Marisa Scirocco 

marisascirocco@gmail.com, www.AlienAmbassador.net

CoSM/CHAPEL OF SACRED MIRRORS / CoSM PRESS: - 

542 W. 27th New York, NY, Nov. 2003 – August 2008 

Managing Director of Art Gallery:

• Responsible for hiring

• Greeting guests and costumer service

• Event promotion including P.R.; writing event descriptions for newspapers and web and print advertisements

• Contact for space rentals and handling all aspects of events coordinating

• Retail and wholesale client management, wholesale catalog design and updates, in-store managing, inventory coordination, handling of register

Senior Graphic Artist of CoSM Press:

• Organization and management of archive files, photos and artwork

• Responsible for the design of coffee table books, art books, zines, catalogues, booklets, fliers and brochures from pre to post production

• Web graphics: http://cosmpress.com, http://cosm.org

QUESTUS New York, NY, June 2007 – present : part time freelance

Interactive marketing and research firm that specializes in developing and launching customer-centric web sites.

Graphic Design

• Assisting marketing director with presentation graphics

ALIENAMBASSADOR.NET New York  2006 

Web design and programming of personal site, featuring:

• Computer art illustration

• Fashion production and design; hand sewn wears 

• Print design portfolio

• Art of fire dancing,  http://alienambassador.net

MACY.COM San Francisco, CA, September 2001 - November 2001

• Web design and production for site,  http://macys.com

• Design of department headers and creation of color scheme for entire site

• Design of promotional banners, optimizing graphics and photo editing

• Layout design, print production and photo editing for site catalog

HBO/VOLUME.COM New York, NY, June 2000 - August 2000 

• Web design for start up site

•  Optimizing graphics and photos

•  Background design and creating animated headers.

NEWMARK REAL ESTATE  INC. New York, NY, April 1997 - April 1999

• Assistant manager of art department 

• Design of catalogs and multi-page quarterly market reports

• Working closely with clients needs, managing the job output

• Creation of the corporate identity 

MOVING VENTURES (Esalen Institute), Big Sur CA , March 2002 - present

Brochure and logo design for massage and dance meditation courses held abroad.

Education:

State University of New York College at Oneonta, Oneonta, NY

Bachelor of Art - May 1996 

Major - Studio Art with a concentration in graphic design

Minor – Anthropology

Skills: Proficient in Photoshop, Illustrator, Quark Xpress, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Filemaker Pro

Interests: Clothing design, computer art, travel, web design and dance.