Marjorie Otterson

Current

• Consultant, User Interface Design/User Experience (Contract) at Thomson Reuters

Past

• Creative Director, User Experience at Monster
• Senior Art Director at BigBad, Inc.
• Graphic Designer at Mount Holyoke College

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Education

• Savannah College of Art and Design
• University of New Hampshire
• Bentley College

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Marjorie Otterson’s Summary

I am an award-winning creative/strategic thinker with 18+ years of proven experience in both interactive and print media.

I bring to my work a holistic, user-centered approach, regardless of medium--I believe that succesful solutions are the result of solid research; collaborative concept development; a seamless integration of strategy, architecture, content, interface/interaction design, visual design, and technology; all shaped by an unshakable commitment to the end user.

Marjorie Otterson’s Specialties:

design strategy, web site strategy, concept development, creative direction, art direction, user-centered design, user experience, interaction design

Marjorie Otterson’s Experience

• Consultant, User Interface Design/User Experience (Contract)

  Thomson Reuters

  (Information Services industry)

  2008 — Present (less than a year)

• Creative Director, User Experience

  Monster

  (Public Company; Internet industry)

  January 2007 — February 2008 (1 year 2 months)

• Senior Art Director

  BigBad, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Design industry)

  October 1998 — January 2007 (8 years 4 months)

  Senior Art Director, 2003-2007;
  Art Director, 2000-2003;
  Graphic Designer, 1998-2000

• Graphic Designer

  Mount Holyoke College

  (Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  1995 — 1998 (3 years)

Marjorie Otterson’s Education

• Savannah College of Art and Design

  MFA, Graphic Design

• University of New Hampshire

  BA, Art

• Bentley College

  Usability Boot Camp

Additional Information

Marjorie Otterson’s Honors:

2007 MITX Award Winner: educational institution web sites

2006, 2005, and 2004 MITX Awards Finalist: educational institution web sites

2006 MITX Awards Finalist: nonprofit+government/utilities web sites

Top 10 site ranking in NRCCUA 2006 Enrollment Power Index, a usability survey of over 3000 higher education web sites

Bronze--2006 CASE District I Awards: web sites

2006, 2004 Life Science Industry Award: print catalog

Communication Arts/Design Interact Site of the Week: 12/05/05

Silver--2005 CASE Circle of Excellence Awards Program: web sites

2005 American Graphic Design Award: print annual report design

Gold--2004 CASE District I Awards: web sites

2001 MIMC Award Winner: educational institution web sites

2001 AXIEM Award Winner: education (web sites)

Bronze--1998 CASE Circle of Excellence Awards Program: special program publications packages

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