Donna Lichaw

Current

User Experience and Interaction Designer at Freelance (Self-employed)
Adjunct Faculty at Parsons the New School for Design

Past

Lead Designer at Apartment Therapy Media
Web Producer at The New School
Teaching Assistant at Northwestern University

Senior Designer at Nerve.com

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Education

Northwestern University
University of Michigan
New York University

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Connections

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Industry

Design

Websites

greatnorthelectric.com

Donna Lichaw’s Summary

I have been working in web and interactive media for over ten years. Starting out as a visual designer and front end developer, I have spent the last few years focusing on interaction and user experience design and strategy. In other words, I make things work and make them better.

I also have a background in documentary filmmaking and sound design. Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about the relationship between the documentary and interaction design process and practice.

Donna Lichaw’s Specialties:

User experience design: interaction design, information architecture. Design education.

Donna Lichaw’s Experience

User Experience and Interaction Designer
Freelance (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Internet industry)

September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)
Adjunct Faculty

Parsons the New School for Design

(Higher Education industry)

January 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)

I teach and lecture about interactive and digital media. Focuses include: social media, interactive narratives, cartography, urban space, mashup technology, and social activism...in the process, I also cover interaction design practice, information architecture, visual design, front-end coding, usability, and web/consumer technology.
Lead Designer

Apartment Therapy Media

(Online Media industry)

September 2008 — June 2009 (10 months)

I designed (visual, UX/IA, front end development) new websites, digital displays, features, assets, and advertisements for the Apartment Therapy network of blogs.
Web Producer

The New School

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

2006 — 2008 (2 years )

I managed and produced websites for Parsons, Eugene Lang College, and The New School for Jazz. This included, but was not limited to: project management, user experience design (interaction design and information architecture), art direction, content management, front-end development, and CMS implementation.
Teaching Assistant

Northwestern University

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

2003 — 2005 (2 years )

Taught Web Design, Advanced Video, Multimedia Design and Production
Senior Designer

Nerve.com

(Online Media industry)

2002 — 2003 (1 year )

Managed, designed, and produced online content and advertising mini-site campaigns.

Donna Lichaw’s Education

Northwestern University

MFA , Radio, TV, & Film , 2003 — 2008

I specialized in interactive narrative and documentary film/video production.

Activities and Societies:

WNUR
University of Michigan

BA , Film & Video Studies , 1996 — 2000
New York University

Certificate , Multimedia Design and Production , 1999 — 1999