www.amberleberman.com

Contact

Résumé

email:
amber[at]amberleberman.com
phone:
630.251.1047 (mobile)

Background

Amber Leberman pursued formal training in journalism at the University of Missouri - Columbia. In the School of Journalism she studied and practiced reporting, ethics, new media, graphics management (photo editing and art direction) and magazine design. She augmented these studies with courses in drawing, the creative process and world religions.

She completed a Dow Jones Newspaper Fund online editing internship with the Chicago Tribune.

She graduated Phi Beta Kappa with degrees in journalism and religious studies, then began her professional career as a designer for The Sun, a photo-driven suburban Chicago weekly where she developed strong professional relationships with writers, photographers and illustrators.

Leberman is currently Web Manager & Associate Art Director for The Lutheran magazine (www.thelutheran.org), a monthly 64-page, four-color magazine (circulation 400,000). The web edition attracts 90,000 visitors each month.

On June 17 she relaunched www.thelutheran.org, redesigned as a membership-based, fee-for-content site. She worked with a developer to migrate the formerly 5,000 .html-page site into a content management database.

Leberman values content-driven design. In any situation, she strives to best showcase the work of her colleagues, whether in print or on the Web.

A journalist through-and-through, she is as comfortable assigning and editing articles as she is designing pages and coding HTML.

Experience

The Lutheran magazine (www.thelutheran.org)
Web Manager & Associate Art Director (Sept. 2004 - present)
Assistant Editor & Web Designer (May 2000 - Sept. 2004)

Sun Publications (The Sun, Wheaton, Ill.)
Designer (July 1999 - May 2000)

Columbia Missourian (Columbia, Mo.)
Visual Journalist (Jan. - May 1999)
Religion & General Assignment Reporter (Jan. - May 1998)

Vox magazine (Columbia, Mo.)
Department & Features Designer (Jan. - May 1999)
Graphics Manager (Aug. - Dec. 1998)

Chicago Tribune (www.chicagotribune.com)
Dow Jones Newspaper Fund Online Editing Intern (June - Aug. 1998)

Mizzou / Pulitzer Cybernews 2000 (Columbia, Mo.)
Team Member (Aug. - Dec. 1997)

Advo, Inc. (Milwaukee, Wis.)
Proofreader (June - Aug. 1996)

Skills

Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat) Quark XPress, Dreamweaver, HTML, some JavaScript, some XML. Significant editor-side experience with web content management systems. AP style.

Education / Training

University of Missouri-Columbia School of Journalism
Bachelor of Journalism in Magazine Design, Cum Laude (May 1999)

University of Missouri-Columbia College of Arts & Science
Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies, Departmental Honors (May 1999)

Nikon Photography School Workshop
(March 23, 2002)

CAMP / Quad
Catalog and Magazine Production, Quad/Graphics (April 24-26, 2002)

Introduction to JavaScript
Ascend Training & Consulting, Deerfield, Ill. (Nov. 7-9, 2001)

Volunteer

People's Resource Center, Wheaton, Ill. (Sept. 2002 - present)
English as a Second Language tutor for the Adult and Family Literacy Program.

Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions, Chicago (ongoing)
Member of web site redesign task force.

Oak Park [Ill.] Area Convention and Visitors Bureau (July 2005)
Designed 18 signs for "Countdown to Magic" (Book release celebration for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.)

References

Leberman is pleased to provide references upon request.