Caitlin Bechtel

Caitlin comes to Jones with a breadth of administrative experience in various creative industries, including publishing, visual and performing arts, and music.

A Connecticut native, Caitlin moved to Boston, MA in 2005 where she pursued a her passion for photography and printmaking, earning her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Massachusetts College of Art & Design. She left New England for Portland in 2015 and began studying graphic design at Pacific Northwest College of Art.

When not in the office Caitlin can be found wrapped up in her latest art project, exploring Portland’s underground music scene, or tending to her garden.

Creative Sparks

2000

Discovers her love of making art and music. Starts taking guitar lessons and inherits her first camera.

Art School

2009

Graduates from Massachusetts College of Art & Design with a BFA in Photography. Specializes in large format studio work but also dabbles in shooting urban and architectural scenes.

Band Practice

2012

Picks up bass guitar. Spends the next few years going on tour instead of vacation.

One-Person Publishing House

2014

Heads up the publishing department at a prominent independent bookseller in Cambridge, MA. Begins studying graphic and publication design.

Portland

2015

Moves from Boston, MA to Portland, OR, stopping at every national park along the route.

Visual to Performing Arts

2015

Shifts to working at concert venues and performing arts centers, focusing on technical production.

Jones

2021

Returns to her design roots and joins Jones Architecture.

Office Manager