HEIDI REIFENSTEIN DESIGN // Alaska & California
Designer Fall 2009–Present
Print Products including book design, brochures, posters, branding and marketing collateral, invitations, postcards, letterhead & stationary design.
Web Design including concept, page layout, high end aesthetics and coding.
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE // Anchorage
Adjunct Professor of Typography Fall Semesters, 2012–Present
WALSH SHEPPARD STRATEGY + COMMUNICATIONS // Anchorage
Contract Designer May 2011–Present
Print Design including marketing collateral, annual reports and identities.
Web Design including concept, page layout and coding.
NOON // San Francisco
Design Intern May 2009–Oct 2009
Designed annual reports, posters, postcards and brochures
Brainstormed for and implemented packaging, web support and research
Production work on an Amy Butler book, a Chronicle publication
MINE™ // San Francisco
Design Intern Jan 2009–May 2009
Creation, production, comping, brainstorming and studio support
SPUTNIK // California College of the Arts, San Francisco
Designer Sept 2008–Dec 2008
Creation and production for print and web, press checks, and client meetings
NELSON GALLERY // University of California, Davis
Museum Scientist Oct 2006–April 2007
Prepared and archived artwork, installed exhibitions, matted and framed works
FINE ARTS CAMP // Juneau, Alaska
Art Director, Promotions Designer, Art Teacher 2004–2006 Summers
Educated students, recruited staff; created posters, postcards, brochures and ads
AIGA Alaska Annual Awards Competition
2 Awards — Silver Award and Honorable Mention 2012
University & College Designers Association Awards
2 Awards of Excellence 2009
Thesis Graphic Design Award // California College of the Arts
Top Honors 2009
Level 4 Student Award // California College of the Arts
Top Honors 2008
Michael Vanderbyl Scholarship // California College of the Arts
Recipient 2007–08 and 2008–09
Career Opportunity Grant // Alaska State Council on the Arts
Recipient 2006
Individual Grant // Juneau Arts & Humanities Council
Recipient 2004
Community Grant // Juneau Arts & Humanities Council
Recipient 2002
For a community art center
Perry Award // Whitman College
3rd Place 2000
For Senior Thesis Exhibition, Juror: P. Roberts, Portland Art Museum
solo exhibition // Iconic Substrates
International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, Alaska, 2007
solo exhibition // Simple Mindfulness
Juneau Arts & Humanities Council, Juneau, Alaska, 2005
juried exhibition // All Alaska Juried Art Exhibition XXX
Statewide tour, Anchorage Museum of History & Art and Alaska State Museum, 2004–2005
Juror: M. Rush, Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art
aiga alaska, The Professional Association for Design
Board Member Anchorage, Alaska, 2012–Present
the leighty foundation, Charitable Family Foundation
Board Member National, 2010–Present
one percent for art
Committee Member Juneau, Alaska, 2005–2007
empire gallery and partnership for the community arts center
Cofounder and Volunteer Director Juneau, Alaska, 2001–2004
Skiing, running, white-water rafting. Reading, sketching, note-taking. Using power tools and soldering irons. Running my VW Beetle on veggie oil. Beeswax, embroidery thread, and image transfer techniques. Wandering (especially into bookstores).
applications // InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamweaver
coding // HTML, JavaScript, jQuery
california college of the arts // San Francisco, CA
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design, graduating with distinction
whitman college // Walla Walla, WA
Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art (emphasis in painting and drawing)
studio art centers international // Florence, Italy
Semester Abroad Art School
