Robin Brooks, web site designer and print designer, is the sole proprietor of
Robin Brooks Design.
A resume follows of her formal experience and education leading up to the work
she does today.
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EXPERIENCE:
2002 - present: Robin Brooks Design, Shelburne Falls and Colrain, Massachusetts, by
appointment.
Graphic design in print and on the web. Consulting.
1989 - 2002: Graphic design firm providing print design on the Mac. Clients have
included Xerox Learning Systems; Viking Penguin; and The Waldorf Association of
North America.
Winter Term, 1988: Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, MA. Instructor for
Graphic Design I. Design through tight comprehensives. Introduction to
typography, color, style, form, medium as each relates to the visual
communication of a message. Also, led an independent study in Graphic Design
III, assigning complex design problems having to do with real-world situations
and time-lines.
1984 - 1989: Brooks Design, Colrain, MA. Graphic design firm providing design,
lay-out and production. Also,
free-lanced for local advertising agencies and corporations; i.e.: Novak Advertising & Design, Northampton, MA; Commonwealth Printing, Hadley, MA; National Evaluation Systems, Inc., Amherst, MA.
free-lanced for local advertising agencies and corporations; i.e.: Novak Advertising & Design, Northampton, MA; Commonwealth Printing, Hadley, MA; National Evaluation Systems, Inc., Amherst, MA.
1980 - 1984: Freelance graphic designer, California, Connecticut, Massachusetts.
Design, lay-out and mechanicals.
1978 - 1980: Life Insurance Marketing and Research Association, Inc.,
Farmington, CT. Design, lay-out, mechanicals, and illustration of books,
magazines, and brochures.
1977 - 1978: J.C. Penney and Company, New York, NY. Mechanical drawing and
preparation of mechanicals.
1976 - 1977: Custom Sales Analysis, Chicopee, MA. Design, illustration,
preparation of mechanicals for circulars; use of typositor and photocomposition
machines; use of NuArc cameras.
EDUCATION:
Graduate School: School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA. MFA in
Sculpture, 1993.
Winter, 1982: One-on-one air brush with James Carter, Portchester, NY.
Winter, 1981: State University of New York, Purchase, NY. Silkscreen.
Winter, 1977: School of Visual Arts, New York. Graphic design and illustration.
College: Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA. B.A., 1974. Studio art major
with courses in painting,
sculpture, printmaking, design. One year at Amherst College, Amherst, MA. Painting course with Alfred Leslie; woodcuts with Leonard Baskin at Smith College.
sculpture, printmaking, design. One year at Amherst College, Amherst, MA. Painting course with Alfred Leslie; woodcuts with Leonard Baskin at Smith College.
