Contact:
Sarah Haun
Two Twelve Associates
902 Broadway
New York, NY 10010
212 254 6670
shaun@twotwelve.com
TWO TWELVE ANNOUNCES STAFF PROMOTIONS AND NEW APPOINTMENTS
New York, NY, January 03, 2006— Two Twelve Associates, the New York City-based public information design firm, announces several promotions and new positions as of the beginning of the New Year 2006.
Senior
Associates
Anthony Ferrara
Sarah Haun
Brian Sisco
Shafqat Tanweer
These four staff members have been promoted from the Associate level to take on a broader range of responsibilities in marketing and managing the firm and developing its policies and procedures. Mr. Ferrara leads the environmental graphic design team as project manager reporting to principal David Gibson. Mr. Sisco leads the branding and information design team as project manager reporting to principal Ann Harakawa. Ms. Haun oversees business development activities including sales, marketing, public relations and internal communications as director of marketing and communications. Mr. Tanweer handles the firm’s finances and related operations as the firm’s chief financial officer.
Junior
Associates
Dominic Borgia
Michelle Cates
Yanira Hernandez
Alexandria Lee
Laura Varacchi
These five designers, each of whom represents a different area of specialist expertise, have been promoted to assume new responsibilities in facilities, operations and team management. Mr. Borgia coordinates the production of environmental graphic design document packages and serves as liaison with a variety of fabricators and suppliers. Ms. Cates and Ms. Varacchi manage 2D graphic design projects including brand and corporate identity and publications design. Ms. Lee specializes in producing detailed wayfinding and circulation analyses, and location planning for large signage programs. Ms. Hernandez manages the design of complex environmental graphic design systems.
Manager
of Sustainable Design
Pamela Paul
Ms. Paul has been formally recognized for her initiative in developing the firm’s approach to “green design.” In addition to designing and documenting environmental graphic design projects, she is leading an internal committee that advises the firm on design policies and practices that reduce negative effects on human health and the natural environment.
Team
Managers
Jess Mackta
Timothy McCarthy
Ms.
Mackta and Mr. McCarthy are joining the firm to support the design teams
in providing exceptional client service in team management and production
coordination. Ms. Mackta works with the environmental graphics team on
resource allocation, scheduling, budgeting and job control. Mr. McCarthy
will fulfill similar functions for the branding and information design
team.
About
Two Twelve
Two Twelve Associates (http://www.twotwelve.com)
is a multi-disciplinary graphic design company specializing in public
information design, the planning and presentation of complex information
to diverse audiences. David Gibson founded Two Twelve in 1980, and he
and his partner Ann Harakawa presently run the firm's New York-based operation.
Two Twelve offers a full range of services in branding and environmental
graphic design for corporate, institutional and municipal clients nationwide.
Important commissions have included the design of signage and wayfinding
systems for the Yale University campus, Shea Stadium and Grand Central
Terminal, as well as brand communications for the Downtown Partnership
of Baltimore, New Jersey Transit, and New York City’s 2012 Olympic
bid.
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