Barbara Summer

Current

• Art Director at String Letter Publishing

Past

• Designer at String Letter Publishing
• Co-President at Home and School Association
• Owner at Gelfand Graphic Design

• Board President at Garden of Friends Preschool
• Assoc. Art Director at Electronic Musician
• Art Director at Mill Valley Record

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Education

• Pratt University
• University of Wisconsin-Madison

Connections

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Industry

Publishing

Barbara Summer’s Summary

Barbara Summer’s Specialties:

Publication Design; Adobe CS4/InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver; CSS/HTML; Photography; Adobe Acrobat (static and interactive); SoundSlides (audio slide shows).

Barbara Summer’s Experience

• Art Director

  String Letter Publishing

  (Publishing industry)

  2005 — Present (4 years )

• Designer

  String Letter Publishing

  (Privately Held; Publishing industry)

  2000 — 2005 (5 years )

• Co-President

  Home and School Association

  (Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  2002 — 2003 (1 year )

  Co-President, Mary Silveira Home and School Association, (Dixie School District PTSA)

• Owner

  Gelfand Graphic Design

  (Publishing industry)

  1991 — 2000 (9 years )

• Board President

  Garden of Friends Preschool

  (Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  1996 — 1997 (1 year )

  Board President of Garden of Friends Preschool, Temple Beth Israel, Vallejo, CA

• Assoc. Art Director

  Electronic Musician

  (Publishing industry)

  1989 — 1991 (2 years )

• Art Director

  Mill Valley Record

  (Publishing industry)

  1986 — 1989 (3 years )

Barbara Summer’s Education

• Pratt University

  1998 — 2000

• University of Wisconsin-Madison

  JBA , Journalism , 1974 — 1978

  If you ever had an ice cream at the dairy bar in the Memorial Union (and who didn't), I probably served you while I was in college!

Additional Information

Barbara Summer’s Groups:

•    Wisconsin Alumni Association

Barbara Summer’s Honors:

Western Publishing Association's Maggie award, Best Music Publication, Strings magazine (2001 and 2006).

Most Improved Publication/Consumer (over 50,000) Acoustic Guitar magazine (2006). Award received for publication redesign.

Tube Council of North America, "New Products in a Tube," second place (1999).

Barbara Summer’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• job inquiries
• reference requests
• getting back in touch