EXPERIENCE
Sesame Workshop, New York, NY
August 2009 - February 2010
Interaction Designer
My role was to ensure innovation, excellence, and best practices in interaction design and contribute to the design process for all of Sesame Workshop’s digital media projects – from sesamestreet.org to games and iPhone apps, ebook reader interfaces to research projects, across all brands, audiences, and platforms.
IconNicholson, New York, NY
September 2008 - August 2009
Associate Creative Director
Leading user experience team in development of creative vision for Website redesign for the National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC). Project includes research, concepting, and collaborating with client to articulate their
strategy for a digital media platform that will redefine the 21st century museum experience.
(Various Agencies) New York, NY
May 2008 - September 2008
Consultant
Projects included development of content strategy for Nokia’s online presence, devising innovative methods for consumer research in the global beer market, planning and conducting a market research workshop for Bayer-Schering, creative concepting for a new Adidas training product, and game design for an educational history Web site based on the popular PBS show History Detectives.
Brown University, Providence, RI
September 2007 - May 2008
Teaching Assistant
Planned and conducted intermediate-level class in which students created projects that explored techniques for effective and innovative use of text in digital media. Invited to give lectures on my artistic work in writing and digital media at MIT, UMass Lowell, and the University of Montréal.
R/GA, New York, NY
December 2006 - August 2007
Trend Researcher
Discovered, analyzed, and evaluated trends in Americans’ use of technology. Designed structure and content guidelines for an internal blog at Nokia devoted to tracking these developments.
September 2003 - September 2006
Senior Interaction Designer
Lead interaction designer for Nike and Target digital advertising accounts. Responsibilities included design of content, structure, and functionality of interactive Web and mobile experiences. Contributed creative concepts and strategy for Nokia, Intel, McDonald’s Levi’s, Verizon. .
Missing Pixel, New York, NY
October 2006 - December 2006
Copywriter
Wrote concept and copy for games designed to teach children in grades 5 through 7 about telecommunications and technology.
Global Action Project, New York, NY
Jun 2002 – December 2003, March 2005 – September 2007
Web Designer and Producer
Created two versions of a site showcasing GAP’s Documentary Project for Refugee Youth, a program for teens to work through the refugee experience through video, writing, and photography.
EDUCATION
Brown University, Providence, RI
May 2008
Master of Fine Arts, Literary Arts
New York University, New York, NY
May 2003
Master of Professional Studies, Interactive Telecommunications Program
SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
May 2001
Bachelor of Science, Cognitive Science and Digital Art
LANGUAGES
Polish, fluent
French, fluent
Spanish, intermediate and getting better