Resumé

Education

Savannah College of Art & Design
Certificate in Typeface Design
(Financed through a scholarship from the Monotype Foundation)
March 2007

Savannah College of Art & Design
Master of Fine Arts in Graphic Design (Direct link to my Thesis http://www.larissathutphoto.com/Web_Old2007/thesis.html)
June 2006

Savannah College of Art & Design
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography
March 2003

Gymnasium Hohe Promenade, Zurich, Switzerland
Matura in Modern Languages
1993 - 1999

Skills

Extensive Experience in:
- Layout, editorial design and publication design
- Promotion and advertising campaigns
- Logo development, Corporate Identities and branding
- 3-D, package design and booth displays
- Pre-Press and production
- Typeface Design
- Web/interactive design
- Pre-Press and production and cost estimation

Proficient in:
- Adobe CS (InDesign, Photoshop, llustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash)
- FontLab
- Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
- QuarkXPress

Additional Skills
- Studio Photography: Styling, Lighting and Set Design
- Photographic Lighting Equipment: Dynalite, Calumet Elite Pro, Speedatron, Travelite
- Camera Systems: 35 mm and Digital Nikon Systems, Medium Format, Large Format
- Photographic Printing: Custom digital and traditional black&white and color printing

Language Skills:
- Native language: German
- Fluent in English
- Proficient in French and Spanish


Work Experience

Graphic Design / Art Direction and Management Creative Department
Joselove-Filson Advertising, Inc., Savannah, Georgia
Summer 2006-present
• Overseeing projects from conceptualization to production, including working with printers
• Conceptualizing and designing corporate identities
• Conceptualizing and designing a variety of print advertising (e.g. brochures, magazine ads, billboards, etc.)
• Art directing photo shoots and photo editing
• Conceptualizing and story-boarding TV advertising
• Conceptualizing, designing and art directing websites
• Cost estimation for projects ranging from printed materials to direct mail and billboards
• Organizing all aspects of the Creative Department at JFA, including maintaining archives of completed work.

Freelance Graphic Design
THUTdesign
Summer 2006 - present
As a freelance and contract graphic designer I provide creative direction, graphic design and production assistance for a wide variety of projects, including, but not limited to...
• Logo / Identity & Development
• Stationery systems
• Corporate Branding and re-Branding
• Signage and way finding systems
• Websites
• eMail campaigns
• Book Design and layout
• Brochures
• Digital / Photo Manipulation
• Direct Mail / Flyers
• Media Kits
• Packaging
• Posters
• Advertising & Marketing Concepts
and much more....

Freelance Graphic Design
Stop Studios, Durham, North Carolina
Summer 2006 - August 2007
• Designing layouts for projects such as collateral, invitations and Corporate IDs

Part-time Graphic Design Faculty
Savannah College of Art & Design
Summer 2006-March 2007
• Teaching classes in History of Graphic Design, Typography and HTML Basics

Design Internship
Euro RSCG Zurich, Switzerland
June 13-July 23, 2005
• Worked with Creative Team of Designers, Copywriters and Art Directors to create advertising concepts, picture worlds and designs
• Designed corporate identity with support of the Creative Director

Photo Assistant, Graphic and Web Design
Bailey Davidson Photography
Savannah, Georgia
2002-present
• Designing website and blog for business
• Designing cards and promotional materials
• Assisting on editorial, commercial and fashion shoots

Photography Department Lab and Studio Monitor [Work study]
Savannah College of Art & Design
September 2000 - March 2003, June 2004 June 2006
• Maintaining darkroom equipment and chemistry
• Checkout of darkroom equipment
• Repairing broken equipment
• Assisting students with difficulties in darkroom
• Assisting faculty with in-class work sessions and demonstrations
• Training new employees
• Maintaining studio equipment
• Checkout of studio equipment
• Assisting students with work in studio

Weekend Gallery Docent at Pinnacle Gallery
Savannah College of Art & Design
September 2003 - May 2006
• Greeting visitors and explaining work on display
• Answering questions about Savannah College of Art & Design
• Facilitating sales of artwork and other merchandise

Graphic Artist
The Digest of Homes, L&R Publications, Inc.
Savannah, Georgia
June 2003-May 2004
• Design and layout of ads for advertisers in real estate
• Designed "filler ads" to run in publication as ads for the company
• Uploaded and downloaded files through FTP site
• Trained new employees

Photo Assistant
Kelli Baxendale Photography
Savannah, Georgia
May 2003, June 2004
• Assisted photographer on editorial photo shoots

Field-related Associations
AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Arts)
Member since March 2005

Publications
[IN PRODUCTION] SAVANNAH PAST & PRESENT, Rephotographic Survey of Savannah, Georgia by Photographer Bailey
Davidson (Design and Layout), To be published Fall 2011

Designing Sustainable Packaging by Scott Boylston (Photography and featured student project)
Published March 2009

Milledgeville Then and Now, Rephotographic Survey by Photographer Bailey Davidson (Design and Layout)
Published February 2009

Savannah Secession catalogue
Design and layout of publication plus Gold, Silver and Honors for three submitted projects.
Published June 2006

Savannah Morning News, Cover Design for Diversions
Published 2005

Silverworks, Annual Photography Department Publication, Savannah College of Art & Design
Published 2001 through 2003

Group Exhibitions
2007 6x6 - An Observation on Constraint, Gallery Espresso, Savannah, Georgia
2006 Savannah Secession 07, American Legion Post No. 135, Savannah, Georgia
2004 For the Love of Dogs, Savannah Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2003/04 Pour L’Amour des Chiens, Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris, France
Savannah College of Art & Design, Lacoste, France
2003 Southern Exposure, Pinnacle Gallery, Savannah College of Art & Design
2003 Silverworks, Bergen Hall Gallery, Savannah College of Art & Design
2003 Far from Home, Ex Libris,Savannah College of Art & Design
2002 Small Works & Holiday Shoppe, Exhibit A Gallery, Savannah College of Art & Design
2002 Dog Days of Summer, Alexander Hall Gallery, Savannah College of Art & Design
2002 Silverworks, Bergen Hall Gallery, Savannah College of Art & Design
2001 Silverworks, Bergen Hall Gallery, Savannah College of Art & Design

Projects by Larissa Thut Davidson

Identities
41 Files

Collateral Materials
20 Files

Web Design
11 Files

E-Blasts
7 Files

Print Ads
28 Files

Direct Mail
9 Files

Billboards
15 Files

Products
11 Files

Miscellaneous
32 Files

Photography - Southern Exposure
12 Files

Type Design
8 Files

Color Photography
31 Files

Photography - 6x6
22 Files

Photography - Switzerland Summer 09
19 Files