NADIA STRASSER
(925) 330-3340
nadia@linesinmotion.com
EXPERIENCE
Coldwell Banker, Freelance Senior Graphic Designer and Photographer - Palo Alto, CA
• Senior graphic designer for top Real Estate agent creating both print and online marketing materials including both property
and general real estate; real estate photography
SF Digital Studio, Freelance Graphic/Production Artist - San Francisco, CA
• Responsible for photo editing, color correcting and rendering, and creation of catalog layouts
Sunset Publishing Corporation, Freelance Graphic Designer - Menlo Park, CA
• Graphic designer for Editorial, Marketing, Custom Publishing, and Books departments designing
magazine layouts,
advertisements,
presentations, invitations, brochures,
websites, and other marketing vehicles
Williams
Sonoma/Pottery Barn, Graphic Designer/Illustrator/Production
Artist -
San Francisco, CA
•
Graphic designer, iIllustrator and production artist for visuals in graphics
department
•
Art direct photoshoots
•
Maintain communication with vendors and merchants to ensure quality and
satisfaction
Unovo, Inc., Freelance Graphic Designer - San Francisco, CA
• Creative design of packaging, corporate identities, websites,
brochures/mailers for product design company
1185
Design, Freelance Graphic
Designer - Palo Alto, CA
• Creative design of corporate identities, websites, logos, annual
reports, mass-marketing vehicles, industry communications
• Responsible for creating comps, presentation boards, and postings
on web
Wayfinder
Response Marketing, Freelance Graphic Designer - San Francisco,
CA
• Creative development and design of mass-marketing vehicles
Scientific
American Magazine,
Art Direction Internship - Manhattan, NY
• Responsible for illustrations and layout for feature articles and
special sections
• Creative development including typography, color palette, and page
design
• Coordinating with editorial teams from concept to production
California
Academy of Sciences, Freelance Botanical Illustrator - San Francisco,
CA
• Illustrate botanical drawings for science journal publications
• Render in various media: pencil, pen & ink, watercolor, and
computer graphics
• Work directly with principal scientists in sketch development
VBN
Architects, Marketing
Coordinator/Graphic Designer - Oakland, CA
• Responsible for content and design of promotional literature and
presentations
• Accomplished in pre-press production including copy generation,
image rendering, photo enhancement, and creative layout
• Managed outside vendors and suppliers, including photographers
and printers
Hansen
McArdle Landscape Architects
- Lafayette, CA
• Drafted site illustrations and construction plans by freehand and
AutoCAD as directed by architects
• Color-enhanced black and white drawings and generated plant requirement
lists
• Creative design for corporate communications and website
SOFTWARE KNOWLEDGE
Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, QuarkXPress, Dreamweaver,
Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Proficient with both Macintosh and PC platforms
EDUCATION
University of California Santa Cruz - Santa Cruz, CA
June 2003
Graduate Program in Science Illustration
University
of California San Diego - La Jolla, CA
July 1998
Bachelor of Arts
Major: Studio Art and Biology (Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution)
Minor: Psychology
University
of Otago - Dunedin, New Zealand
Winter and Spring Semester 1998
(Study Abroad Program)
University
of California Davis
- Davis, CA
Fall Quarter 1997
(UC Visitors Program)
La
Selva Reserve - Costa Rica
Summer
1997
Assisted University of California researchers in fieldwork and data collection