About
Dr. Jessica Zirkel-Rubin is an award-winning, UX-certified visual designer with 20+ years of experience creating print and digital media.
Experience
- Design Director – New Frontier
created digital and print marketing materials, including websites, logos, and collateral, for corporate and non-profit clients - Manager of Web/Multimedia Development – The Newark Museum
webmaster for museum, designer of promotional and educational digital media - Senior Research Manager – MaMaMedia
supervised and conducted usability and marketing research for pioneering children’s website and magazine - Technical Coordinator – New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
helped create a web-based Digital Atlas of Opthalmology
Education
EdD, Instructional Media and Technology – Teachers College Columbia University
focus on constructionist learning, interface design, and virtual museums-
MS, Educational Technology – Lehigh University
BA, American Civilization – University of Pennsylvania
- Additional coursework in graphic design and fine arts from The Cooper Union, The School of Visual Arts, University of the Arts (Philadelphia) and Visual Arts Center of New Jersey
Awards
- 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
Tools
- Adobe Creative Suite, especially Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign
- WordPress (including HTML and CSS) and Elementor Pro
- Figma
- MailChimp
Memberships
- AIGA
- National Council of Jewish Women