Laura Cline

Current

• Designer & Printer at Stijky !
• Freelance Graphic Designer at Zero + Maria Cornejo
• Designer/ Director at Freelance Design Professional

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Past

• Art Director at LEARNED EVOLUTION
• Freelance Graphic Designer, Web maintenance at Arts In Bushwick
• Production Studio Intern at Berlin Cameron

• Junior Graphic Designer, Assistant Office Manager at BellaMuse, Inc.
• Violist, Strolling Violinist at Sounds of Silk String Quartet
• Circulations Assistant at Oberlin C.W. Art Library

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Education

• Parsons School of Design
• Oberlin College

Connections

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Industry

Graphic Design

Laura Cline’s Summary

I come from a varied background of arts and music, a recent but enthusiastic convert to the world of commercial arts and graphic design.

Love screenprinting, still working sometimes as a viola/violin player, and I would like to apprentice to a good web design/ branding studio.

will write a less boring summary soon.

Laura Cline’s Specialties:

Adobe CS3- InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Bridge, HTML/CSS, print pre-press, web image compression, screenprinting, project management

Laura Cline’s Experience

• Designer & Printer

  Stijky !

  (Arts and Crafts industry)

  September 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)

  custom hand screenprinting - tshirts & concert posters

• Freelance Graphic Designer

  Zero + Maria Cornejo

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Luxury Goods & Jewelry industry)

  September 2005 — Present (4 years 3 months)

  Designed an updated, cost efficient layout for the lookbook // Ongoing responsibilities include photo-retouching + typesetting of lookbooks

• Designer/ Director

  Freelance Design Professional

  (Graphic Design industry)

  2005 — Present (4 years )

  I am available for freelance graphic design, web design work and custom Wordpress theme development & installation for small businesses.
  
  I have a particular interest/experience in working with other independent professionals in the arts industry, fashion and also local food & farming.
  
  I am also available for barter work... if you are interested in something give me a call and we can discuss!

• Art Director

  LEARNED EVOLUTION

  (Media Production industry)

  April 2008 — November 2009 (1 year 8 months)

• Freelance Graphic Designer, Web maintenance

  Arts In Bushwick

  (Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  March 2007 — April 2009 (2 years 2 months)

  Core member of the design team // Worked closely with art director to
  develop brand print identity // Sleek yet approachable style applied
  efficiently to all promo materials within a modest budget // Contributed a festival logo, ad campaign concept, festival signage + registration forms

• Production Studio Intern

  Berlin Cameron

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  September 2007 — October 2007 (2 months)

  manage color printing// prepare shells + shippers for ad mechanicals with InDesign

• Junior Graphic Designer, Assistant Office Manager

  BellaMuse, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Design industry)

  August 2006 — August 2007 (1 year 1 month)

  Essential to many aspects of the company // Handled daily book keeping, processed orders + payments // Performed inventory + vendor/ client database upkeep // Collaborated with owner to develop new products + design a trade show booth for the National Stationery Show // Design duties included print + web pre-production, light packaging design, promotional mailers, + product sheets

• Violist, Strolling Violinist

  Sounds of Silk String Quartet

  (Entertainment industry)

  May 1998 — 2007 (9 years )

  Playing violin favorites while strolling among holiday diners

• Circulations Assistant

  Oberlin C.W. Art Library

  (Libraries industry)

  January 2002 — May 2005 (3 years 5 months)

  Standing behind a desk, making collages from discarded book jackets forever.

Laura Cline’s Education

• Parsons School of Design

  2005 — 2006

• Oberlin College

  BM , Viola Performance , 2001 — 2005

  Activities and Societies:

  Oberlin Student Cooperative Association

Additional Information

Laura Cline’s Interests:

connecting with plants and animals on an intuitive level, juxtapositions, accidents, disintegration of signage, printing, sewing, sculpting, pantomime, space, microtonality, transparency, recycling, transformation

Laura Cline’s Groups:

AIGA NY, Type Directors Club, Freelancers Union, Fractured Atlas

•    Oberlin Alumni
•    Freelancers United
•    AIGA | the professional association for design
•    New School Alumni

Laura Cline’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch