Louise Bova

Art Director/Senior Designer

Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Seeking a senior graphic design/art director position that utilizes and further hones my concept, design, and illustration skills, with potential career advancement.
Experience
Oct 2011Present
Senior Graphic Designer
Provide design solutions on a wide variety of projects types, including books, video and audio packaging, marketing materials, catalogs, annual reports, conference materials, newsletters, logos, exhibit/signage materials, and online products and websites.

Create electronic graphics and layouts for online courses, websites, and other e- publishing formats. Create illustrations, graphics, and charts.
Fairfax, Virginia, United States
Aug 2011Present
Senior Graphic Designer
Concept and design of websites and interactive infographics, mostly for governmental clients.
Nov 2010Jul 2011
Senior Graphic Designer
Concept and development of environmental graphics and brand collateral for Nickelodeon hotels, cruises, theme parks, live shows and movies from concept to production. Create illustrations.
Aug 2010Nov 2010
Graphic Designer, Consultant
Design book covers, ads, brochures, logos, posters, web banners, html emails and newsletters, brand identity, front-end web design and PowerPoint presentations. Create illustrations for animation.
Sep 2009Nov 2010
Graphic Designer, Consultant
Book design, logos, poster design, packaging, brochures, menus and set design.
Apr 2005Sep 2009
Senior Marketing Designer
Conceived, developed and designed new branding for marketing materials including posters, flyers, display case headers, packaging, CDs, guidebooks, direct mail, catalogues and more.. Art directed photo shoots for guidebooks and other marketing materials
Feb 1998Apr 2005
Senior Graphic Designer
Created audience-appropriate book covers and interiors from concept through completion for a wide variety of formats, including magazines, packaging, games and novelty books.
Managed and directed illustrators and freelancers
Feb 1997Jan 1998
Graphic Designer
Conceptualized and designed posters and marketing materials for a wide array of events and programs, with no design budget. Designed monthly newspaper using 2-color process to create multi-color results
Jan 1995Feb 1997
Design Associate
Design and production of cookbooks, calendars, packaging, gift cards, journals and children’s educational games. Books had information-dense layouts inspired by magazines, with large amounts of illustrations and sidebars.
Education
Brooklyn, New York, United States
 
BA
Fine Arts/Graphic Design major
GPA 3.8
New York, New York, United States
 
continuing education
Design, Painting and typography courses.
Awards
Feb 2005
Book Cover Excellence
Skills
 
Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Quark Xpress, PowerPoint, HTML, CSS, Dreamweaver, Flash, illustration, branding
Additional Information
Some things I love: hiking in the woods, biking, traveling, art galleries and museums, music, movies, good friends, animals and good food.