Relevant Work Experience

February 2015 – present

Freelance Exhibit & Graphic Designer

• Graphic design for print, web, email, social media and online exhibits for Cottage Curator art gallery, Sperryville, Virginia

• Exhibit design for Tifereth Israel: Celebrating 100 Years at Tifereth Israel Congregation, Washington, D.C.

• Catalogue, layout, graphics, and invitations for Smith|Paley at The Kreeger Museum, Washington, D.C.

• Catalog for Old Patterns, New Order: Social Realism in Central Asia, an exhibition at The George Washington University Museum & The Textile Museum

October 2014 – February 2015 

Interim Assistant Director
Luther W. Brady Art Gallery
The George Washington University
Washington, D.C.

• Worked with GW Marketing & Creative Services to design exhibition and marketing materials

• Maintained collections database and cataloged new acquisitions

• Drafted correspondence for development, outreach, and collaboration

• Arranged and lead class visits for instructors within the university and local schools near the campus

• Publicized exhibitions to art critics and journalists

• Allocated funds and submitted Director’s expense reports

• Processed monetary and artwork donations

• Managed day-to-day operations of the gallery, opening, closing, and greeting visitors

February 2015 – July 2017

Exhibitions & Collections Coordinator
Luther W. Brady Art Gallery
The George Washington UniversityWashington, D.C.

• Planned gallery exhibits in collaboration with the Director and Assistant Director

• Designed exhibit graphics: title treatments, text panels, labels, brochures, postcards, web and email graphics, interior / exterior /digital signage

• Refined graphics under the direction of the gallery staff, incorporating feedback from other stakeholders 

• Produced print-ready files per vendor specifications and tracked proofing and production

• Curated and designed exhibits for lobby display cases, including  creating checklists, designing graphics, installing objects, researching and writing text, planning social media and outreach

• Created 3D models in SketchUp to visualize layout of objects and graphics for gallery exhibitions

• Developed timelines to manage exhibition production and installation

• Obtained estimates from vendors for art handling, transportation, framing, and printing of exhibit and marketing materials

• Submitted requisitions to obtain POs for vendors and directed invoices to accounts payable