Donna Lichaw

Current

• Lead Designer at Apartment Therapy Media
• Instructor at Parsons the New School for Design

Past

• 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

Connections

70 connections

Industry

Online Media

Websites

• My Portfolio

Donna Lichaw’s Summary

I am an information/interactive designer by trade, filmmaker by training, photographer and musician for fun.

Donna Lichaw’s Specialties:

User interface / experience design, information architecture, project management, visual design, front-end development / coding: html, css and some javascript.

Donna Lichaw’s Experience

• Lead Designer

  Apartment Therapy Media

  (Online Media industry)

  September 2008 — Present (11 months)

  I design (visual, UI/IA, front end development) new features, assets, and advertisements for the Apartment Therapy network of blogs.

• Instructor

  Parsons the New School for Design

  (Design industry)

  January 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)

  I teach and lecture about interactive and digital media. Focuses include: web 2.0/mashup technology, social tools, storytelling, and social activism.

• Web Producer

  The New School

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

  2006 — 2008 (2 years)

  I managed websites for Parsons, Lang College, and The New School for Jazz. I made everything from project management, IA, UI/UX Design, usability, content management, and front-end development / CMS-integration happen.

• Teaching Assistant

  Northwestern University

  (Educational Institution; Motion Pictures and Film 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

  Activities and Societies:

  WNUR radio!

• University of Michigan

  BA , Film & Video Studies , 1996 — 2000

Additional Information

Donna Lichaw’s Websites:

• My Portfolio

Donna Lichaw’s Interests:

collecting tin robots

Donna Lichaw’s Groups:

•    Interaction Design Association
•    SXSW Interactive
•    SxSW Library and Info Professionals

Donna Lichaw’s Contact Settings

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• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• job inquiries
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