Adjunct Instructor at The Art Institute of Tennessee-Nashville
Greater Nashville Area
- Current
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- Adjunct Instructor at The Art Institute of Tennessee-Nashville
- Associate Art Director at Latina Magazine
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- Freelance Designer at Time Out New York Kids
- Freelance Associate Art Director at Radar Magazine
- Freelance Art Director at Surface Magazine
- Associate Art DIrector at Time Out Chicago
- Freelance Designer at Flameshovel Records
- Agency Associate at The Windish Agency
- Graphic Designer at Scott Foresman/ Dorling Kindersley
- Freelance Designer at Magnani Continuum Marketing
- Art Director at Venus Zine
- Education
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- The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
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Lauren Vandervelde’s Summary
I moved to Nashville in April 08 from Brookyln, NY. Am currently teaching part-time at the Art Institute of Tennessee and loving it! I am also accepting freelance clients. Currently doing work for an auction house here and a variety of clients for a marketing business out of North Carolina. Would like to expand my roster of clients when it is a good fit.
Lauren Vandervelde’s Specialties:
Can bring a range of experience from deadline-driven weekly magazines, independent niche magazines and even academic publishing. I have expert-level knowledge of InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop. Demonstrated ability to produce photo shoots and collaborate with photographers, stylists, and crew. Can produce ads, posters, and packaging with a quick turnaround. Can also provide project management skills from Art Direction through production.
Lauren Vandervelde’s Experience
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Adjunct Instructor
The Art Institute of Tennessee-Nashville
(Higher Education industry)
July 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)
Currently teaching typography, layout, publication design and print production.
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Associate Art Director
Latina Magazine
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)
November 2007 — Present (2 years 1 month)
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Freelance Designer
Time Out New York Kids
(Publishing industry)
September 2007 — September 2007 (1 month)
Currently freelancing at Time Out New York Kids. Available again for hire after 10/20/07, interested in freelance or full-time work.
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Freelance Associate Art Director
Radar Magazine
(Publishing industry)
August 2007 — September 2007 (2 months)
Designed Front of book sections at this monthly magazine about culture and politics during a one-month contract.
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Freelance Art Director
Surface Magazine
(Publishing industry)
May 2007 — August 2007 (4 months)
Completed a 3-month contract with this international fashion, art and architecture magazine. Position involved design from beginning to end of the production cycle for front of book, features, and back of book sections. Also encompassed all image tracking, text flow, image correction and pre-press tasks.
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Associate Art DIrector
Time Out Chicago
(Graphic Design industry)
2005 — 2007 (2 years )
Was a founding member at the launch of this magazine into a new market. Regular assignments included layout of front of book, style, service and listings pages as well as weekly feature packages and covers; conceptual input into all features, style, and service sections. Daily responsibilities included checking designers’ pages against the style guide and releasing each section to production. Worked closely with the managing editor to keep the production schedule as efficient as possible and to balance designers’ workloads. Acquired the position of Interim Art Director, managing all facets of the department for 3 months.
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Freelance Designer
Flameshovel Records
(Graphic Design industry)
2001 — 2007 (6 years )
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Agency Associate
The Windish Agency
(Music industry)
2004 — 2005 (1 year )
Primary responsibilities were artist relations, creating informational tour books for bands and arranging travel and immigration at this tour-booking agency startup. Was the first official employee for a company representing well over 90 artists residing and travelling around the globe, necessitating organizational skills and the ability to multi-task.
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Graphic Designer
Scott Foresman/ Dorling Kindersley
(Publishing industry)
2003 — 2004 (1 year )
Completed a one-year contract to create a 5th-grade level science book including prototyping style guides, working with editors on communicating content, complete image research and commissioning of scientific illustrations as well as page layout of the 600 page product using InDesign. Worked with production department to keep the project on deadline. Tracking of all images and editorial corrections required a high level of organization. Completed over 40 hours of professional InDesign training.
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Freelance Designer
Magnani Continuum Marketing
(Graphic Design industry)
2003 — 2004 (1 year )
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Art Director
Venus Zine
(Publishing industry)
2001 — 2004 (3 years )
Worked with a group of collaborating writers, designers, illustrators and photographers to produce this glossy, full-color, internationally-circulated ‘women in the arts’ magazine on a quarterly basis. Venus had a subscriber base of 1,000 in 2001 and a circulation of over 40,000 in 2004. Responsibilities included recruiting and managing contributors, creating a style guide, color correction of all images, template revisions, and final collection of files. Creating a professional product on a shoestring budget fostered creativity, collaboration, and resourcefulness.
Lauren Vandervelde’s Education
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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1998 — 2001
Additional Information
Lauren Vandervelde’s Websites:
Lauren Vandervelde’s Interests:
Photography, travel, cooking & eating, music
Lauren Vandervelde’s Groups:
SAIC Graduate
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Women in Photography
Lauren Vandervelde’s Honors:
Student Society for News Design, Rolling Stone Collegiate.
Lauren Vandervelde’s Contact Settings
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