Tricia McGillis

Education

Yale University, New Haven CT

Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, August 1991
Fine Arts major, focus in graphic design and sculpture

Design Experience

Web Services Manager, Simpson Manufacturing, Dublin CA

Responsible for design and programming for three large consumer websites (www.strongtie.com, www.simpsonanchors.com, www.safestronghome.com) plus corporate site, intranet, marketing email campaigns, and special projects. Two direct reports.
January 2003 to present

Freelance Designer

Identity, design, and production for various print and web projects including The Heiden Group, Emily Levine's Universe, Brigantine Consulting, SF City CarShare, Pilgrim Fireplace Equipment Company, Acorre Inc., McKinsey & Co., and the Shakespeare Electronic Archive at MIT; recent clients include LeapFrog, Masse's Pastries, Mary Furlong & Associates, Contact Care Senior Helpline, and artist Winston Smith
June 1998 to present

Graphics Specialist, California Nurses Association, Oakland CA

Designed and created fast-turnaround print graphics including posters, advertisements, logos, booklets, brochures, t-shirts, stickers, and merchandise
August 2002 to January 2003

Lead Designer, NapaStyle, St. Helena CA

Responsible for ongoing design of web site: site redesigns, new pages and features, site maintenance, and production of images, video, and audio (Contract position)
October 2000 to March 2003

Creative Director, Third Age Media, Inc., San Francisco CA

Created look and feel for ThirdAge.com from initial concept through second relaunch; created identity and collateral for Third Age Media, Inc.; hired and managed design staff
October 1996 to June 1998

4010 Everett Ave
Oakland CA 94602
design at mcgillis.com
(email address deconstructed
to prevent spam)
510 599 3641

Sample web sites:

www.strongtie.com
www.emilylevinesuniverse.com
www.massespastries.com
www.winstonsmith.com
www.feh.com 

Portfolio:

www.mcgillis.com

Founder / Design Director, Cyborganic Corp., San Francisco CA

Founding partner of pioneering web community; created corporate identity, and company/community web sites including Geek Cereal; consulted for clients including Electric Minds Inc., The Global Internet Gathering, Calliope Media, Reel.com
May 1994 to August 1996

Art Director, YogaJournal, Berkeley CA

Design, layout, production, and management for national bi-monthly magazine
October 1994 to October 1995

Designer, Wired Magazine, San Francisco CA

First designer hired under the Creative Director; responsible for award-winning design and layout, production and management from pre-launch through sixteenth issue
December 1992 to October 1994

Designer, Plunkett+Kuhr, Park City UT

Design and production for national design firm; clients included Sundance Film Festival and Zelos Digital Publishing
December 1992 to October 1994

Typographer, North Atlantic Books, Berkeley CA

Typographer, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York City NY

References available on request