Me
E-Mail
Since 2005: Berkeley / California / USA
Previously: Germany
anke[at]gaksch[dot]com
About
Work
EXPERIENCE
2009–current
Production Manager at Jungle Communications, Inc.
Production management, art direction and graphic design, client presentations
2005–2009
Graphic Designer at Jungle Communications, Inc.
PRINT
--> Design and production of marketing collateral such as brochures, flyers, posters, newsletters
--> Redesign and multilingual typesetting of San Francisco's Voter Information pamphlets and law books
--> Public outreach and meeting collateral design,RFP cover design and public relations material
--> Corporate Identity development (
www.interethnica.com,
www.huc.edu/SJNM)
WEB
--> Web site design and programming
--> E-mail newsletter design, programming and distribution
05/2003–12/2004
Student trainee at PHILIPS Medical Systems
--> Installing and testing medical software
--> Maintaining test server farm
08/2002–04/2003
Freelancing in web- and graphic design
03/1999–06/1999
Internship at BERNECKER MEDIAWARE AG
--> Introduction and training in software (Adobe and former Macromedia software).
09/1998–01/1999
Internship at 3D MACKEVISION GmbH
--> 3D Operator, SoftImage
02/1998–08/1998
Video assistant at E-MOTION Filmproduktion GmbH
--> Live-Camera for a Daimler-Chrysler event with 30.000 visitors
--> Runner and set assistant for the film: "Mercedes-Benz Maybach
Europafassung" (1998) for DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart/Germany which
won a "Golden Decade" at the U.S. International Film and Video
Festival in Chicago 2002
--> Other general work of a video assistant
SKILLS AND MORE
Expertise
HARD SKILLS
--> Expert in Adobe Creative Suite, MS Office
--> Extensive knowledge of HTML/CSS
--> Typography lover and continuous education in typography
SOFT SKILLS
--> Excellent client communication and ability to listen and understand clients’ needs
--> Always friendly and never moody
EDUCATION AND DEGREES
09/2003–07/2005
LAZI Academy – European School of Design (Stuttgart/Germany)
Degree: Bachelor of Fine Arts
--> Studied graphic- and communication design
07/1999–07/2002
Three year apprenticeship program at BERNECKER MEDIAWARE AG
Degree: "Print and Media Designer specialised in Design"
(A german apprenticeship consists of attending classes for one day a week and vocational training during the other 4 days).
--> Designed and developed Web sites. Lead screen designer for several accounts
--> Created templates and frontend design for dynamic Web sites and CMS
--> Created Flash files for presentations and Web sites
--> Created internal marketing print materials
Languages
German native/English fluent
French intermediate
