Nicci Gabriel
Creative Director with over 10 years of diverse experience in online, print and interface design
EDUCATION
09/02 — 05/04: The School of Visual Arts, New York, New York.
Master of Fine Arts in Design (studied under Steven Heller, Stephan Sagmeister, Milton Glaser & Paula Scher)
09/94 — 05/98: The George Washington University, Washington, DC.
Bachelor of Science: Biology, Cum Laude. Minor in Fine Arts, Ceramics.
WORK EXPERIENCE
08/08 — Present : Duck Duck Moose Design, Creative Director
Designed and illustrated “Wheels on the Bus”, an interactive iPhone musical book for children
Currently a top application in the education category in the iPhone AppStore
08/08 — Present : Rawbasic Design Consulting, Creative Director
Focused on application design, usability (desktop, web, mobile), branding and print collateral
Clients include leading wireless SD card manufacturer, online gaming service, and mobile enterprise application developer.
06/05 — 08/08: Sharpcast, Creative Lead
- Designed brands for SugarSync, Sharpcast Photos and Sharpcast Corporate, widely acclaimed services recognized by the likes of New York Times, Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, USA Today.
- Designed interface for SugarSync & Sharpcast photos desktop software (PC & Mac clients), Mobile software (Blackberry, Windows Mobile & iPhone) and web client
- Designed Sharpcast corporate site and SugarSync product site (www.sugarsync.com)
- Managed Creative Group including junior designer, contractors and web producer
- Icon design, illustration, corporate branding, web design, software design, mobile interface design
08/02 — 06/05: Freelance Designer
Web Design, Development & Print work for a variety of clients including Art Center College of Design, ID Magazine, M&CO, Mailinator, Lexicon Graphics, Westminster and others
08/99 — 06/02: Group Em3, Lead Web Designer & Developer
Designed web, advertising and print pieces for Em3 clients
AWARDS
Winner, Nielsen Norman Group award, 10 Best Application User Interfaces 2008 (SugarSync)
Finalist, BusinessWeek 2008 IDEA Design Awards for Best Interface Design (SugarSync)
TECHNICAL SUMMARY
PhotoShop, Illustrator, Quark Xpress, InDesign, CorelDraw, Flash, Final Cut Pro, Visual Studio, QT Designer, Wordpress, Fireworks, Freehand, Dreamweaver, FrontPage, AfterEffects, MS Office, Windows 98/2000/XP/Vista, Mac OS
Fluent in HTML, DHTML, CSS, knowledge of PHP & Javascript
INTERESTS
Marathon Runner, Leukemia Society Team in Training (Honolulu Marathon), photography, hiking, writing bad poetry, singing in the shower, defending the world against hostile alien take-overs.
Contact me: 415.971.3394 | email
Résumé
Nicci Gabriel
Creative Director with over 10 years of diverse experience in online, print and interface design
EDUCATION
09/02 — 05/04: The School of Visual Arts, New York, New York.
Master of Fine Arts in Design (studied under Steven Heller, Stephan Sagmeister, Milton Glaser & Paula Scher)
09/94 — 05/98: The George Washington University, Washington, DC.
Bachelor of Science: Biology, Cum Laude. Minor in Fine Arts, Ceramics.
WORK EXPERIENCE
08/08 — Present : Duck Duck Moose Design, Creative Director
Designed and illustrated “Wheels on the Bus”, an interactive iPhone musical book for children
Currently a top application in the education category in the iPhone AppStore
08/08 — Present : Rawbasic Design Consulting, Creative Director
Focused on application design, usability (desktop, web, mobile), branding and print collateral
Clients include leading wireless SD card manufacturer, online gaming service, and mobile enterprise application developer.
06/05 — 08/08: Sharpcast, Creative Lead
08/02 — 06/05: Freelance Designer
Web Design, Development & Print work for a variety of clients including Art Center College of Design, ID Magazine, M&CO, Mailinator, Lexicon Graphics, Westminster and others
08/99 — 06/02: Group Em3, Lead Web Designer & Developer
Designed web, advertising and print pieces for Em3 clients
AWARDS
Winner, Nielsen Norman Group award, 10 Best Application User Interfaces 2008 (SugarSync)
Finalist, BusinessWeek 2008 IDEA Design Awards for Best Interface Design (SugarSync)
TECHNICAL SUMMARY
PhotoShop, Illustrator, Quark Xpress, InDesign, CorelDraw, Flash, Final Cut Pro, Visual Studio, QT Designer, Wordpress, Fireworks, Freehand, Dreamweaver, FrontPage, AfterEffects, MS Office, Windows 98/2000/XP/Vista, Mac OS
Fluent in HTML, DHTML, CSS, knowledge of PHP & Javascript
INTERESTS
Marathon Runner, Leukemia Society Team in Training (Honolulu Marathon), photography, hiking, writing bad poetry, singing in the shower, defending the world against hostile alien take-overs.
Contact me: 415.971.3394 | email