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About Me

Jennifer Janviere specializes in graphic and web design, digital illustration and photography. While earning her M.F.A from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2003, Jennifer began working as a freelance illustrator and designer. Today she is a web specialist and instructor at Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI. Jennifer also writes blogs dedicated to an examination of trends in graphic design and exploration of the world through photography.

Work History

• Marquette University
• Web Specialist, Instructor

• Generate engaging content for the Diederich College of Communication website; interview students, alumni, staff and faculty for feature articles; write general interest stories that spotlight college events; photograph people and happenings around campus to accompany written content; maintain college's social media sites (Twitter, Facebook).

  Teach graphic design/ digital communication courses at Marquette University Advertising Public Relations Department.

• Various
• Freelancer Designer/ Illustrator

• Graphic design and illustration for various local and national clients. Past projects have included creating ads, brochures, billboards, product packaging designs, direct mailing materials, greeting cards, logos, and original concept illustrations

• DHI Corp.
• Graphic Designer

• Developed marketing materials, including brochures, retail signage and packaging for home decor products. Coordinated print production with vendors. Digital photography and color correction, maintained product image library and website database.

• Brew City Promotions
• Graphic Designer

• Development of promotional and retail materials for clients, including the Milwaukee Art Museum, Miller Park, Miller Brewing Company, the Betty Brinn Children’s Museum and the E.A.A. Worked with clients, salespeople and printers to coordinate all stages of projects from concept to production. Original apparel designs for national retailers such as Urban Outfitters, Nordstroms, JC Penneys

• UW Milwaukee Women’s Resource Center
• Graphic Designer

• Designed Center’s newsletter, created promotional materials for WRC events, developed original video covers for extensive video library collection, conceptualized and created illustrations to highlight workplace diversity

Education

• Savannah College of Art and Design
• M.F.A, Sequential Art
• 2002 - 2004

• 4.0 grade point average. Thesis focused on communication through imagery (The Art of the Visual Vernacular)

• University of Wisconsin– Milwaukee
• BFA, Graphic Design, Art History
• 1997 - 2001

• 3.79 Grade point average