Nadja Masura
nadja@sonic.net
www.nadjaart.com

OBJECTIVE

Graphics / web designer with four years experience designing and building web sites and additional experience in print layout, desires to share her creative, organizational, and communications talents with the team at MITH investigating the meeting place of digital technology and theatre.

SKILLS

Graphics/ Layout:

Web/ Authoring:

Platforms:

Office:

WORK EXPERIENCE

Web Developer - Consultant
Interstitial Cystitis Network, www.ic-network.com, Santa Rosa, CA (9/2000 - 2002)

• Designed Bladder Health Network site infrastructure and currently building site in Dreamweaver.
• Provided site maintenance and updating for client site www.renbrown.com
• Edited and created written content, illustration, graphic and layout for online educational materials
• Built pages from templates for international sections of the IC Network.

Web Designer
Art At The Source www.artatthesource.org, Sonoma County, CA (1/2000 - 2002)

• Created an online version of the printed artists' catalog using Dreamweaver, DeBabilizer, Photoshop and ImageReady/Fireworks.
• Built the site to accommodate the users need to navigate the information effectively. o Maintained and updated the site with the new artists' material.
• Coordinated volunteers working on domain & isp decision-making, and update tasks on the web site.

Web Master, Web Designer
Sebastopol Center For The Arts www.sebarts.com, Sebastopol, CA (10/1997 - 2002)

• Developed substantial web site, created and edited content, and graphics with HTML and Photoshop.
• Maintained, updated, and expanded the site on a quarterly basis for 2 ½ years www.seb.org/comm/org/cfa/index.htm with Dreamweaver and Fireworks.
• Coordinated staff materials and board education on the web site and domain names.
• Currently redesigning GUI and infrastructure of site and rebuilding it in Dreamweaver with Photoshop Illustrator and Image Ready.

Web Designer
Brian Kreck Computer Consulting, www.kreck.com, Santa Rosa, CA (11/2000 - 2/2001)

• Designed sites for clients using Dreamweaver 3, Photoshop 6, Illustrator 8, Fireworks/ImageReady and some JavaScript and HTML (www.sommervineyards.com).
• Meet with clients and estimated site work, filled out project timelines, emailed clients.
• Supported other designers with graphics, text entry, Illustrator work, online database and SQL entry (www.nelsonvineyards.com).

Web Production Assistant
PBHS Web Design, www.pbhs.com, Santa Rosa, CA (2/2000 - 5/2001)

• Provided assistance to designers by developing and updating graphic elements (www.peri-eau.com).
• Processed incoming visual and textual content including entry, editing, scanning, and graphics adjustment with Photoshop 5.5/ImageReady, HTML, Go Live (www.oralsurgerygroup.com).
• QA, fixed rollovers and tables, uploaded files, maintained complex file structures, and submitted to search engines using Fetch and BeFound.

Web Designer, Consultant
Nadja Masura Web Designs, www.nadjaart.com, Rohnert Park, CA (10/1999 - 2002)

• Client site including research, design, construction and maintenance for independent film's web site www.travelingfaster.com later became an Executive Producer & Cinematographer for the digital film Traveling Faster Than The Speed of Light - Verdandi Productions
• Built a site for sculptor Tony Sheets www.tonysheets.com using Dreamweaver and Fireworks.
• GUI concept design for Commercial Zen.
• Design concept for Raspberry Media www.nadjaart.com/sonomaspa
• Site for client Diane Masura Rau built with HTML and Photoshop www.jps.net/radioman/diane/index.htm.
• Current Projects include Russ Powell Information Architect and Studio BE Theater which can be found at www.nadjaart.com/nweb.htm
• Developed Website and Print catalogue with client www.ashiveringrose.com

Related Experience

• Web Intern at Science Interchange: GUI design for text heavy web site
• Graphics Intern with Lee Weisman Graphics: layout, Pagemaker, Photoshop, web
• Digital Artist/Photographer: gallery, studio, collections, freelance, press
• Group Project College of Marine: Marine Mammal Center Fundraising CD
• Group Project: Occidental Community Choir www.occidentalchoir.org
• Working with teams/ communications: Volunteer Coordinator SCA, Literary Arts Committee, Citizen Diplomacy, Public Speaking, and Directing

EDUCATION

1999 Associate in Sciences Degrees Multimedia: Authoring & Integration and Graphics Design, College of Marin
1996 Masters Degree, Theatre (Research & Literature), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
1994 Bachelors Degree with honors in Theatre Arts (Creative Writing minor), University of Puget Sound
Member of North Bay Multimedia Association

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