monica larson
experience
 
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  Work
Shepherd University
Visiting Assitant Professor

January 2006-current. (Adjunct Professor intermittently from 1996-2005)
Shepherdstown, WV
Teach and develop curriculm for undergraduate courses in the Communications Department and Design Departments ranging from "Computer Mediated Commnication" to "Game Design" to "Graphic Novel."

Larson Design
Marketing & Design Consultant

January 2004-current
Shepherdstown WV
Clients range from high-tech start-ups to low-tech jazz musicians.
Butterfly.net
Co-founder, Vice President Marketing
January 2000-July 2003
Martinsburg WV
Buttefly.net is now Emergent Game Technologies
Responsible for Marketing and Corporate Communications within the Video Game Industry, as well as interface development for the company's game demos.

Ultraprise Corporation
Co-Founder, Senior Vice President Marketing,
Chief Creative Officer

December 1998-September 2000
Dulles VA
Grew company from 0-130 employees. Developed and managed a multi-million dollar marketing budget. Was responsible for supervision of both in-house and outside advertising agencies and PR firms. Played an active role in the User Interface engineering group as well as Product Marketing.
HuskyLabs
Co-Founder, Web Designer

January 1993-December 1998
Shepherdstown WV
Directed and designed HuskyLabs' development and online branding efforts for over 100 Internet initiatives, including Web sites for NPR (featured in Yahoo's Best of the Web,) BellSouth, IBM, The National Aquarium in Baltimore, John Wiley and Sons, and The Baltimore Sun. Work on for the US Holocaust Museum was featured at the First International Conference on the World-Wide Web, CERN, Geneva (Switzerland.)
Robert Rytter & Associates
Art Director, Project Manager

August 1988-June 1995
Baltimore MD
Designed marketing and advertising materials for a variety of clients ranging from higher-education institutions to Fortune 500 corporations. Hired writers, photographers and printers. Established budgets and managed all client communication. Work was awarded by Baltimore Art Director's Club and the Washington Art Director's Club.
The Johns Hopkins University,
Office of Design & Publications

Graphic Designer
October 1985-August 1988
Baltimore MD
Provided design services to the University and Medical Institutions.
Advertising Assistants
Graphic Designer

October 1985-April 1986
Annapolis MD
Provided design services to small business clients.
  Software Skills
 
  • Adobe Creative Suite
  • Adobe AfterEffects
  • Apple iLife
  • Apple iWork
  • Omnigraffle
  • Microsoft Office
  • Wordpress
  Education
 

MFA Academy Of Art University
San Francisco
New Media & Web Design

BFA Syracuse University
School of Visual & Performing Arts
Syracuse NY
Editorial Design Major, Photography and Painting Minors


The Johns Hopkins University
School of Continuing Studies
Baltimore, Maryland
Masters of Administrative Science Program


References available upon request.