ABOUT
Christine (Jaworski) Ballestrini is a graphic/web designer in northeastern Connecticut. After graduating from the University of Connecticut's School of Fine Arts with a degree in Communication Design, she interned and freelanced at Decker Advertising in Glastonbury, CT before taking a full-time graphic design position with MNA Creative in Danbury, CT. Shortly after joining MNA Creative, Christine was relocated to their satellite office in Delray Beach, FL to work as part of an in-house team for Office Depot. Here, she focused on brand identity and packaging for the Office Depot Private Brand. While working at MNA Creative and Office Depot, she was the lead designer and brand expert for the Foray brand, creating packaging, icons and branding for the Foray name. After MNA Creative, Christine relocated to Boulder, CO and worked for Pride Marketing and Procurement in Denver where she managed her own Pride members and designed catalogs for restaurant supply stores; before moving back to her home state of Connecticut and taking a position as a graphic designer at Outthink in Essex, CT. As an Outthinker, Christine grew not only as a print designer but also continued to push herself in multimedia design, continuing to expand her knowledge in programs such as Dreamweaver and Flash, and learning HTML and CSS along with basic Action Script. These skills prepared her for her next step when she joined University Communications at UConn as a web designer in December 2010, where she designs and front-end programs websites for the University. Working in the communications office has also allowed Christine to expand her design skills into mobile site design and to continue working on print projects for multiple University offices.
Education
2003 // University of Connecticut, School of Fine Arts • Communication Design
2007 //
Middlesex Community College - Middletown, CT • semester class on Flash design/animation
2010 // Photoshop World Conference
Work History
2010 - Present web designer, UConn, University Communications
2006 - 2010 designer, Outthink
2005 - 2006 senior designer, Pride Marketing & Procurement
2004 - 2005 junior designer, MNA Creative
2003 - Present freelance designer, self
Misc.
Programs Adobe CS6 InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Bridge
Languages
HTML/5, CSS/3, basic JavaScript, basic PHP
Skills Web 2.0 collaborative technologies, such as Google Docs and Basecamp, working in Wordpress and Drupal (maintenance), experience building emails for CRM systems