Jenna Dixon
🔭 scouting near and far 🔎 :: 📖 bookbuilder
Independent digital operations since 1991. Web strategy, book design and composition, graphic design. MPA from MIIS (Development Economics), BA cum laude from Dartmouth (Geography/German), with study in Mainz, Germany, and a year teaching English in Kunming, China. Adjunct faculty teaching design and computing. Past executive director, Vermont Book Professionals Association. Yak Collective stalwart.
Experience
Book production factory, with a human in the loop.
Independent
Digital operations wrangler. Communications strategies, on and offline.
Shipwright LLC
Web and collateral strategy and execution. LLM-generated maritime utility software.
Yak Collective
Long-running international indie collaborative; weekly study groups in governance and composable/distributed systems.
International Society for Terrain-Vehicle Systems
Membership and conference support for international research society.
Cedar Circle Farm
Web presence planning, redesign cycles, email campaigns, online tools for farm staff.
Lebanon College
Taught graphic design, Adobe Creative Suite; computing power moves.
Vermont Book Professionals Association
Created and hosted popular live event series for publishing professionals at the height of the small press era.
Novell · Tally Systems, Inc.
Designed print collateral system, early web app UI, html emails.
Education
Monterey Institute of International Studies (now Middlebury)
Master of Public Administration — Development Economics · 1985–1987
Included 1 year teaching English at Kunming Institute of Technology, China
Dartmouth College
BA cum laude — Geography / German · 1977–1981
Study abroad at Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Mainz, Germany
Skills
Graphic Design
Web Strategy
InDesign
Illustrator
Photoshop
Photography
Newsletters
Publishing
Editing
Copy Editing
WordPress
Information Architecture
Social Media
Strategic Communications
Corporate Branding
Project Management