Heather Rosen is an art director with a passion for creating innovative work that captures the vision of her clients while speaking to the audience in a visually meaningful way.   

After receiving dual bachelor's degrees in Fine Art and Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley, Heather has worked as a designer and art director for Decision Counsel, a boutique advertising and marketing firm based out of Berkeley, California.  Recent contract clients include Kodak Easyshare, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Gensler and Associates, Nickelodeon, R/GA San Francisco and Draft FCB New York.  

Having spent time studying in Italy, Los Angeles and the Bay Area,  Heather prides herself on being able to integrate her classical training into a world of challenging design where anything goes.  She is well-versed in the Adobe Creative Suite, Quark XPress and Microsoft Office, with a portfolio of work that reflects her diverse experience in Print, Digital & Interactive Design,  Illustration and even a little Copywriting.   

Heather is eager to continue evolving her skills and contributing her passion for great creative to a company that is as smart and fun as it is successful.

ABOUT HEATHER||
With more than five years of creative experience with high ranking firms in advertising, marketing, technology and legal industries, Heather works with a passion for innovative design and ideas that people can feel.

EXTENSIVE TRAINING |||
    • Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Quark, Dreamweaver, HTML and Acrobat Professional (CS4)
    • Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Quark Express

WORK EXPERIENCE ||||

Draft FCB NY
Art Director Intern
April 2010 - Present 

Nickelodeon/ MTV Networks
Art Director Intern
September 2009-January 2010

R/GA San Francisco
Art Director Intern
July 2009 - September 2009

Intersection for the Arts
Visual Design Fellow
March 2009 - September 2009

B.A.R.C. Communications • San Francisco, CA
Gensler & Associates • San Francisco, CA
Morrison & Foerster LLP • San Francisco, CA
Freelance Graphic Designer
August 2007 - June 2008 (Freelance)

Decision Counsel • Dublin, CA
Graphic Designer
October 2006 – July 2007

Tanner Insurance, A Division of Union Bank of California • Pleasanton, CA
Designer
June 2006 – October 2006

Sierra Canyon School • Chatsworth, CA
Art Teacher & Printmaking Specialist
January 2006 – June 2006

The Brandeis-Bardin Institute • Simi Valley, CA
Art Director |  June 2005 – March 2006
Art Specialist | Summer 2001, 2002

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE||
University of California, Berkeley
Bachelor of Fine Arts, cum laude | Bachelor of Psychology |
                                       
Studio Art Center International, Florence, Italy|
January – April 2004
Intensive Study in Painting, Printmaking and Art History

OTIS School of Design, Los Angeles | 
January – May 2006
Personal Enrichment Studies in Graphic Design

Academy of Art University, San Francisco |
September 2006 – January 2007
Personal Enrichment Studies in Typography

APPLICABLE ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE |||||
Psychology Department, University of California • Berkeley, CA
Research Assistant on the cognitive aspects of color preference in art
December 2004 – May 2005

Other Contract Clients include:  Kodak EasyShare Gallery, Two Hearts Bakery, SF Cart Project, Intersection for the Arts and the University of Pennsylvania

|References and Portfolio available upon request|