EXPERTiSE

• COMMUNICATION
  •  Communications strategies, and their implementation and evaluation
  •  Creation and production of communication tools (editing, artistic direction, and production:
     print, web and digital, social media, media)
  •  Events planning
  
  
• INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
  •  Fundraising strategies and implementation
  •  Stewardship and networking
  •  Creation of materials in support of fundraising
  
  
• OFFICE
  •  Project management (planning, reporting, budget and vendors management)
  •  Small team management
  •  Transversal, cross-disciplinary and collaborative projects
  •  Staff training and support

• Head of the Communication and Fundraising Unit, Foundation for Research on Biodiversity (FRB), Paris, France, 2013­–May 2015 Led, managed, and implemented the communication strategy of the Foundation at the national, European and international levels. Stewardship and fundraising management. Member of the executive committee. Workpackage leader of the communication of BioVeL, a European Commission funded project.
• Communication Officer, FRB, Paris, France, 2011–13 Designed, managed and implemented the communication plan of two European research projects on biodiversity (BioVeL and BiodivERsA), and of a French research center (CESAB).
• Art Director and Graphic Designer, for various clients including many departments of the University of Michigan (UM), 1995–2011 Recommended, developed, and produced original designs, from conception to production, of print and web materials. Identity, branding, reports, newsletters, exhibition catalogues and displays, books, posters, development and marketing packages, signage. Photo shoots and vendors' management. Staff support and training.
• Curator, exhibition manager and designer, UM, Institute for the Humanities, 2004–08 Strategized and implemented all aspects of the exhibitions program. Collaborated with artists, curators, scholars and benefactors. Selected the art work and created the narratives; designed the display and all associated material.

EDUCATION AND AWARDS

BFA in graphic design, summa cum laude, UM, 1995
DESS (MA) in clinical psychology, University of Paris V - Sorbonne, 1985

2001 American Advertising Award, Ann Arbor Ad Club
Certificate of Excellence, Print Magazine, 1997
1996 BFA Award, University of Michigan School of Art

SKILLS AND LANGUAGES

Adobe CS (Dreamweaver, In-Design, Illustrator, Photoshop)
Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
HTML, CSS, and web site CMS (joomla!, sitemaker)

Photography and introduction to video editing
Bilingual French-English (American and French citizenships)
Spanish (beginner's proficiency)

OTHER INTERESTS

Arts, ceramics, design, outdoors, scuba diving

Contact Elisabeth Paymal elisabeth@paymaldesign.com