LARA OLIVEIRA • ART DIRECTOR
laraoliveira.com • C (202) 320-1118 • lara@hybridarts.net
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EXPERIENCE
2011 – Present Senior Art Director/Interactive, Qorvis Communications (Washington, DC)
2010 – Present Hybrid Art Director/Principal, HYBRIDARTS® LLC (Fairfax, VA)
2007 – 09 Senior Art Director/Interactive, Engauge Communications Inc. (Columbus, OH)
2005 – 07 Art Director, Lawrence & Schiller Inc. (Sioux Falls, SD)
2004 Art Director (freelance), Discovery Communications Inc. (Silver Spring, MD)
2001 – 04 Adjunct Professor, Art & Visual Technology Department, George Mason University (Fairfax, VA)
1998 – 01 Art Director, Foote Cone & Belding (San Francisco, CA)
1997 – 98 Junior Art Director, Colby Effler & Partners (Los Angeles, CA)

EDUCATION
Advanced Web Design Certificate, 2012 (expected), Corcoran College of Art + Design (Washington, DC)
M.F.A. Multimedia Art, George Mason University (Fairfax, VA)
B.F.A. Communication Design, Art Center College of Design (Pasadena, CA)
Additional studies, Art Center College of Design (EUROPE), Vevey, Switzerland

SPECIALTIES
• Brand strategy and creative development for integrated campaigns
• User interface, mobile, and web design
• TV, print and collateral advertising and design
Proficient in MAC OSX and industry standard CS5 Adobe Software:
Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Flash, After Effects, Fireworks, Dreamweaver,
and FinalCutPro. HTML5/XHTML/CSS3, Java Script, PHP, JQuery, WordPress-CMS.

CLIENT CATEGORIES
Health care, sports, real estate, technology, education, communications, alcoholic and
non-alcoholic beverages, insurance, packaged goods, automotive, financial, non-profit and international government organizations.
 
AWARDS
ADDYS
2010 Silver
2009 Gold and Silver
2006 Gold and Silver
2005 Honorable Mention

LANGUAGES
English – fluent, Portuguese – fluent, French – some speaking / reading ability,
Spanish – some speaking / reading ability.

REFERENCES
Upon request