ART ZIPPEL

Out of school I accepted a position as a visual designer and was promoted to Art Director for an in-house advertising agency. During this time, I became fascinated with photography and made a career change into advertising photography where I owned a large studio in Orange County for 18 years. Due to the effects of the rise in the popularity of stock photography, I closed my studio and went back to my first love, design as a UI designer and html programmer. During this time, I freelanced and worked at several firms before landing a job as a Creative Director at a "dot-com" for 2 years until it was a "dot-gone" (ah, those were the days)... Afterwards, I took the position of Creative/User-Experience Director at the National Fibromyalgia Association where I stayed for 8 years. I completed my certification as a Usability Analyst in 2010 and later went on to finished my second degree, Cognitive Psychology. At which time, I commuted for 2 years to ESRI (Redlands) as an Information Architect..

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