Innovative Exhibition Designer

[dkrissoff]

Headline: Innovative Exhibition Designer
Name: Dana Krissoff
Email Address: danakrissoff@yahoo.com
Current Location: Washington, DC

Preferred Job Category: Exhibits

Personal Statement:
Seeking a career in exhibition research, planning, and design

Education:
Corcoran College of Art + Design, Washington, DC
Master of Arts in EXHIBITION DESIGN, Fall 2008 – Present

State University of New York at Oswego, Oswego, New York
Bachelor of Fine Arts in GRAPHIC DESIGN
Minor: Art History
Honors: Cum Laude, Fall 2004 - Spring 2007

Lorenzo de’ Medici, Florence, Italy, Spring 2006

Professional Experience:
Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture, September 2010 – Present
Design Intern - Design research and planning, installing/deinstalling exhibitions, and tracking of design deliverables

Callahan & Associates, September 2007 – Present
Graphic Designer- Designing publications, print collateral, and website advertisements

Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, August 2007 – May 2008
Design and Production Intern- Lighting Design

SUNY Oswego Publications Department, Spring 2007
Stock Photography Intern- Photographing SUNY Oswego campus for Publications photography database

United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, Summer 2006
Computer Clerk Intern- Designing posters, brochures and research reports

Woodshop of Oswego Art Department, January 2004 – June 2007
Woodshop Attendant- Stock wood and other equipment, help students with machinery, maintain safety of equipment

Michaels Arts and Crafts Store, Summer 2001 – September 2007
Certified Framer- Glass cutting, matting, mounting, finishing

Applicable Skills:
Adobe Suite (Acrobat, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, Indesign, Photoshop), AutoCAD, Google Sketchup, Microsoft Office Suite

Other:
Corcoran College of Art + Design- Exhibition Design Faculty Award of Excellence, May 2010
Society for Environmental Graphic Design (SEGD)- Chair, Spring 2010- Present and Chair Elect, Fall 2009 – Spring 2010
Inhouse Graph Design Award for CUSP (Credit Union Strategy and Performance)- Graphic Design USA, Spring 2009, Spring 2010
Herblock Kiosk- Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery Washington, DC, May 2008