Professional/Personal Overview
I have gained a reputation for creating magazines within impossible deadlines and without much of an art budget. I'm known for my uncanny knack for making something out of nothing much or at least designing it to look like something. My designs have been published internationally in books, newspapers and magazines. While working as a staff creative director/art director and designer I've launched and redesigned business, pharma, celebrity, beauty, teen, health, women's consumer magazines, newsstand and trade publications. My award winning designs are clean and innovative, with a keen ability to visually reach a demographic and pull them into the story. Creating successful covers is my forte, however I work diligently to deliver a superior finished product, cover-to-cover.
Work Info
Expertise
Art Director
10 Years
Graphic Designer
12 Years
Designer
12 Years
Specialty
Business (general)
5 Years
Entertainment
6 Years
Women's Issues
5 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
12 Years
Media Client List (# assignments
last 2 yrs)
Bauer Publishing (11+), Scholastic, Inc. (11+), The New York Post (11+), Working Woman Magazine (11+), Time, Inc. (6-10), Sisterhood Agenda (3-5), Weekly Reader (1-2)
Other Work History
PM360 Magazine, Launching Creative Director NACLA Magazine, Freelance Art Director SISTERHOOD AGENDA Magazine, Launching Art Director RLL MEDIA, CUSTOM PUBLISHING, Art Director CABLE IN THE CLASSROOM MAGAZINE, Art Director STAR MAGAZINE, Freelance Art Director TWIST MAGAZINE, Redesign Art Director WEEKLY READER CHILDREN'S BOOK DIVISION, Art Director BARBIE BAZAAR AND HAUTE DOLL Magazines Design Director MIRACLE EXCLUSIVES catalog, Art Director THE NEW YORK POST, Art Director SCHOLASTIC ADMINISTR@TOR MAGAZINE Redesign Art Director EXECUTIVE FEMALE Magazine/WORKING WOMAN Magazine, Art Director FANZINE INTERNATIONAL Creative Director Teen Celebrity, Flair, Burn! and Gym launch team. Redesigned Celebrity Style, 101 Hairstyles and Short Cuts. Responsible for the overall look of the magazines. PRIMEDIA, SOAP OPERA WEEKLY: Staff Feature Designer
Computer Skills
CS5 Adobe Pro Quark Photoshop Illustrator InDesign QuarkXpress Illustrator Photoshop QPS/K4 Word Mac
Technical Skills
Concept-Completion Designer Photo Shoot Direction Organized Launch and redesign Troubleshooter Team Player Managerial Skills Drawing and Writing Abilities Excellent Communication Skills Photographer
References
References upon request
Awards
Gold Star Award for "Most Improved Magazine", redesign of Scholastic Administrator Magazine "Periodical of the Year", 2005 nominee Awarded a 4 year full tuition scholarship to attend the School of Visual Arts Received a BFA in Communication Arts - a million years ago
Associations
SVA Alumni The AvantGuild
Freelancer Availability
I freelance full-time. I live near New York, NY. I am willing to travel locally. I have a driver's license. I have access to a car.
Work Samples
(The Daily Front Row , 2/1/2012)
A fun photoshopped back page featuring designers wearing other designers clothes. The Daily Front Row magazine was published during fashion week and was handed out at Fashion Week shows and events.
(The Daily Front Row , 2/1/2012)
Layout for fashion editorial for fashion week, which published daily during fashion week.
(The Daily Front Row , 2/1/2012)
FOB layout for insider fashion publication which printed daily during Fashion Week.
(Scholastic )
(Scholastic )
(Bauer Publishing )
(Twist Magazine )
(Twist Magazine )
(Bauer Publishing )
(Bauer Publishing )
(Bauer Publishing )
(Bauer Publishing )
(Bauer Publishing )
(Additude magazine )
(Additude magazine )
(PM360 Magazine )
Cover for PM360's 2011 Media Kit features a year of PM360 covers.