Design + Economics Student at Upenn

Victoria Grzesiak

331-***-**** adkdcm@r.postjobfree.com Porfolio: https://victoriagrzesiak.myportfolio.com/

EDUCATION

University of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, PA Expected May 2022

Bachelor of Arts in Design and Economics Cumulative GPA: 3.6/4.0

Relevant Coursework: Drawing 1; Art, Design and Digital Culture; Design after the Digital; Graphic Design; Art of the Web; Interfacing Cultures, Product Design; Needfinding; Stats for Economics; Intermediate Microeconomics; Econometrics; Industrial Organizations; Public Finance; and Labor Economics

Benet Academy; Lisle, IL Graduated May 2018

College of DuPage: Principles of Marketing (2019)

School of the Art Institute of Chicago: From Drawing to Painting (2016); Fashion Illustration (2016); Moving Image (2017)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Student Health Services, Philadelphia, PA May 2020 – Sept 2020

Graphic Design Intern

Designing printed and digital health-centric content focusing on public/student health and COVID-19

Working remotely within a team of student designers and public health directors through Slack

Department of Linguistics, Philadelphia, PA Feb 2019 – Present

Illustrator

Creating illustrations with Adobe Suite for 3 planned linguistics studies among 2 labs

Designing 120+ illustrations of children completing over 20 actions for the Child Language Lab

Designing a set of 24 illustrations for the Cultural Evolution of Language Lab

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, PA Sept 2018 – May 2019

Learning Department Assistant

Designed K-12th grade field trip activities to reflect and enhance the museum’s archeological and anthropological displays

Collected and summarized survey data of museum events for donors

EXTRACURRICULAR EXPERIENCE

t-art magazine, Philadelphia, PA Sept 2020 – Present

Featured Writer + Artist

Write articles on topics pertaining to the intersection of art with technology and contribute to t-art's online gallery

Penn Create Art Club, Philadelphia, PA Jan 2019– Present

Head of Marketing Committee

Develop and implement semester-based marketing plans for all fundraisers, events, and annual gallery show

Lead weekly marketing committee meetings of 5 team members

SALT (Serving and Loving Together), Lisle, IL Aug 2017– May 2018

Head of SALT Creations Committee

Led after-school art events and designed posters, shirts, and prints for various occasions

Organized a month-long student art show at Villa St. Benedict for senior citizens

Volunteer After-School Art Teacher, Lisle, IL Sept 2016– Dec 2016

Taught 5-10 junior high students about the basics of human proportions and portraiture

SKILLS & INTERESTS

Technical: Microsoft Suite; Adobe Creative Cloud, Figma, Sketch, InVision, R, HTML/CSS

Languages: Polish (Fluent); French (Proficient)

Art Awards: DuPage County Fair Art Competition, Grand Champion (2018); Jan Matejko Art Competition, Champion (2017)

Interests: Art History, Watercolor Painting, Polish Food, GRRM, and Catan

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