Kirsten Swank

Current

• Intern at Initio Advertising

Past

• Designer at HartungKemp
• Intern at Pentagram
• Freelance Designer at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

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Education

• Miami Ad School
• The Maryland Institute College of Art
• Perpich Center for Arts Education

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Recommended

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Connections

76 connections

Industry

Design

Websites

• My Website

Kirsten Swank’s Experience

• Intern

  Initio Advertising

  (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  September 2009 — Present (3 months)

• Designer

  HartungKemp

  (Privately Held; Design industry)

  January 2005 — December 2007 (3 years )

  Concept development, design and production for Minneapolis-based clients such as Target, Best Buy, University of Minnesota, Cosgrove Trivia Challenge and Route 29 Napa candy company.

• Intern

  Pentagram

  (Privately Held; Design industry)

  2003 — 2004 (1 year )

  Assisted designers in typesetting, comping and image preparation
  for the National Building Museum’s exhibition “Up, Down, Across:
  Elevators, Escalators, and Moving Sidewalks”, 2wice magazine, and
  other various projects.

• Freelance Designer

  Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  2002 — 2004 (2 years )

  Collaborated with researchers and community members
  to develop an exhibit teaching children about lead poisoning
  prevention. Responsibilities included developing graphics,
  activities, designing and constructing the exhibit.

Kirsten Swank’s Education

• Miami Ad School

  Art Direction 2009 — 2011 (expected)

• The Maryland Institute College of Art

  BFA , Graphic Design , 2000 — 2004

• Perpich Center for Arts Education

  HS , Art , 1998 — 2000

Additional Information

Kirsten Swank’s Websites:

• My Website

Kirsten Swank’s Interests:

Soccer, Remi, Middle Eastern, Indian and African cultures, Vietnamese spring rolls, The Office, great questions, good jokes :) and a good marathon

Kirsten Swank’s Groups:

African Vision 360, Minnesota Amateur Soccer League, AIGA,

•    MICA - Maryland Institute College of Art ALUMNI Group ONLY
•    AIGA | the professional association for design
•    AIGA Minnesota

Kirsten Swank’s Honors:

GD USA American Package Winner, 2009
PRINT Magazine Regional Design Annual, 2008
AIGA Minnesota Design Show, 2007
Production Club of Baltimore Student Scholarship, 2004

Kirsten Swank’s Contact Settings

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