Contact Information email: juliasjoseph@gmail.com phone: 773.620.4558 website: juliasimonejoseph.com
design
development
Work Experience 2011 -Present
Freelance Designer and Developer • I work with companies to create and develop brand identities, websites, marketing materials, and strategic marketing plans. • Help clients define goals and form a cohesive strategy to further grow their ventures. Clients include the University of Chicago, The Linguistic Society of America, Hyde Park Jazz Fest, AHIMA, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center—Boston
Nov 2014 -June 2016
Summer 2014
Senior Designer Performance Trust, Chicago, IL • Design lead specializing in print and digital corporate communication • Headed projects from conception to completion, providing time and cost estimates. • Conceptualized and executed creative print and digital solutions for a wide range of projects including brochures, display graphics, print ads, reports, event identity, presentations and image retouching.
Apprentice Launchpad Lab, Chicago, IL • Designed and developed websites for consultancy clients. • Educated team on importance, value, and methods of user-centered design research to hone more effective design solutions.
Mar 2013
Creative Director, Principal
-Apr 2014
Endgame Design Inc., Chicago, IL • Covered a vast area of fields in the founding and running of the consulting firm. • Developed business and marketing plan and implementation. • Designed brand identity, website, marketing and all support materials.
2012
Designer/Analyst Massive Change Network • Worked with large companies and educational institutions on a wide variety of projects including a long-term project with a Fortune 50 retail company. • Developed and led internal workshops and conducted design reasearch that helped the clients identify most fruitful areas to focus on, including a reorganization of internal processes to optimize workflow.
Summer 2010
2009
September 2008- May 2011 BBA, Cum Laude, Design+Management Parsons the New School for Design Dean’s List- All Semesters September 2005 – May 2007 Retailing and Design University of Wisconsin-Madison Dean’s List/Dean’s High Honor list
Skills GRAPHIC DESIGN Brand Identity Data Visualization Illustration Sitemaps and Wireframes PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES HTML, CSS , HAML, SASS Javascript, jQuery DIGITAL TOOLS/SOFTWARE Adobe Suite, Sketch ITERATIVE DESIGN AND PROTOTYPING Design scenarios, profiles, personas Digital, physical prototyping
Design Research Intern Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Other Experience/Awards 2010
Education
Affiliations The Starter League 2012-2013 Beginning HTML/CSS Advanced HTML/CSS Javascript and jQuery
Noupe Stunning Infographics and Data Visualization http://www.noupe.com/inspiration/stunning-infographics-and-data-visualization.html
AIGA
Chase Community Development Competition- New Orleans
Mentorship Built in Chicago
Mentorship Table XI