Joan Holder

Education: University of Michigan

Bachelor of Arts, Aug 2025 | Major: Linguistics Minor: Digital Studies

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Aug 2025 | Concentration: Illustration, Graphic Design

Relevant Experience

Escher Student Housing Co-Op

Keep 165 residents informed about house resources and operations

Coordinate between residents, 20 house officers, and central operations

Design and maintain house newsletter, orientations, and other information sessions

ArtsEngine

Use Excel and R to organize and analyze data on an audience of over 600 students

Design and maintain biweekly newsletters and weekly promotional materials for print and digital media in Adobe Suite and Canva

Represent and support ArtsEngine at promotional events

MeetArts

Design a 57-page arts catalogue for a public gallery

Organize and create a 3-minute collaborative animated publicity video

Plan and teach a 2-hour pencil drawing lesson

FEAST Project - The Shape and Flow of Language

Guide ideation and implementation of virtual reality experiences

Schedule and delegate work at weekly meetings of an interdisciplinary project team

Living ArtsEngine

Direct 10 interdisciplinary open-ended team projects

Guide 80 freshmen through their curricular and project-related challenges

Facilitate collaboration between engineering, artistic, and academic creators

Great First Eight Books

Communicate with author and team lead

Paint 25 inclusive illustrations for provided text

Philadelphia School of Circus Arts

Welcome and direct patrons and students, in person, through email, and over the phone

Sort and reconcile scheduling, payment, and organizational information

Skills and Tools

Adobe Creative Suite, Affinity Creative Suite, Blender, Google Sketchup, Fusion360, Canva

R, Python, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint

Language Across Modalities- Research Assistant, Swing Ann Arbor, Michigan Parkour