Connie Michener

65 Salisbury Road
Watertown, MA 02472
( 617 ) 470 - 1792
connie@beguilotron.com

Position Desired: Art Director

Computer Graphic Experience:

Vector drawing in AutoCAD 14, 2000, and ADT for drafting and vector-based graphics production;
Photocompositing, graphic development, animation frame creation in Photoshop;
Layout of presentation boards in Illustrator as well as PageMaker and InDesign;
Wireframe modelling in 3D Studio MAX,
Animation with Ulead GIF animator; Desktop publishing with Ventura, PageMaker.

Experience:

Designer, Beguilotron Accelerator Labs, Watertown, MA, Consumer product design and wholesale business. All planning, product design, photography, copywriting, and graphics production for marketing original jewelry as well as package design for finished pieces and kits. Development of promotional materials and curricula for shows and classes, window design and newsletters 1999-present.

Designer/Job Captain, Graham Gund Architects, (contract), building schematics and design development for 720-unit condominium resort complex with two building types through for large south Florida resort developer, including unit plans, massing, elevations, landscape element development. 2001.

CAD Drafter/Job Captain, Studio of Art and Architecture, New Bedford, MA (project contract) DD & CD production of a 12-person accounting firm office, a 500 SF addition to a doctor's clinic, and high-end new and modified homes. Structural drawings and specification-editing. Developed ACAD block library as well as templates for sheet and base drawings. Working with AutoCad 14 and Visio IntelliCad, 1999 - 2001.

Designer/Drafter, Bergmeyer Associates, Boston, MA. Schematics for retail, office, and nursing home facility, including site plans, space plans, and unit plans, parking counts, greenspace counts, egress plans; DD and CD production, feasibility studies, parking counts and presentation renderings. Handled Boston Main Streets "design assistance" projects, from initial meeting through design, rendering, Photoshop and Illustrator layout, outline specs, and presentation. AutoCAD 14, Photoshop, Illustrator, wireframe modelling in 3D Studio MAX. 1998 - 1999.

Planning Consultant, National Park Service Regional Planning Office, Philadelphia, PA. Researched, wrote, and produced two interpretive planning documents for the Pinelands National Reserve, a large-scale inter-agency project; researched and wrote an impact study for Valley Forge National Park, Called municipalities for traffic, population, and open space statistics. Coordinated a series of seminars for park planners at the Philadelphia office, bringing in national experts to speak on stewardship and interagency cooperation. 1996 - 1998.

Technical Writer, Dow Jones/Telerate, Jersey City, NJ. Wrote manuals on the installation and integration of multiple feeds for financial analytics and trading products. Designed on Ventura Desktop Publishing; produced training catalogs, manual directories, and corporate phone directory. 1989 - 1992.
Promotion Assistant, Springer-Verlag, New York, NY. (Contract) Wrote copy for medical and engineering book promotion, 1989.
Purchasing Associate, Du Pont, Newark, DE. (Contract) Primary vendor contact for equipment purchases under $10,000. Assisted in negotiating annual and by-project personnel contracts, 1988 -1989.
Writing Consultant, Writers, Inc., Newark, DE. Wrote software user manuals, newsletters, and heavy industrial materials discussion. Ghost wrote articles on material engineers' research; wrote a manual for materials substitution in titanium purification plants. Wrote a market analysis report for a division of Du Pont. 1987 - 1988.

Education:

Master of Architecture, University of Pennsylvania, 1997.
Architecture studies at Temple University, 1993-1994.
B.A. in English: Business and Technical Writing, University of Delaware, 1986.