cofounder of Big Fun Arts, creative at Rudner Design and freelance multimedia designer
Dresden Area, Germany
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- Mentor/Trainer at BAVC Bay Area Video Coaliton
- COO at Big Fun Arts
- partner at Rudner Design Works
- Freelance Designer at Red Star Grafik (Self-employed)
- Past
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- Lab Tech/Flash Instructor at UC Berkeley
- Instructor at Sonic Training
- Instuctor at Bay Area Video Coalition
- Liaison at Mastec, NA Inc
- Web Master at Foodism Magazine
- Education
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- California State University-Hayward
- Pratt Institute
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Laura F. Hilliger’s Summary
The field of "graphic design" doesn't begin to describe what I do when I am working. But the drop down box didn't have a multimedia/mover shaker category. As an artist, educator, writer and technologist, I am on the ground floor of a movement.
Laura F. Hilliger’s Specialties:
Photoshop - Illustrator - Painter - Flash - Dreamweaver - InDesign - Quark - Fireworks - MS Office - Open Office - Homesite - Acrobat - Audacity - XHTML - CSS - ActionScript - After Effects - Final Cut Pro
Laura F. Hilliger’s Experience
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Mentor/Trainer
BAVC Bay Area Video Coaliton
(Graphic Design industry)
2006 — Present (3 years )
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COO
Big Fun Arts
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; E-Learning industry)
August 2005 — Present (4 years 5 months)
Big Fun Arts is an organization founded by myself and Abigail Rudner - artists, technologists, educators and women - who are passionate about making and teaching both traditional as well as computer based art. Creative instruction is something that is simply priceless in a child's development. Big Fun Arts focuses on giving parents, teachers, children and adults alike access to the creative world.
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partner
Rudner Design Works
(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Graphic Design industry)
August 2005 — Present (4 years 5 months)
Concept and design for a variety of print and web clients.
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Freelance Designer
Red Star Grafik (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Design industry)
September 1999 — Present (10 years 4 months)
Freelance multimedia design
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Lab Tech/Flash Instructor
UC Berkeley
(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)
October 2006 — May 2007 (8 months)
At UC Berkeley I was fortunate enough to be a presenter/mentor several times for the Graduate School of Journalism's Media conferences. 20 of the most prestigious, mid-career journalists in the United States are invited to attend and learn about new technologies. I was also selected to teach classes on multimedia design as well as web design.
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Instructor
Sonic Training
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; E-Learning industry)
July 2006 — May 2007 (11 months)
Instructor of Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver, Indesign and other creative software programs.
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Instuctor
Bay Area Video Coalition
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; E-Learning industry)
May 2006 — May 2007 (1 year 1 month)
Teaching at BAVC was a great way to share my affinities for software and to meet new and interesting people. The other instructors are awesome and we all learned so much from each other. It's a fantastic community.
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Liaison
Mastec, NA Inc
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; MTZ; Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)
December 2001 — November 2005 (4 years )
Contributed to all aspects of Mastec duties. Responsibilities included, but not limited to: data entry, compiling spreadsheets, design for inner office workings, management responsibilities, accounts receivable, liaison, material tracking, technical advising.
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Web Master
Foodism Magazine
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)
August 2005 — October 2005 (3 months)
Coded and configured the editors redesign wishes.
Laura F. Hilliger’s Education
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California State University-Hayward
BA , Digital Design , 2004 — 2006
- Activities and Societies:
- University AIGA club President for two years, honor student
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Pratt Institute
Visual Communications 2001 — 2001
I didn't attend the Pratt Institute for very long, but was impressed that I not only got accepted, but received a partial scholarship to attend. I was accepted to a couple of prestigious art schools, but was unable to afford to graduate from any of them.
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Laura F. Hilliger’s Interests:
travel, new technology, windsurfing, music, writing
Laura F. Hilliger’s Groups:
AIGA member
Laura F. Hilliger’s Honors:
Graduated Cum Laude, Golden Key International Honour Society, Presidential Merit Award recipient, Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society
Laura F. Hilliger’s Contact Settings
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