Hi! I’m Jessica Zirkel-Rubin, an award-winning, UX-certified visual designer with 20+ years of experience in print and digital media.
I’m here to promote your business, support your customers, and delight your clients with timely, impeccable, user-friendly designs, including:
Until June 2019, I was the Design Director for New Frontier, where I created a wide variety of marketing materials for corporate and non-profit clients. Previously, I was the Webmaster for The Newark Museum, and earlier, worked in marketing/usability research for pioneering children’s online media company, MaMaMedia.com.
I earned a doctorate in Instructional Media and Technology from Teachers College, Columbia University, where I focused on constructionist learning, interface design, and virtual museums. While studying for an MS in Educational Technology from Lehigh University, I built my first website and fell in love with the medium. My undergraduate degree is from the University of Pennsylvania. My graphic design and fine arts education includes classwork at The University of the Arts (Philadelphia), The School of Visual Arts (NYC), and The Visual Arts Center of New Jersey. I am UX Certified, with a specialty in interface design, by the Nielsen Norman Group, a world leader in user experience research.
Hermes Creative Awards: Gold Award for Logo Design (Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies logo)
NJ Ad Club Award of Excellence for Digital Media: Not for Profit/Pro Bono Work
NJ Ad Club Award of Excellence for Logo, Consumer
Elihu Rose Fellowship (WNET/Thirteen)
National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Fellowship
AIGA
National Council of Jewish Women
Adobe Creative Suite, especially Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign
WordPress (including HTML and CSS)
MailChimp
