LARA McCORMICK
 
ABOUT ME
  CONTACT
I'm a designer and educator, raised in Berkeley, CA now living in NYC.
  For education, collaboration, freelance & other: laramc(at)gmail.com
DESIGN EXPERIENCE
  ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Design Consultant, New York School of Interior Design. New York, NY (9.08- present). Design and implement new identity and brand strategy for the school.

Freelance Designer, New York Times. New York, NY (7.07-8.0t)
Designer for various sections of the New York Times
and special projects.

Editorial Manager, Steven Heller, New York, NY (1.07-9.0t)  
Work closely with author and designers on publications (Designer as Entrepreneur, Design School Confidential). 

Design Consultant
, Empax, New York, NY (5.06 – 9.06)                   Designer on projects for non-profits. Includes branding, print, and web.

Designer
, Visual Arts Press, New York, NY (5.06 – 8.06)
Designed materials for departments and events at School of Visual Arts.

Art Director, Stoneground Solutions, San Francisco (7.99 - 9.01)
Print and web design, branding and client management.

Senior Designer, University of California, Office of the President, Oakland (3.96 - 6.99). Created print collateral and designed and maintained department website for campus programs.

 

Adjunct Professor, School of Visual Arts, NY, NY (5.07 - present)  
Courses: Visual Language, Color Theory, Design Procedure, Typography, Independent Study.    

Adjunct Professor, PRATT, NY, NY (9.08 - present)  
Courses: Communication Design 1 & 2.

Workshop Leader, Torino International Book Fair, Torino, Italy (5.08) In association with SVA MFA Design and the publisher Edzioni Corraini.

Program Director & Professor , Graphic Design Department. Ex’pression College, Emeryville, CA (9.01 – 9.05)
Overaw Design Department, Hired instructors and developed curriculum. Taught Courses: Graphic Design 1 & 2, Editorial Design, Final Portfolio.

EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts, Design, School of Visual Arts,
New York (9.05 – 5.07)
Instructors include: Milton Glaser, Steven Heller, Maria Kalman, Stefan Sagmeister, Stephen Doyle, Louise Fili, Gail Anderson, Paolla Antonelli, Ken Carbone, Brian Collins.


Bachelor of Arts, Sociology
,
University of California Los Angeles (9.88 - 6.93)
     
ACTIVITIES   GRANTS & AWARDS

Designism 3.0, Art Directors Club, Speaker, NY (08)
AIGA panelist
, Cause/Effect: Designing for Social Change, NY (07)
S
tretch Conference, STEP Magazine. Workshop Presenter (05-06) Yerba Buena Arts Center, Advisory Board Member, SF (04-05)     
Design Lecture Series
, Community College San Francisco (03-04)
Marin Arts Council, Grant Distribution Panel
(03-04)

 
Sappi Papers ‘Ideas that Matter’ Grant Recipient, (08)
Eva Bruck Award
, Outstanding Academic Achievement (5.07)
Alumni Scholarship Award
(2.07), Based merit of thesis.               
Education Award
, Ex’pression College (12.04)
Netdiver Network Design Award
, Portfolios & Galleries (12.00)
EXHIBITIONS

Torino Int'l Book Fair / Edizioni Corriani- Torino, Italy 08
Souvenir: The Rest is History / SVA - New York 06
Fresh Crop: Thesis Show / West Side Gallery- New York 07

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