Nina Alter

Nina Alter

Design Principal: studio.bigwheel LLC

San Francisco Bay Area

Current
  • Design Principal at studio.bigwheel LLC
  • Contributing Artist at Survival Research Laboratories
Past
  • Sr. Visual Designer at Yahoo! Inc
  • Visual Designer at AOL
  • art director, designer, janitor, pre-press troublemaker at The Land of Ink on Paper
  • Art Director at Creative Persuasion LLC
Education
  • California College of the Arts
  • California College of Arts and Crafts
Connections
105 connections
Industry
Internet
Websites

Nina Alter’s Summary

Currently looking for a permanent position in the city of San Francisco, working on either web applications or software.

Adding more work to my online portfolio, and updating it to reflect additional experience with Interaction + IA dense projects... tho work is prepared to present in person. Stay tuned! http://www.bigwheel.net

Nina Alter’s Specialties:

Information Design, Interaction Design, Information Architecture, Visual Design, Mobile Design, Copywriting, Art/Design Direction, Branding, Packaging Design; Usability, Consistency, Delight, total-experience concepting & carry-through, and occasionally just a dash of Trouble...


Nina Alter’s Experience

  • Design Principal

    studio.bigwheel LLC

    (Design industry)

    May 2007Present (2 years 3 months)

    User-Centered Design for software, web, and printed environments. Spinning delightful experiences in the media wasteland, since 1995.

  • Contributing Artist

    Survival Research Laboratories

    (Alternative Dispute Resolution industry)

    August 2003Present (6 years)

    http://www.srl.org

  • Sr. Visual Designer

    Yahoo! Inc

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; YHOO; Internet industry)

    March 2005March 2007 (2 years 1 month)

    Worked with the Platform UED team, and previously with the Y! HotJobs UED team.

  • Visual Designer

    AOL

    (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Design industry)

    March 2005October 2005 (8 months)

  • art director, designer, janitor, pre-press troublemaker

    The Land of Ink on Paper

    (Design industry)

    April 1995March 2005 (10 years)

    Too many gigs than I can input individually- and, generally most are irrelevant to teh internets world, where I now find myself. *surface magazine, WiReD Magazine, lots of freelancing, and in-house art direction at Fox Motocross and O'Neil Snow/Surf.

  • Art Director

    Creative Persuasion LLC

    (Internet industry)

    20022003 (1 year)


Nina Alter’s Education

  • California College of the Arts

    BFA , Design , 19921997

  • California College of Arts and Crafts

    BFA , Graphic Design , September 1992June 1997


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