Wertz - Employment

Employment (Contract)

1998 - present
Eye Site
Dublin, Ireland/Vancouver, British Columbia
Director of Web Design business. Cf. Eye Site Website for more information.

1997 - 1998
Hyperion Multimedia Design
Dublin, Ireland
Partner in Web Design business.

1990 - present
Radio TelefÍs Eireannn
Dublin, Ireland
Production Designer. Cf. Television Design CV for Details.

1989 - 1990
Garter Lane Arts Centre
Waterford, Ireland (don't go there)
Resident Designer & Technical Director.

1983 - 1989
Horizon Production Company
Dublin, Ireland
Artistic Director & Resident Designer. Cf. Theatre Design CV for some details.

1981 - 1982
Irish Marketing Surveys
Dublin, Ireland
Administrative Assistant.

1979 - 1981
National Survey Research Group
New York City, New York
Coding Supervisor. Okay, actually Assistant Coding Supervisor, but who's to know?

1978 - 1981
New York City News
New York City, New York
Arts Editor & Staff Writer (features and criticism).

1978
Gotham Magazine
New York City, New York
Layout Artist & Free-lance Writer (criticism).

1978 - 1979
Louis Harris & Associates
New York City, New York
Coder & Chartist.

1973 - 1975
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, Pennsylvania
Graphic Designer (assistantship in poster & programme design).

Employment (Free-lance)

Web Design

Design of several websites for various Dublin businesses and individuals; voluntary banner assistant for GeoCities

Graphic Design
Various graphic design jobs in New York City, Dublin, and Waterford. Clients include Amnesty International, Apt Design Studios, New York City News, AnCO, Joycentenary Committee, TEFL, Dublin Millennium, Project Arts Centre, Gay Community News, Ultimo Inc., Radio Telefis Eireann, and the Royal Hospital Kilmainham.

Theatre
Numerous (and I mean numerous) directing, design, and acting jobs in Pennsylvania, San Francisco, New York City, London, Belfast, Dublin, and Waterford. Cf. Theatre Design CV for details. (Acting and Directing CVs to be uploaded shortly).

Journalism
Feature writing and theatre/film criticism for Gotham magazine, New York City News, and In Dublin magazine.

Irrelevant Experience
I have also had job experience in sign painting and silk-screening, have worked as a tourist guide for Indian Caverns, as a waiter and banquet waiter for various restaurants and hotels (so I wanted to be an actor), and spent a summer doing biodynamic French intensive farming in northern California (don't ask).

Referees

Senator David Norris, Lecturer, Trinity College Dublin

Joe Dowling, Artistic Director, Guthrie Theatre

Helen Manfull, PSU Department of Theatre and Film

Tony O Dalaigh, Director, Dublin Theatre Festival

Contact numbers/addresses available upon request.

wertz@earthling.net