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Lauren Gisel

Atlanta, GA
giseldesignworks.com
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    With a background in industrial design, exhibit design, graphic design, communications, marketing, media production, and theatre, I enjoy the challenge of creating and organizing unique 2D, 3D and digital user experiences.

    I've been an exhibit designer with a focus on museum and visitor centers for over 19 years, and was promoted to Design Director in 2014. In that time, I have had hands-on, creative and managerial experience at every level of the exhibition project process. This includes: sales, design, planning, project management, graphics, marketing, fabrication and installation. I have trained and lead teams of creatives, while handling multiple projects, deadlines, budgets, clients and vendors in a fast-paced agency environment and from within a museum staff structure.

  • Education
    • Associates in Specialized Technology Industrial Design
      The Art Institue of Pittsburgh
      1995 - 1997
      This program was designed to focus on real-world job skills and developing a killer portfolio, and seemed a better fit for me than a masters degree program. My focus within the industrial design program was product, exhibit and architectural design.
    • B.S. Producing for Electronic Media
      Syracuse University
      1991 - 1995
      Newhouse School of Communications with a focus on television, radio and film production. Minor in Fine Arts. Studied abroad in London, UK. in the spring of 1994.
  • Experience
    • Freelance Designer
      Gisel Design Works
      Marietta, GA
      Oct 2013 - Present (12 years 8 months)
      Freelance design services. Exhibit design including: 3D SketchUp modeling. Graphic design including: custom logos, brochures, t-shirts and other marketing materials.
    • Design Director
      Malone Design/Fabrication
      Decatur, GA
      Apr 2004 - Present (22 years 2 months)
      Concept, design and coordinate museum and visitor center project teams. Project management, schedule and budget creation and tracking. Sales presentations and marketing materials. Client meetings, project research and writing. 2D and 3D concept renderings, design development, material specification and fabrication oversight. Interactive design, multimedia story boarding and art direction, large format graphics design. Familiar with ADA standards for design accessibility and artifact preservation guidelines, with a strong focus on durability and long-tern maintenance.

      Some of my clients include; Fernbank Museum of Natural History, The Georgia Sea Turtle Center, Georgia Aquarium, The Monastic Heritage Center, Harlem Globetrotters, Cornerstone Bank, Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated, Georgia Tech, The American Red Cross, The Louisiana Arboretum, The National Park Service, and over 10 U.S. Fish & Wildlife visitor centers around the country.
    • Exhibit and Graphics Designer
      Carnegie Science Center
      Pittsburgh, PA
      Mar 1998 - Mar 2004 (6 years)
      Part of an in-house exhibition design team tasked to create new traveling exhibitions and permanent exhibit galleries within the Science Center. Worked closely with educators, fabricators and museum staff to design creative, fun, educational, safe and durable exhibits for the hands-on science center experience. Design and construction of prototypes, concept evaluation, fabrication drawings, exhibit installation and maintenance of exhibit components. Marketing photography, brochure and billboard design. Multimedia design direction for video productions and video-game style interactives. Large format graphic design and scientific illustration.
  • Affiliations

    Editor in Chief, Geek Girls, Inc.

    Geek Girls of North Atlanta

  • Industries
    • Entertainment
    • Social Impact
    • Retail
    • Government
    • Education
  • Skills
    • Art Direction
    • Branding & Corporate Identity
    • Creative Direction
    • Environmental Graphics
    • Exhibit Design
    • Illustrator
    • InDesign
    • Photoshop
    • Project Management
    • SketchUP
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    @LaurenGisel, member since 2007
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