Sarah Nelsen

Current

• Costume Designer at Quixotic Fusion
• Design Creative at Bernstein-Rein Advertising
• Freelance Graphic Designer, Illustrator & Fashion Designer at sarah-nelsen.com (Self-employed)

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Past

• Graphic Designer at Spencer Museum of Art
• Design Intern at Propaganda, inc.

Education

• University of Kansas

Recommended

2 people have recommended Sarah

Connections

136 connections

Industry

Design

Websites

• My Website
• My Company

Sarah Nelsen’s Summary

Highly motivated, award-winning, savvy Graphic Designer / Art Director with over 4 years of experience in the field of design. Specialties include design for retail and fashion brands. Brings together keen sense of design, illustration and knowledge of design and fashion trends.

Sarah Nelsen’s Specialties:

Print & Interactive Design // art direction, graphic design, illustration, packaging, branding & identity.

Fashion Design // pattern making, CAD apparel pattern design, fashion illustration, costuming, surface design.

Sarah Nelsen’s Experience

• Costume Designer

  Quixotic Fusion

  (Apparel & Fashion industry)

  September 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

  • Costume design and construction for Lux Esalare, June 2009
  • Costume design and construction for Standard Style Boutique’s
  Views featuring Quixotic, October 2008
  • Quixotic was voted Kansas City’s Best Performing Arts Group of 2008

• Design Creative

  Bernstein-Rein Advertising

  (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  October 2006 — Present (3 years 3 months)

  Lead Art Director/Designer to brand Dear by Amanda Bynes’ tween clothing line at national retailer, Steve & Barry’s which launched in the Fall of 2007. Dear became the #2 selling brand within the Steve & Barry’s store. Collaborated with celebrity photographer Matthew Rolston. Work covered all aspects of the brand from retail environment, website, promotional materials and collateral.
  • Lead Art Director & Designer for: www.dearbyamandabynes.com, www.habitatshoes.com, www.cravecupcakes.com, Bernstein-Rein’s Interactive Reel (motion graphics),
  • Various applications of art direction, brand design, identity, web design, apparel graphics, packaging, environmental graphics & illustration for clients such as: Dear by Amanda Bynes • Beauty Brands • Hostess • Ruby Tuesday • Kasil Denim • Habitat Shoe Boutique • Crave Cupcakes • PetsMart • Parisi Coffee

• Freelance Graphic Designer, Illustrator & Fashion Designer

  sarah-nelsen.com (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Design industry)

  June 2006 — Present (3 years 7 months)

  • Art Direction, graphic design and illustration for clients such as: The Fashion Group International, Saint Louis Fashion Week, Kucoon
  • Commissioned dress designs for the opening of Dollhouse: A Beauty Studio, January 2009
  • Apparel graphics for maternity line, Starbelly. “My Best Feature” continues to be the #1 selling shirt

• Graphic Designer

  Spencer Museum of Art

  (Museums and Institutions industry)

  September 2005 — August 2006 (1 year )

  • solely designed the Spencer Museum of Art Register, and branded Friends’ of the Art Museum Annual Meeting
  • created and applied visual identities for exhibitions and special events including: exhibition signage, gallery guides, publications, direct mail, posters, flyers, ads and e-mails
  • Designed publication to accompany Fall 2005 exhibition, Feeding
  Lawrence/Work+Workplace

• Design Intern

  Propaganda, inc.

  (Marketing and Advertising industry)

  June 2005 — August 2005 (3 months)

  Assisted with design work on restaurant and retail accounts such as Panera and Baker's Shoes.

Sarah Nelsen’s Education

• University of Kansas

  BFA , Visual Communication: Graphic Design , 2002 — 2006

  Activities and Societies:

  AIGA, KU Marketing Club

Additional Information

Sarah Nelsen’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Company

Sarah Nelsen’s Interests:

Graphic design, Web design, Illustration, Typography, Fashion, Digital Textile Printing, Performance Art, Runway Shows, Special Events

Sarah Nelsen’s Groups:

Quixotic Performance Ensemble, AIGA

•    Communication Arts
•    Kansas Alumni
•    Tweeple
•    AIGA | the professional association for design
•    KC Art+Copy Club
•    AAF - Kansas City
•    AIGA Kansas City
•    Kansas City Interactive
•    Small Business Marketing with VerticalResponse

Sarah Nelsen’s Honors:

Habitat Shopping Bags • featured on www.thedieline.com • September 2009 // Bambu • featured on www.lovelypackage.com • July 2009 // Tintypes • featured on www.fashionserved.com • March 2009 // BR Interactive Reel • Gold Addy & AIGA A5 Design Award • January 2009 // Habitat Ads • Silver Addy Award • 2009 // Quixotic Sway • AIGA A4 Design Award • January 2008 // Habitat Website, Dear by Amanda Bynes, Priests of Pallas Ball • Silver Addy Awards • 2007 // Kiosk 33 • Juror's Choice Award, AIGA A3 Design Award • January 2006 // Kiosk 33 • featured in Print Design Annual • 2006

Sarah Nelsen’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
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