Alyssa Gerasimoff





In 2020 I graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a degree in Furniture Design and Sustainability Studies. I am now in my first semster pursuing a master’s degree in Food Studies at NYU and questioning if I made the right decision. I have come to realize that I am a design thinker and perahps my masters degree should be in a design field.

I love to work in all mediums, 3D, 2D, digital and am always trying to explore new materials and technologies. I lived in Berlin, Germany for two years and after figuring out my career in NYC I hope to move back. If you want to add me to your team or offer some advice please don’t hesitate to reach out. 



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CURRICULUM VITAE



Education:


New York University
M.A. candidate in Food Studies, 2023
Concentrating in Food Media and Culture, recipient of academic scholarship


Rhode Island School of Design
B.F.A. in Furniture Design and Sustainability, 2020 
Honors Student, Sustainability and Culture Studies Concentrator

Harvard University Online Business School

Business Fundamentals CORe 2020
Program topics: Financial Accounting, Business Analytics, and Economics for Managers



Work Experience:


Community Manager, Food Education Fund
September 2021-present
• Developing and implementing social media and community strategy to grow the reach and impact of the organization


Freelance Design Consultant, Little Sun by Olafur Eliasson March 2019- Present
• Completed a six month communications internship in the Berlin headquarters in the Spring of 2019, continued as a remote designer
• Responsibilities include: digital and print material design, brand development, exhibition planning, English language copy-writing

Public Relations Coordinator, Brown Market Shares December 2017- December 2018
• Primary role was to maintain the identity of the Brown Market Shares Pogram through the weekly newsletter, social media accounts, and website maintenance• Designed a community e-cookbook which raised funds for the subsidized program


Design Intern, Observatory Design
January 2019- February 2019
Worked alongside the principle designers to prototype and ideate. Tasks included: sketching, 3D rendering, physical model making

Intern and Contributing Writer, Edible Rhody Magazine
June 2018- December 2018
• Managed social media accounts, wrote articles, conducted interviews, edited and developed recipes


Design Intern, Nest Homeware
June 2018- September 2018
• Assisted with completing the design of a new cookware line, refined molds and prototypes, completed brand and market research


Design Intern, Alan Tanksley Inc.
June 2017- Sept 2017
• Sourced fabrics, composed client Pinterest boards, organized the office materials library, contacted vendors for purchasing


Wilson Lab Intern, MIT Picower Institute for Learning and Memory June 2015- Aug 2015
• Worked under Francisco Flores in the Wilson Lab studying the effects of anesthetics on the brain, constructed electrode drives for implantation in rats, histology analysis, wrote a processing code to visualize LFP data




Software Capabilities:


Adobe Creative Suite:
Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign,
Lightroom, Dreamweaver

AutoCAD
Rhinoceros

Keyshot
HTML,CSS


Awards:


Department Community Citizenship Award
2020
Textron Charitable Trust Fellowship
2019
WithIt Scholarship Recipient
2018

Autodesk Challenge Winner, MIT Hacking Arts
2016