theatrical designer
From 2002 through 2010, she served as Creative Director of Design at SpotCo, a New York advertising agency that works mainly for Broadway theaters. Anderson says that in her theater posters ornamentation is peeled away little by little. “I guess there’s concern that consumers will get mesmerized or confused by the detailing and forget to buy tickets. But if we've done our job properly, the doo-dads become part of the package, and not something getting in the way that needs to be reduced or cut out.”