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	Margaret has decades of experience in graphic design, creative direction, organization building, and corporate marketing. She has deep skills and expertise in these areas for a wide variety of ebusinesses: online retailing, banking, web-based applications, community and nonprofit sites, as well as in graphic design for product marketing in a wide variety of media. Experience http://www.lib.hel.fi - Helsinki Central Public Library, Finland Creative Director and Visual Designer led all creative aspects of the website redesign project for the Central Public Library of Helsinki, Finland improved the user experience by designing a new information architecture, user interface and new look and feel http://www.scient.com Visual Designer and Design Community Leader performed various design and leadership roles, from lead of customer experience to visual design lead for a variety of internet businesses, both established Fortune 100 clients and new internet startup ventures led the global visual design group in a rapidly expanding company; led and facilitated global meetings to create a design community and define the visual design role in the quickly changing landscape of e-businesses compiled and made available globally design assets for use and reference http://www.wellsfargo.com Lead Visual Designer lead designer responsible for transition of initial design team for the web division of this Fortune 100 bank performed a visual audit to define and solidify the visual language being used to ensure consistency http://www.eluxury.com Lead Visual Designer responsible for the visual design of five brand boutiques, Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, Celine, Thomas Pink, and Pratesi which were co-branded within this online luxury goods retailer site customer experience lead to ensure both the needs of our client, eLuxury, and their brand clients, were met http://www.sephora.com Customer Experience Lead and Lead Visual Designer customer experience lead of the transition team for the first website launch of this online beauty retailer lead visual designer for creation and design of a new holiday gifts section advised client in defining scope for specific projects in terms of staff, time lines, and resources needed http://www.benefitpoint.com Visual Designer worked in a team of two to create the design language for this web-based application health insurance industry startup worked closely with developers to prepare a comprehensive style guide to facilitate html template construction and future site additions http://www.autodesk.com Autodesk, Inc., Freelance Graphic Designer freelance designer and production artist for both web and print publishing in the marketing communications creative services department of this international software manufacturer web experience includes visual design and production, information architecture, user interface design and testing for issues related to browsers and platforms print experience includes design and production of a wide range of product packaging, marketing collateral and in-product graphics, working both with art directors and directly with clients technical lead for department, developed both a web-based client review system, and the method by which all electronic artwork was archived and distributed internationally to facilitate simultaneous global product launches http://www.about-face.org About-Face, past Creative Director responsible for strategic vision of creative development in the areas including but not limited to, brand management, outward communications, and website design and development designed visual identity and the new website, including information architecture and the user interface European Institute of Technology, Italy, Graphic Designer Education University of California, Santa Barbara, BA Italian Literature, graduated with honors California College of Arts and Crafts, design courses taken