Jena Grover
jena grover
graphic Designer, UX designer, animator, cartoonist
Hi! I'm Jena Grover; probably the only graphic artist you'll meet willing to wear a knitted monster hat for their name's sake. I'm a multi-faceted certified Graphic Designer with a passion for visual storytelling and bringing those stories to life. I've worked on a wide variety of works including print, interface, and motion graphics with my ever expanding skill sets over the course for nearly 10 years.
Technical skills & certifications
Selected Work
My portfolio sports a wide selection of works that roughly fall into four main categories;
Illustrations
Both traditional and digital pieces including concept art, challenges, commissions, and more. This is easily the largest body of works seeing as it is the most diverse.
Print Design
These pieces are works designed specifically meant to be taken from a digital format to a physical one; specifically by way of offset, digital, or screen printing.
Interface Design
This body of work is dominated by interactive media projects such as website design, DVD menu interfaces, and so on.
Animations
Works included this section is not solely motion graphics, but also assets created for animation. This widens the subject matter to include character sheets, turn-arounds, rough animatics, and storyboards.
Experience & Education
Freelance Designer
Various Establishments & Clients
2016 - Present
Working Within Central MA and Southern NH
Designed multiple creative graphic projects such as logos, T shirts, inspirational posters, full web designs, and proposal documents including base identity assets and concept work often both print and web ready.
Master's of Science: Applied Comm.
Fitchburg State University
2016 - 2018
160 Pearl St.
Fitchburg, MA 01420
Graduated Magna Cum Laude (GPA: 3.53) in studies of applying graphic communication skills within business structures including: creating marketing plans, structuring training workshops, researching trend development, independent animation production, and additional supporting skills.
Graphic Designer & Head Animator
The revolving Museum
2015 - 2018
1067 Main St.
Fitchburg, MA 01420
Designed custom project graphics for proposal presentations, exhibition invitations, identity designs, fundraising campaign graphics and several other works.
Senior Designer
Fitchburg Art Museum
2015
185 Elm St.
Fitchburg, MA 01420
Lead a team comprised of five junior designers in producing the NatureTech exhibition catalog that was both print and web ready, coordinated group meetings, compiled all assets, and made executive final edits.
Bachelor's of Science: Comm. Media
Fitchburg State University
2012 - 2016
160 Pearl St.
Fitchburg, MA 01420
Graduated Magna Cum Laude (GPA: 3.53) in both disciplines of Graphic Communications and Interactive Media; advancing my animation skills, product/user testing, coding, prototyping, and many other skills.
Graphic Comm. Certification
Montachusett Regional Technical
2008 - 2012
1050 Westminster St.
Fitchburg, MA 01420
Developed core design skills, while producing various live jobs for clients both within and outside the school including: the yearbook, association prints, and local advertisements.
Associations & Awards
Lambda Pi Eta (Mu Upsilon)
Comm. Media Honor Society
2015 - 2018
ARTeries
Art Dept. Honors Exhibition
2014
Voice Column
Gardner News Feature
2011-2012
Visions
Comm. Media Honors Exhibition
2015 - 2016
Presidential Award
Acedemic Acheivement
2012
Dean's List
Academic Award
2008 - 2016