months)

  Waxcreative is a boutique web design studio specializing in niche marketing for best selling and up-and-coming romance authors.

• Art Director

  eStudio

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Graphic Design industry)

  July 2000 — February 2001 (8 months)

  eStudio was a new media firm that designed marketing collateral primarily for other Silicon Valley start-ups.

• Creative Supervisor

  Wave Systems Corporation

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; WAVX; Internet industry)

  March 1999 — November 1999 (9 months)

  Wave Systems makes trusted computing security products.

• Freelance Graphic Designer

  Self-employed

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Graphic Design industry)

  February 1998 — February 1999 (1 year 1 month)

  Clients included: The Berkshire Museum • KinderMuse Entertainment, LLC. • Blue Q • StonySoft / The Voyager Company

• Webmaster/Photoshop Supervisor

  Manex Visual Effects

  (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 1996 — January 1998 (1 year 9 months)

  Manex Visual Effects (MVFX, formerly MASS.ILLUSION) was best known for its Oscar-winning work on feature films What Dreams May Come and The Matrix trilogy.

• Digital Graphic Designer

  IMAX Ridefilm

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

  August 1994 — April 1996 (1 year 9 months)

  IMAX Ridefilm created entertaining simulator rides using IMAX technology.

Additional Information

Deirdre Spencer’s Websites:

• Twitter
• AIGA Profile

Deirdre Spencer’s Groups:

AIGA, Taproot Foundation

•    Taproot Foundation
•    Simon's Rock Alumni
•    Alumni of the School of Visual Arts
•    Hampshire College Alumni Network
•    AIGA San Francisco

Deirdre Spencer’s Honors:

Winner of 5 Horizon Interactive Awards since 2005, most recently a Silver for Yollege.com in 2009
2005 DesignFirms.org, Web Design Award Winner