About

CONTACT

email // art(at)stephaniecooper.com
phone // 617 817 9301

I am a designer and illustrator based in Brooklyn, NY.

RESUME  (click here to download)

// Experience

CALLAWAY DIGITAL ARTS, New York, NY // website
UX/UI Designer, Present
• Conceptualize, design and illustrate educational and entertaining interactive digital apps
for children.

JONATHAN ADLER DESIGNS, New York, NY // website
Intern, Juniors and Licensing Division, September–December 2010
• Assisted in conceptualizing and designing decorative home products and promotional materials within
the parameters of a strong brand identity.
• Design and illustration projects included: patterns, surface design, logos, promotional web and printed
mailers, store signage, a truck wrap.

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT, Boston, MA // website
Associate Designer, Juvenile Trade Division, March 2007–July 2009
• Responsible for design, art direction and pre-press preparations for novelty books, activity books,
picture books, hardcover novels and paperbacks.
• Appointed lead designer of a new book program for PBS’s television cartoon Martha Speaks. Designed
and art directed the overall look of the series as well as covers and interior spreads.
• Demonstrated organizational and time management skills while tracking the circulation of materials,
managing priorities, and adhering to strict deadlines on up to twelve projects simultaneously.
• Collaborated with the production team, editors, freelance artists, and fellow designers to create a high
quality product, on time and within budget.

THE DEAL, New York, NY // website
Designer, April 2006–February 2007
• Created templates and designed page layouts, under tight deadlines for three trade publications
including a daily digital interactive newsletter.

// Education

MS COMMUNICATIONS DESIGN, Pratt Institute, New York, NY // website
May 2011, Distinction
*Award for Excellence in Academic Achievement
*Don Ariev Scholarship Award
*Barrett Scholarship

Teacher’s Assistant, (Grad) Visual Communications I, Typography II, (Undergrad) Graphic Design II.

TEXTILE DESIGN PROGRAM, Danish Design School, Copenhagen, DK // website
Summer 2010
*Textile Design Award for Academic Excellence

BFA ILLUSTRATION, The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, Boston, MA // website
2004, High Honors
*Valedictorian Speaker, Purchase Award, Leadership Award

// Computer Technology

Expertise: Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat
Working Knowledge: After Effects, Flash

// Activities

AIGA Member
AIGA Mentorship Program
SCBWI Member
Volunteer for Jewish Big Brother Big Sister (2007-2009)
Community service volunteer for CJP (2007-2009)