Professional Experience
Graphic designer/art director with 12 years of work experience, with extensive background in magazine, book publishing, identity/packaging design, web, tablet design, and work published in Art Directors Club Annual and other major design publications, great conceptual and technical skills and strong interest in typography, looking for new and exciting freelance projects.
Expertise
Art Director
6 Years
Graphic Designer
12 Years
Production (print)
2 Years
Specialty
Books & Literature
12 Years
Consumer Products
7 Years
Lifestyle
5 Years
Industries
Magazine - Large Consumer/National magazines
6 Years
Book Publishing Trade/B2B
12 Years
Other
12 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
12 Years
Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
St. Martin's Press (10+), Picador (3-5), FSG (3-5), Amplify (3-5), Bloomsbury (3-5), Brides (1-2), Elle Decor (1-2), ESPN (1-2), 5Spoke Creamery (1-2), Graphis (1-2), Kumarian Press (1-2), Life magazine (1-2), People en Espanol (1-2), Vanity Fair (1-2), W.W. Norton (1-2), Simon&Schuster (1-2)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Creative Pier (10+), Rube Goldber Inc. (6-10), EdLink USA (3-5), American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (3-5), Carin Goldberg Design (1-2), crazymouse.com (1-2), Generation Human Rights (1-2)
Other Work History
Art Director at Elle Decor, Sr. Designer at Life magazine; Designer, Picador/St. Martin's Press
Technical Skills
Photo retouching (Photoshop), photo editing, photography, illustration, hand-lettering, calligraphy, web design
Foreign Language Skills
Russian, Ukrainian
Computer Skills
Mac OS, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, QuarkXPress, Dramweaver, HTML, CSS, MS Office, UX/UI Design
Equipment
Macbook Pro, Scanner (Epson 1200), Printer (Epson 1430), Digital camera (Panasonic Lumix DMC-Z520)
Work Permits & Visas
Permitted to work in the United States
References
Available upon request
Awards
AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers 2012; Print Regional Design Annual winner 2012; New York Book Show, Merit, 2006; Society of Publication Designers 2006; Art Directors Club Annual 81, Distinctive
Merit, Annual Award Exhibition and Traveling Show, 2003; Graphis Packaging Annual 2004; Graphis Design Annual 2004; Graphis New Talent Design Annual 2003.
Associations
https://www.behance.net/marinadrukman