Katrin
Smejkal
Art Director
* was born in Linz in Austria. She studied Graphic Design in Vienna and London, living in England between 2002 and 2012. Her professional experience includes engagements at Smith & Gilmour in London and Brainds and Perndl & Co in Vienna. She has been interested in languages, typography and the design and layout of books and magazines for over 15 years, making her the ideal candidate to take over as Art Director at Papperlapapp.
Anke
Weber
Proofreader
* in Krefeld / Germany she has lived in Vienna since 1984. She studied German and Spanish language and literature as well as journalism at Vienna University and in Granada and now works as a free-lance editor and publicist. She is trained in kinesiology, radio journalism and biography work, took part in a training course for documentation and information (ÖGDI) and is a health and fitness coach (certified at Vienna University). Her focus lies on children’s and young adult literature, school textbooks, biographies and cookery books. Due to her love for good stories and her linguistic and literary knowledge and instinct she is giving the finishing touches to the Papperlapapp magazines.
Eva Maria
Widmair
Proofreader
* in Merano in the Italian province of South Tyrol. She completed a degree in German Studies at the University on Innsbruck and has been living and working in Vienna since 1992. She taught German as a foreign language for six years and started working as a literary editor in 1998, before becoming a freelance proofreader in 2008. Here at Papperlapapp, she was responsible for proofreading the German texts regarding the issues No. 1 to No. 18.
Jason
Lievesley
UX Designer
* was born in Hastings in England and he is a self-employed UX Designer and Usability Consultant. He studied Communication Design at the Kent Institute of Art and Design and was a graphic designer for TV and film for seven years at Printed Word in London. Since 2013, he has been living in Vienna, where he initially worked for Online First agency nexxar for two years.
Glenn
Reyes
Web Developer
* was born in Vienna in Austria. He studied Information and Communication Systems at the University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien and works as a freelance Web Developer. In his role as a front-end developer, he works on websites and applications for companies all around the world. He is responsible for the technical realisation of the Papperlapapp website. He currently lives and works in Vienna.