Location:
12 Parker Farm Ln, Amherst, NH 03031
Work:
Farm Road Design - Amherst New Hampshire since Jun 2011
Principal, Designer
Batchelder Studio since Feb 1985
Owner/Artist
WhippleHill Communications, Inc. Sep 1998 - Mar 2011
Co-Founder, Creative Director
St.Mark's School Aug 1996 - Aug 1998
Director of Communications
Walnut Hill School - Natick, MA May 1994 - Jul 1996
Director of Communications
Education:
Boston University 1989 - 1991
Masters, Journalism
University of Massachusetts, Amherst 1981 - 1984
Bachelors, Fine Arts, Painting
Skills:
Graphic Design
Creative Direction
Newsletters
Photography
Layout
Public Relations
Indesign
Painting
Adobe Creative Suite
Web Design
Photoshop
Wordpress
Fine Art
Illustration
Writing
Editing
Awards:
Web Marketing Association "Best School Website" Award
Web Marketing Association
Web Marketing Association's annual awards for best design of web sites in various industries, awarded St. George's School (Newport, RI) with the "Best School Website" award. I served as primary designer, working with the St. George's design committee to develop the overall look of the site. Working as creative lead with associate designer and developers, the site was built on a proprietary CMS and includes a combined Flash/dynamic homepage. View the award site here: http://www.webaward.org/winner.asp?eid=5100
Featured Artist WBGH Boston Fine Art Auction
WGBH Public Television, Boston
Selected from over 300 contributing artists to be the featured artist for the prestigious annual fine art auction. Piece selected, "Concord Barn" was featured on the auction catalog cover, billboard, and throughout auction broadcast. I was interviewed by Joyce Kulhawik, along with several other artists, as featured spots prior to opening bidding. Read more here: bit.ly/NqCqaL
CASE Awards, Multiple Schools (2001 to 2007)*
Council for Advancement and Support of Education
The Annual CASE Circle of Excellence awards commended outstanding achievements in design at varying levels (homepage, blog, video, etc). As primary designer and/or creative director, the following schools* were named award recipients for overall site design and functionality:
• The Marist School (Atlanta): Case District III Award of Excellence - Homepage Design and Implementation. (creative direction)
• Metairie Park Country Day School (Metairie, LA): CASE District IV Gold Award (lead designer)
• St. Lukes School (New Canaan, CT ): CASE District I Bronze Award (creative direction)
• Vermont Academy: CASE National Silver Award - Web-based and Electronic HTML External Audience Newsletters Category (creative direction)
• Peddie School (Hightstown, NJ): Case National Gold Award
and CASE District II Silver Award (creative direction)
• Asheville School (Asheville, NC) : CASE District III Award of Excellence on the Web - Homepage Design and Implementation
(creative direction)
• St. Paul's School (Concord, NH): CASE District I Bronze Award (designer/creative direction)
*these awards span the years 2001 to 2007 and were awarded for creative work done at that time. Since the awards, most sites have been redesigned, an many of the schools listed have changed vendors, or worked with design/marketing firms who are responsible for that school's current web site's design, content, and functionality.
