About me

EDUCATION

Degree in graphic design at the University of Applied Sciences, Mainz, Germany; Concentration on corporate design, book design, editorial design and typography // Interior design studies at the University of Applied Sciences, Darmstadt, Germany

EXPERIENCE

2006 | 01..08

Freelancer at Chatelaine magazine, Toronto, Canada

and Cottage life magazine, Toronto, Canada

2005 | 14..03

Chatelaine magazine, Toronto, Canada

Art Intern; Concentration on layout design and typography

+ designed layouts for beauty, fashion, food and home features

+ art direction and assignment of illustrators

+ in-house photographer (product and people)

2004 | 01..10

Theater Gegenstand, Marburg, Germany

Costume designer/Scenery designer for the play "Dangerous liaisons"

2003 | 01..08

Xplicit Visual Communications, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Intern; Concentration on corporate design and typography

2002 | 2001

Several internship at the Staatstheater, Darmstadt, Germany in scenery design

ASSOCIATED SKILLS

2005 |

Applied Arts Annual Award, Design & Advertising Annual 2005

2004 |

Merit-Award of the city of Darmstadt for wordmark "Ich bin DA"

2003 |

"Poetry Slam - black on white" published at Ariel-Verlag

Illustrations for Alex Dreppec's "Die Doppelmoral des devoten Despoten -

Ein Slam-Poetry-Alphabet" published at Eremiten Presse

COMPUTER EXPERIENCE

Mac/PC: Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Quark Xpress, QPS, Freehand, Premiere, Final Cut Pro