Professional/Personal Overview
AWARD-WINNING creative director with over 15 years in publishing/media including multiple magazine redesigns and launches. Agency work includes pitches, mobile strategy, UI/UX design, digital publishing, public speaking and national education initiatives.
Work Info
Expertise
Creative Director, Digital Agency
3 Years
Art Director
13 Years
Graphic Designer
15 Years
Specialty
Lifestyle
9 Years
Technology
13 Years
Consumer Products
15 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
15 Years
Media Client List (# assignments
last 2 yrs)
Charles Schwab (11+), Chicago Medicine (11+), Country Lifestyle (11+), Dow Jones (11+), Southern California Physician (11+), Key West Magazine (11+), Texas Magazine (3-5), Scholastic (3-5), Run Wild Studios (1-2)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
acrossair (11+), imano (11+), Verisight (11+), EMC (6-10), Clean Edge (3-5), Nuance (3-5), Xinet (3-5), Transamerica (1-2), Ray Ban (1-2), Samsung (1-2), ERB (1-2), Ernst & Young (1-2), Aquent (1-2)
Other Work History
Creative Director, New Media for Vanguard Direct; Creative Director for Imano / acrossair; Art Director for Southern California Physician, Texas Magazine, Country Lifestyle, Key West Magazine and MacHome. Assistant Art Director for T3 magazine. Freelance: Chicago Medicine, Maximum PC, Remix, Computer Gaming World, MacAddict, PSM, PC Gamer, NextGen and Westword.
Computer Skills
InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks, Acrobat Pro, InCopy, Adobe DPS, Woodwing, Mag+, HTML, XML, Dreamweaver, Quark, MS Office, Keynote, Numbers, Pages, Balsamiq Mockups, Blueprint for iPad.
Technical Skills
UI/UX design, wireframing, photography, direct photo/video shoots, audio editing, web design.
Equipment
2.4 GHz Intel Core i7 MacBook Pro, iPad 3, iPhone 4S, Canon Powershot G10, Canon PIXMA MG6120.
References
Dana Farbo, dana@vanguarddirect.com
Awards
2009 Maggie, Most Improved (Finalist)
Associations
Society of Publication Designers
Other
UC Berkeley | Graphic Design
Freelancer Availability
I occasionally freelance. I live near New York, NY. I am willing to travel anywhere. I have a driver's license. I have access to a car.
Work Samples
Covers
(Southern California Physican , 10/1/2011)
(Southern California Physican , 5/1/2011)
(Southern California Physican , 4/1/2011)
(Southern California Physician , 2/1/2011)
(Country Lifestyle , 2/1/2009)
(Texas Magazine , 1/1/2009)
(Texas Magazine , 9/1/2008)
Launch issue.
(Key West Magazine , 1/1/2008)
(Key West Magazine , 10/1/2007)
Body painting and photography by Joanne Gair.
(Key West Magazine , 7/1/2007)
(Key West Magzine , 1/1/2007)
Illustration by Andy Friedman
(Key West Magazine , 12/1/2006)
Photography by George Kamper
(MacHome , 1/1/2006)
(MacHome , 12/1/2005)
(Maximum PC , 7/1/2001)
Feature spreads
(Southern California Physican , 10/1/2011)
(Southern California Physican , 2/1/2011)
(Texas Magazine , 1/1/2009)
(Texas Magazine , 1/1/2009)
(Texas Magazine , 1/1/2009)
(Texas Magazine , 1/1/2009)
(Texas Magazine , 1/1/2009)
(Texas Magazine , 9/1/2008)
(Texas Magazine , 9/1/2008)
(Texas Magazine , 9/1/2008)
(Texas Magazine , 9/1/2008)
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June 4, 2013 | San Francisco
