PATRICIA G WITT EDUCATION
CONTACT
Washington University in St. Louis
www.pgwitt.com 708 790 7382 patriciagracewitt@gmail.com
Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts Candidate for BFA in Communication Design, May 2017
Santa Reparata International School of Art
PUBLICATIONS
Florence, Italy, Spring 2016
WUnderground Editor, Layout Designer
EXPERIENCE
Editor (2016 – 2017) and Layout Designer (2014 – 2016) of Washington University's Premier Satirical Newspaper. Organize formatting and layout of issues, create social media content, advertise new releases, supervise design and production.
ALIVE Magazine Design Intern August 2016 – Present, St. Louis, MO Design intern for recently expanded St. Louis regional magazine; assist creative director with photoshoots for upcoming issues, adapt magazine content for web, format issue features and photography for social media posts, help manage online content.
Kuhl/Swaine Art Director Intern
Fall 2014 – Present, St. Louis, MO
The Western Chautauqua Contributor Millstadt: Record Printing and Publishing, 2010. Print. Timothy R. Tomlinson, editor Poetry piece published in Non-Fiction Historical Narrative of New Piasa Chautauqua.
June – August 2016, St. Louis, MO Worked in mid-sized St. Louis advertising and branding agency. Assisted creative team with client projects; brochure design, site photography, print advertisements, t–shirt and logo designs. Created promotional materials for the agency, photography and web graphics.
Projects+Gallery Gallery Intern May – November 2015, St. Louis, MO Maintained gallery space and promoted shows, created print advertisements for ALIVE Magazine and Sophisticated Living, organized artist booklets for investors, publicized involvement in the Olympia International Art & Antiques Fair.
Constructive Chaos Youth Art Teacher May – August 2014, River Forest, IL Planned interactive art lessons for summer camps, supervised children ages 3–18. Directed and developed activities, organized materials, led projects.
ACTIVITIES AIGA Mentor Match Mentee September – December 2015, St. Louis, MO Selected for AIGA mentoring program to produce self-directed project. With mentor Sarah Birdsall, created a book of collected data and photography photographs of three student artists at work.
Alpha Phi Fraternity Member Spring 2015 – Present, Zeta Upsilon
WashU Dance Marathon Morale Committee Fall 2013 – Fall 2014, St. Louis, MO
SKILLS Proficient in Adobe Indesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Aftereffects, and Microsoft Office Working knowledge of HTML, CSS Conversational French, Italian