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Natalia Novoa Design Studio
About Me
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina to an artist mother and musician father; Natalia was raised in Miami, FL and graduated with a degree in the Arts from the University of Florida. At a young age she exhibited intrests in the arts and music; attending art magnets schools during her elementary years. At age 7, after school programs included the conservatory of music for piano, ballet, and voice lessons. She studied piano for 12 years with the University of Miami Music Guild and taught on the side. At 15, she picked up guitar, and at 21, one of her childhood dreams...drums.During her high school years she was accepted into Design and Architecture Senior High Magnet School; were she studied Graphic, Interior, Industrial, Architecture, Photography, and Landscape Architecture Design. Her favorites were graphic design (were she spent most of her lunches mezmorized learning Photshop 2.0), photography, and landscape architecture (were she designed theme parks and immense housing communities). Once graduated, she attended International Fine Arts College were she designed a logo for the then new Electric Vehicle I and was bought by General Motors to use in their new campaign. She then attended International Fine Arts College and got accepted into New World School of the Arts a division of UF, were she ran the photography lab on the weekends. Whilst in school, she worked full time and was the drummer for an all girl band trio, AKA. Natalie, moved on to live in NYC, and now resides in Los Angeles, CA; were she is the art director for the biggest online pearl company in the world, and does web sites and photography freelance. On her time off, she loves traveling to new places, enjoys spending time with friends, and playing drums in her new all girl band, Maxitit.
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina to an artist mother and musician father; Natalia was raised in Miami, FL and graduated with a degree in the Arts from the University of Florida. At a young age she exhibited intrests in the arts and music; attending art magnets schools during her elementary years. At age 7, after school programs included the conservatory of music for piano, ballet, and voice lessons. She studied piano for 12 years with the University of Miami Music Guild and taught on the side. At 15, she picked up guitar, and at 21, one of her childhood dreams...drums.
During her high school years she was accepted into Design and Architecture Senior High Magnet School; were she studied Graphic, Interior, Industrial, Architecture, Photography, and Landscape Architecture Design. Her favorites were graphic design (were she spent most of her lunches mezmorized learning Photshop 2.0), photography, and landscape architecture (were she designed theme parks and immense housing communities).
Once graduated, she attended International Fine Arts College were she designed a logo for the then new Electric Vehicle I and was bought by General Motors to use in their new campaign. She then attended International Fine Arts College and got accepted into New World School of the Arts a division of UF, were she ran the photography lab on the weekends. Whilst in school, she worked full time and was the drummer for an all girl band trio, AKA.
Natalie, moved on to live in NYC, and now resides in Los Angeles, CA; were she is the art director for the biggest online pearl company in the world, and does web sites and photography freelance. On her time off, she loves traveling to new places, enjoys spending time with friends, and playing drums in her new all girl band, Maxitit.
Portfolio
EDUCATION
2000 2004 New World School of the Arts/UF Miami, FL
Graphic Design/ Photography Major
1996 1995 International Fine Arts College Miami, FL
Graphic Design
1992 1995 Design and Architecture Senior High (Magnet School) Miami, FL
High School Diploma
WORK EXPERIENCE
2005 - Present PearlParadise.com Inc. Los Angeles, CA
Art Director
2004 - 2005 Devachan Salon & Spa New York, NY
Internet Sales/Shipping/ & Web Site Supervisor
1999 - 2004 Visionlab Headquarters/VL Ft. Lauderdale Miami Beach, FL
Broadcasting/Design
COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE
Microsoft Office XP
Adobe Creative Suite CS3/CS4
Basic HTML/CSS
Basic SEO
Google Marketing i.e. Adwords
Store Front - Merchant Tools
Operating Systems: Mac 9.2 OS X, Leopard; Windows 2000, Vista, and XP
LANGUAGES
Fluent in English, Spanish and speak a little Portuguese
EXTRAS
Trained in website usability - Nielson Norman Group
Member of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals
Associate in Pearls - Gemological Institute Association
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Natalia Novoa
