Jessica Svendsen

About

Jessica Svendsen is a MFA candidate in graphic design at the Yale School of Art, working primarily in print, exhibition, motion, and web design. She is currently available for freelance and work opportunities. Please get in touch about potential projects or collaborations.

 

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Education

Yale School of Art

MFA, Graphic Design
Class of 2013

Yale University

BA, English Language and Literature
Class of 2009
Distinction in the major

 
 

Experience

Pentagram

Design Intern, Team Michael Bierut
New York, New York
May 2011–August 2011
Clients included: NYU Abu Dhabi, Bryn Mawr College, Fashion Institute
 of Technology, Flatiron 23rd Street Partnership, Saks Fifth Avenue,

The TimesCenter, Yale University

Yale University Art Gallery

Designer
September 2011–present

Yale Center for British Art

Designer, July 2010–present
Patrick McCaughey Fellow in Design, Summer 2009
Design Assistant, Spring 2009

Office of the University Printer, Yale University

Designer
September 2010–present

Jack Design

Freelance designer
February–December 2010
Clients included: Yale School of Architecture, Yale School of Management’s 
Qn Magazine, Yale Law School, Yale Health, Yale University Press, New Haven Preservation Trust, Historical Society of Greenwich

Clients

ArtSpace
Yale College Dean’s Office
Yale English Department
Yale Research Initiative on the History 
of Sexualities
Yale School of Architecture
Yale Sustainable Food Project
Yale Symphony Orchestra
Yale Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

 
 

Teaching

Yale University

Teaching Assistant for Jessica Helfand’s seminar, Visual Biography
Fall 2011

 
 

Skills

Adobe Creative Suite, FontLab, HTML and CSS,
Final Cut Pro, Microsoft Office