GISEL DESIGN WORKS
LAUREN GISEL
Work Experience
Design Director
Sr. Exhibit Designer
Malone Design/Fabrication
April 2004 - Today
Concept, design and coordinate museum and visitor center project teams. Project management, schedule and budget creation and tracking. Sales presentations and marketing materials. Client meetings, project research and writing. 2D and 3D concept renderings, design development, material specification and fabrication oversight. Interactive design, multimedia story boarding and art direction, large format graphics design. Familiar with ADA standards for design accessibility and artifact preservation guidelines, with a strong focus on durability and long-tern maintenance.
Exhibit & Graphic Designer
Carnegie Science Center
March 1998 - March 2004
Part of an in-house exhibition design team tasked to create new traveling exhibitions and permanent exhibit galleries within the Science Center. Worked closely with educators, fabricators and museum staff to design creative, fun, educational, safe and durable exhibits for the hands-on science center experience. Design and construction of prototypes, concept evaluation, fabrication drawings, exhibit installation and maintenance of exhibit components. Marketing photography, brochure and billboard design. Multimedia design direction for video productions and video-game style interactives. Large format graphic design and scientific illustration.
Professional Expertise
Soft Skills
Visual Storytelling
Brand Establishment and Expansion
Team Leadership
Project Management
Client and Sales Presentations
Content Development and Editing
Digital and Social Media
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Hard Skills
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Illustrator (w/CADtools)
Adobe Photoshop
SketchUP
MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Audition, Premiere, Spark
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PC and MAC