Janis Elko

Freelance Graphic Designer

I am a freelance graphic designer with 13 years of professional work experience. Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign are my digital specialties, while silkscreening and printmaking are my analog ones. I also have a working knowledge of HTML, CSS, PHP and Flash and specialize in screen and web design.

Resume

Employment:
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Freelance Graphic Designer, 02.2002 - present
Create graphic design layouts & illustrations for various online & offline media, such as CD packages, posters, flyers, interactive CD-ROMS, websites, business cards + more. Provide services to companies and clients based both in Germany and internationally.

Nettmedia, Inc., New York, NY
Senior Web Designer, 02.1999 - 05.2001
Developed, designed, and built websites primarily for major clients in the music and entertainment industries. Involved in every aspect of creative development. Implemented HTML and Flash solutions. Integrated JavaScript, DHTML, and CGI. Worked independently, as well as on a team of creatives. Clients include David Bowie, Nettwerk Management, NASA, GetMusic, BMG and others.

Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
Adjunct Faculty, 09.2000 - 12.2000
Developed the Advanced Web Design course curriculum in the MFA program of Design and Technology from scratch. Instructed a class of 15 graduate students according to this curriculum, focusing on the technical as well as creative aspects of web design. Course material covered HTML, Macromedia Flash, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe ImageReady and other current web tools and languages.

AT&T Labs Art & Media Design, Middletown, NJ
Multimedia Designer, 08.1996 - 02.1999
Performed end-to-end tasks involved in creating AT&T internet and intranet web sites, from concept creation & development to design, HTML coding, testing, and site publishing. Helped conceptualize, design and assemble online interactive games and applications.

Rutgers Center for Innovative Print & Paper, New Brunswick, NJ
Studio Assistant, 01.1996 to 05.1996
Assisted in all aspects of collaboration, production and curation of fine art, limited edition prints. Worked with internationally known artists in all disciplines of printmaking and papermaking. Prints produced are included in museum, corporate and private collections worldwide.


Skills:
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Software:
Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash, BBEdit

Programming Languages:
HTML, CSS, basic ActionScript, JavaScript & PHP

Spoken/Written Languages:
English, German, French


Education:
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Cours d'ÉTé, Tours, France
8 credits advanced French, 04.1995 - 07.1995

Rutgers University/Douglass College, New Brunswick, NJ
BA Visual Art; Concentration: Printmaking; 05.1996; GPA 3.4


Conferences attended:
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- Shortcut to Brilliant: Adobe CS4 Tour, Cologne, Germany, 10.2008
- Shockwards 2003, Stuttgart, Germany, 11.2003
- Digital Behaviour, Cologne, Germany, 05.2002
- Advanced Flash 5 ActionScript Seminar, New York, NY, 12.2000
- Flash Forward 2000, New York, NY, 07.2000
- 1998 HOW Design Conference, San Diego, CA, 06.1998
- Technique: Digital Artists at Work, New York, NY, 10.1997
- The Pop Music Business, 10.1997 - 12.1997 New York City, NY


Published Work:
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CURVY 2004
Limited Edition Design Annual, as an extension to the 2004 Semi-Permanent Conference in Sydney. T-Shirt design featured in the exhibit and illustrations published in the book.

Print Magazine 2001 Digital Design Annual
Interaction 2001! A two-page spread showing work from BowieNet v.2.

Now Loading... The Aesthetic of Web Graphics
Web design book published in 2001 by Ginkgo Press, with a two-page spread featuring work from BowieNet v.2.

2000 Yahoo! Internet Life Online Music Awards
BowieNet v.2 featured as Artist Site of the Year.

Adobe.com Sound & Vision, Part II
Article with screenshots about BowieNet v.2 as a pioneer in new media.


References
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Available upon request.

Location

Frankfurt, Germany

Specialties

  • Art Direction
  • Print
  • Illustration

Experience

10+ years

Education

Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA

Awards

(see "Published Work")