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"Highly creative, top performing, and goal-focused Design Professional with extensive cross-industry media and art direction experience. Extremely versatile and adaptable with exceptional multitasking and time management skills, and proven success designing custom products for web, email and social media marketing materials, in deadline-critical environments, with a specialization in transforming concepts and text into impactful images. An outstanding communicator, capable of building and leading elite cross-functional teams, cultivating productive internal and external relationships, and collaborating across all organizational levels to ensure the achievement of immediate and long-term company goals.
Languages: English, Italian (fluent), Portuguese, Spanish, French (basic) Areas of Expertise include
◆ Graphic Design & Illustration ◆ Social Media Graphics ◆ Motion Graphics ◆ Multitasking & Time Management ◆ Multimedia Platforms ◆ Marketing & Branding Campaigns ◆ Communication & Collaboration ◆ Adobe Creative Suite ◆ Teamwork & Leadership ◆ Adobe Creative Cloud ◆ Microsoft Office Suite Professional Experience Columbia University Office of Public Affairs • New York, NY • 2007 to Present Art Director Within the office of communication and public affairs, I manage numerous simultaneous projects in graphics, media, and illustration. I ensure graphics and photography are packaged for a variety of platforms, ie: web, email, social media, video, and print and are in full compliance with University branding standards. I create motion graphics explainer videos, social media cards, animated gifs, photo composites, branding, and illustration for our in house media outlets. Key Accomplishments:
Oxford University Press New York, NY • 2005 to 2007 Design Project Manager Oversaw creation of design, graphics, and spot illustration for a variety of books, including companion volumes for English as a Second Language (ESL) series Step Forward, as well as teacher books including Open Forum, Lecture Ready, Effective Academic Writing, and Grammar Sense. Key Accomplishments:
The Education People, Inc. Katonah, NY • 1995 to 2005 Art Director Designed, illustrated, and managed manufacturing of K-12 educational awareness gift products including mugs, pads, lapel pins, medallions, notepads, pens, cards, tote bags, T-shirts, banners, posters, videos, mailings, and catalogs. Key Accomplishment:
BCG (Barolini Computer Graphics) Freelance Graphic Artist 1993 to 1997
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Prior Experience
Sculpture & Painting Teacher at Nelson Mandela High School (Mount Vernon, NY) Graphic Designer at Raven Press Medical Publisher (New York, NY) Freelance Graphic Designer/Illustrator (Hastings-on-Hudson, NY) Education & Training
Master of Education, Art & Art Education, 2015 Columbia University, New York, NY Bachelor of Arts, Fine Art Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville, NY Junior Year Study Abroad at Temple University, Rome, Italy and Cleveland Institute of Art, Lacoste, France Certification, Graphic Design School of Visual Arts, New York, NY Professional Development School of Continuing Education in Fine Art – Columbia University 3D Scientific Illustration – New York University Textile Design – Fashion Institute of Technology Cartooning – SUNY Purchase Awards & Recognition Ferroptosis video selected by The Guild of Natural Science Exhibition, “Visualize: Art Revealing Science” at The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Washington, DC (2018) • Illustrated cover of The Journal of Physical Chemistry (2017) • Nature Photonics: non-invasive vision correction illustrations (2016) • Created first known video of Ferroptosis (2015) • Illustration selected for the cover of Cell Journal (2015) • Selected proposal for WestArts building entrance by Westchester Arts Council (2014) •Illustration selected for cover image of Nature Methods Magazine (2012) •Illustration selected for the cover of Nature Photonics Magazine (2010) • Office of the Mayor, City of Yonkers Proclamation for public works art (2007) •New York Times, Metro Section: Gobbling Up Garbage, and Looking Good Doing It (2007) •Journal News: Yonkers Garbage Trucks Become Works of Art (2007) • The Rivertowns Enterprise (Collector’s Item): Painting Goes the Garbage Route (2007) • The Rivertowns Enterprise: Local Talent at Lyndhurst (2006) • Photoshop, Illustrator, and Painter Side-by-Side, interview by Wendy Crumpler (2002) • Step-by-Step Electronic Design Magazine, Dynamic Graphics: Painting in Adobe Photoshop (2001) • The Cow Parade, “I Cow” (2000) • The Rivertowns Enterprise: Artist’s Scenes of Hastings Brighten Community Center Interview (1999) Academic Presentations Barolini, N. (2015). The historical and current impact of public school art education. Brushes with History, Columbia TeachersCollege, New York, NY, USA. Barolini, N. (2015). A tale of two urban neighbors: Social division and education in city college of New York and Columbia University. CurioCity: International Student Conference, HumboldtUniversity, Berlin. |