The document appears to be a resume for Lena Tesone. It lists her education as a BFA in Communication Design from Carnegie Mellon University, and experience including assisting with research projects at CMU, internships at Anthropologie and Near Future Laboratory, freelance design work, and current roles at Niche.com and as a freelance designer. It outlines her skills, software proficiencies, and references.

1. L ENA TESONE
+1 412 760 6506
www.lenatesone-design.com
lena.tesone@gmail.com
Assisted PhD candidate Will
Odom with his research on
children’s virtual possessions.
This work was published at CHI
Conference in 2011.
Carnegie Mellon University
Human Computer
Interaction Institute
Pittsburgh, PA | ‘11
Designer + Research Assistant
Assisted the visual display
designer at Anthropologie
with design and installation of
window and in-store displays for
home goods and apparel. Post-
internship I was invited onto the
team as a sales associate.
Anthropologie
Pittsburgh, PA | ‘11 - ‘12
Visual Display Intern
Carnegie Mellon University
School of Design
Digest-o-mat
Near Future Laboratory
Pittsburgh, PA + Venice, CA
‘14 - Present
Freelance Book Design
Designed and assisted editing
“TBD Catalog” which was
featured in Core77, Gizmodo,
Slate, and Motherboard. My
collaboration with Near Future
Laboratory is ongoing.
Developed visual identity and
marketing materials like pitch
decks, posters and web pages.
These marketing materials
helped the organization obtain
grants from The National
Science Foundation, Sprout
Fund and Idea Foundry.
Pittsburgh, PA | ‘13 - ’14
Visual Design
Pittsburgh, PA | ‘11
Teaching Assistant for
Pragmatics of Color 51-222
Assisted Professor Kristin Hughes
in her graduate level class.
Students I assisted over the
course of the semester gained
knowledge of color theory
principles, color communication
and expertise of color printing
and software.
Bio_Logic Design Group
Pittsburgh, PA | ‘13
Freelance Design
Created posters and presentations
for Bio_Logic Design Group
under the direction of Architect
Dale Clifford. These visualizations
illustrated the properties of
complex experimental materials
and organized the wide breadth
of the group’s work.
[En]Coding Architecture
Designed typographic system
and layout for [En]Coding
Architecture: The Book. This
book came out of the [En]coding
Architecture Conference.
Pittsburgh, PA + Berlin, Germany
Summer ‘13
Freelance Book Design + Layout
Niche.com
Pittsburgh, PA | ‘14 - Present
Graphic Design
Designed marketing material for
K12 and Local Rankings Launch.
Drove creatives for Facebook
marketing campaigns which
boosted organic logins, increased
conversion and click-through rates.
Also created infographics and
visualizations for data dives that
were featured on news media
outlets across the U.S. including
The Huffington Post.
skills
Design Research
Design Fiction
Storyboarding
Wireframing
Digital Photography
Digital Imaging
Retouching
Sketching
Bookbinding
Rapid Physical Prototyping
Ethnographic Methods
software
Photoshop CS6 + CC
Illustrator CS6 + CC
InDesign CS6 + CC
AfterEffects CS6 + CC
Bridge CS6
Microsoft Office
Mapbox Studio
Carto DB
Tableau
references
Julian Bleecker
Principal at
Near Future Laboratory
julian@nearfuturelaboratory.com
Gill Wildman
Principal at PlotLondon
gill@plotlondon.net
Liss Werner
Principal at Tactile Architecture
liss@tactile-architecture.com
Dale Clifford
Bio_logic Design Group
dale@bio_logic
visual design
Carnegie Mellon University
BFA Communication Design ‘13
experience