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Polly Roberts
8 South Street
Washington, CT 06793
Phone: 860-868-0131
Fax: 860-868-9970
Email: polly@pollyroberts.com

Employment

1991-Present:    Interior Decorator, Off-Color Décor

Clients include Karen & Weston Thorn, Nina Huffman & Fraser Hunter, Cristina Pérez & Felipe Ribadeneira, Georgia & Bill Pollak, Pat Lee, Conan & Liza O'Brien, Eric Reiff & Jami Rubin, Bridget Potter, Bill & Jane Risley, Sally & Seward Ryan, Robin & Fred Warren, David Owen & Ann Hodgman, Jane Purcell & David Weiss and the Gunn Memorial Library.

1995-Present:    Web Site Developer

Writer, editor and designer of web sites. Create site architecture and navigation; shape or create editorial content; supervise graphic design.

Clients include:

• Washington Citizens' Scholarship Foundation
• Picton Brothers
• Gunn Memorial Library & Museum
• Lake Waramaug Task Force
• Roxbury Land Trust
• Missy Stevens, an artist who paints with thread
• Kay Ritter, paints exquisite still-lifes

Sarah Lawrence College - From 2000-2003, I worked on reorganizing the site's basic navigation, developing new content and sections and editing existing content.

CIGNA From 1996-1998 was creative director for large corporate web site (which then included 12 separate lines of business and 3 corporate departments). Developed original consumer-directed content; interactive calculators; comprehensive recruitment site; cross-selling initiatives; image and brand building.   

1985-Present:    Writer & Marketing Consultant

Image and brand building; marketing; corporate communications; public relations; advertising and video. Clients include CIGNA; Brogan & Tennyson; Liz Claiborne; Jos. A. Bank Clothiers; Gant; Aphrodisia Naturals; Bed, Bath & Beyond; Polo/Ralph Lauren; Guggenheim Museum; Lightolier Controls; Allure Magazine Marketing.

1981-1984    Editor-in-Chief: Vogue Patterns & Vogue Knitting

Produced eight magazines and ten major catalogs per year, in addition to numerous special projects and promotional campaigns. Managed a staff of 25. Profitable launch of Vogue Knitting involved market positioning and design and development of a new publication and new product line.

1979-1980    Senior Editor: McCall's Patterns

Launched quarterly consumer magazine. Developed schedules and budgets, supervised production and coordinated editorial and advertising content.

1977-1979    Fashion Editor; Assistant Fashion Editor; Assistant to the Editor: Vogue Patterns, a division of Butterick Fashion Marketing, Inc.

Editor, stylist and coordinator for all photography, included merchandise selection, swatching, fittings and accessorizing, model and talent bookings, travel arrangements, film editing, article writing, copy and mechanical proofing.

Education

1976    Rhode Island School of Design, BFA

Majored in Painting; also studied Graphic Design and Color Theory.

Elected & Volunteer Positions

1995-Present     Zoning Board of Appeals, Town of Washington, CT

Appointed as alternate in 1995; appointed as regular member in 1996; publicly elected in 1997; re-elected 2001, 2005, 2009.

2000-2006   Trustee, Steep Rock Association

1990-1998    Trustee, Gunn Memorial Library & Museum

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