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LYSA HAWKE : SENIOR WEB DESIGNER
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PROFILE
A designer with over ten years of experience designing Web sites for a wide variety of applications, Lysa Hawke is a huge fan of the Swiss aesthetic and is passionate about elegant design that allows the message to thrive. She loves solving problems utilizing her arsenal of talents, which include typography, color theory and balancing spoons on her face, and she isn't afraid to learn new things.

SKILLS
Photoshop, Illustrator, HTML/CSS, Javascript, BBEdit, ImageReady, Flash, Actionscript, InDesign, Quark, After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Dreamweaver

EXPERIENCE
••   Design Web sites that seamlessly marry beauty and ease of use in a way that allows the message to flourish naturally
••   Create logos and branding concepts for online identities
••   Illustration
••   Manage projects and foster client relations from initial concept through delivery of the final product and beyond
••   Tactfully manage expectations while building timelines based on clients' needs with respect to involved technologies
••   Create wireframes of sites and use-case scenarios
••   Multi-task with poise and flourish under pressure

SELECTED HISTORY
2003-Present Freelance : Designer/Illustrator
Clients include: Mariscal Design, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, Wiley Publications, Learning Express, Wingle Supply, Dekker Babian and a multitude of small companies and artists for whom she's consulted.

2000-2003 Jasper Design : Senior Web Designer
Clients included: Liberty Science Center, World Wildlife Fund, DuPont, Girl Scouts USA, Hartford Foundation, Prevention Magazine, Ocean Conservancy, Sally Hansen.

1999-2000 Freelance : Designer/Illustrator
Clients included: Ammirati Puris Lintas (Lowe Worldwide), St. Martin's Press

1996-1999 TradeMedia : Multimedia Designer
Clients included: Mercury Records, PolyGram Records, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Polydor, Island Records.

EDUCATION
BFA in Graphic Design with honors, School of Visual Arts

AWARDS / EXHIBITIONS
2000 Award of Excellence for Corporate Identity
2005 Art Director's Club SVA Senior Exhibit; New York, NY
2007 "3 Feet High" Skatedeck Show; Maxwell's, NJ
2007 "Girls' Night Out" Show; Maxwell's, NJ

MISCELLANEA
••   Provided her illustration talents for Citybursts! published by Andrews
McMeel Publishers, New York, 2005
••   Believes that Star Trek was the best TV show ever created
••   Believes that Star Trek: TNG was the second best TV show ever created, followed by X-Files, Xena: Warrior Princess, SCTV, and hence, is a huge nerd
••   When not designing or illustrating, Lysa likes to make mix CDs for all her friends, watch one of the aforementioned shows, play in snow and consume copious amounts of coffee.