BIO/CV

BIO
Ellen Scott is an artist, designer, consultant, and Adjunct Assistant Professor of 4-Dimensional Design at Pratt Institute. After five years of of corporate consulting and software project management, Ellen switched gears to focus on the intersection of art and technology. Her artwork spans different media and dimensions and has been exhibited in in New York, Los Angeles, Portland, and Beijing. She has a wide range of experience in creative, commercial, and nonprofit endeavors, including Games for Change, a nonprofit cultivating digital games for social change. Ellen is also the co-founder and director of Smartspaces, a New York-based nonprofit presenting contemporary art in the windows of vacant storefronts.

EDUCATION
Pratt Institute • MFA Digital Art, 2002.
Princeton University • BA Politics, 1993.

EXPERIENCE
Executive Director, SmartSpaces.org (NY, NY) 2007 – present

Games for Change (NY, NY) January 2007 – present
Special Projects Consultant

Pratt Institute (NY, NY) 2004 – present
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Foundation Art Department
4-Dimensional Design I & II

Digital Designer & Consultant (NY, NY) 1999 – present
Concept, design, production, writing, project management.

Presentation Consultant (NY, NY) 2001 – present
Storyboarding, visual concepts, writing; clients include: Epic Games, Heinz, Intuit, Marriott, RR Donnelley, Showtime Networks.

New York Institute of Technology (NY, NY) 2004 – 2006
Visiting Instructor, Communication Arts Department
Multimedia Tools, Graduate Level

Juno Online Services (NY, NY) 1998 – 1999
Product Manager, Email software

Advisory Board Company/Corporate Executive Board (Washington, DC) 1993 – 1997
Consultant (1996 – 1997); Analyst (1995 -1996); Research Associate (1993 – 1994)