Ian Crowther

Professional Experience

Council on Foreign Relations

, June 2005-Present

Web Producer

• Acted as design lead for sitewide projects to ensure consistency with established site style and branding, and a high standard of site usability and accessibilty
• Proposed, scoped and developed sitewide revisions and new projects such as the development of RSS and Podcast feeds, the addition of new publication templates and building a content partnering engine
• Cooperatively maintained content database for CFR.org
• Offered specialized training for new database users
• Maintained and added to sitewide CSS stylesheet to ensure browser compatability and a highly usable interface
• Produced web-optimized graphics and PDFs

Gritty

, June 2004-May 2005

Designer

• Developed concept-driven, accessible and user-driven microsites
• Worked as a member of creative teams producing websites for clients including American Express, Emirates Airlines and the MIT Theater Arts Department
• Researched and advised clients on interactive technology applications
• Prepared photos, animations, video and audio streams for use on the web

WVKR, 91.3 FM Indpendent Radio

, March 2003-May 2004

Promotions and Publicity Director

• Elected to and served on the Executive Staff of WVKR
• Redesigned and maintained wvkr.org
• Designed and, when appropriate, contracted out the production of promotional
• items for the 2003 Pledge Drive and for station-sponsored events
• Designed ancillary materials, including ads, postcards, program guides and signage
• Created pre-recorded on-air promotional spots for the station
• Hosted a weekly radio show and acting as the Electronic Music Director

Media Cloisters, Thompson Library

, February 2003-May 2004

Trainee

• Supervised the Poster Group, responsible for publicizing Cloisters events and consulting on graphic and user-interface design for other project groups
• Acted as the assistant designer of an Italian Language DVD-ROM
• Led half-hour to two-hour workhops on subjects ranging from preparing graphics for the web, using the Adobe suite, and typography
• Developed and lead a seminar on the ethics of Adobe Photoshop

Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival

, May 2002-August 2002

Graphic Design Intern

• Designed ads to run in print publications as well as posters, flyers and postcards to publicize a variety of special events and benefits
• Aided in market research and target marketing campaigns
• Led workshops in PageMaker and Photoshop for other interns and staff

Educational Experience

Continuing Education

Cooper Union

, July 2006-August 2006

Digital Type Design

NYU School of Professional and Continuing Education

, June 2006-August 2006

Introductory PHP

Massachusetts College of Art

, June 2004-August 2004

Introductory Drawing, Typography II

Vassar College

, August 2000-May 2004

B.A. English, Art History
I received departmental honors from the Art department; my final GPA was 3.6.

Skills

Software: XHTML, CSS, RSS, Adobe CS, Adobe Pagemaker, Macromedia Studio, QuarkXpress, Microsoft Office, Lotus Notes, Omniture Site Catalyst, MovableType, TextPattern, Request Tracker, Subversion, PHP, FontLab

Additional: Project Management, Prepress, Typography, Copywriting, Proofreading, Basic Illustration, Information Architecture, Web Accessibility