Professional Experience
AWARD-WINNING creative director with 15 years experience in publishing/media and 4 years at digital agencies. Open to opportunities in magazine or app design, consulting, etc.
Expertise
Art Director
15 Years
Other, Specify
4 Years
Designer
15 Years
Specialty
Lifestyle
14 Years
Consumer Products
15 Years
Technology
14 Years
Industries
Magazine - Large Consumer/National magazines
14 Years
Marketing (in-house) - Fortune 1000 corp. clients
6 Years
Advertising agency
4 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
15 Years
Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Country Lifestyle (10+), Dow Jones (10+), Charles Schwab (10+), Chicago Medicine (10+), Southern California Physician (10+), Key West Magazine (10+), Scholastic (10+), Texas Magazine (3-5), Run Wild Studios (1-2)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Verisight (10+), EMC (6-10), acrossair (10+), imano (10+), Transamerica (1-2), Ray Ban (1-2), Xinet (3-5), Samsung (1-2), Ernst & Young (1-2), ERB (3-5), Aquent (3-5), Clean Edge (3-5), Nuance (3-5)
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.
Technical Skills
UI/UX, photographer, direct photo/video shoots, copy writing, audio editing.
Computer Skills
Adobe Creative Suite, MS Suite, HTML, CSS, Android, iOS
Equipment
2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 MacBook Pro, iPad 3, Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1, Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9, iPhone 5S, Canon Powershot G10, Canon PIXMA MG6120.
References
Dana Farbo, dana@farbo.com
Cheryl England, cherylengland@gmail.com
Roger Black, roger@rogerblack.com
Awards
2009 Maggie, Most Improved (Finalist)
2009 Maggie, Best Trade (Finalist)
2008 Charlie, Best Service Feature (Bronze & Silver)
2008 Charlie, Best Feature Design (Bronze)
2008 Charlie, Best Feature (Gold)
2008 Charlie, Best Cover (Gold)
2008 Charlie, Best Overall (Gold)
2007 SPJ-Green Eyeshade, Best Feature Photography
2007 SPJ-Florida, Best Overall Design
2007 SPJ-Florida, Best Overall Feature
2007 SPJ-Florida, Best Overall
2007 SPJ-Florida, Best Overall Use of Photography
2007 SPJ-Florida, Best Cover (x2)
2007 SPJ-Florida, Best Illustration
2007 Charlie, Best Overall Design (Bronze)
2007 Charlie, Best Overall (Bronze)
2006 Maggie, Best Computers/Consumer (Finalist)
2006 Maggie, Best Color Editorial Layout (Finalist)
2006 Maggie, Best Table of Contents (Finalist)
2006 Maggie, Best Enhanced Editorial Photograph (Finalist)
2005 Maggie, Best Computers/Consumer (Finalist)
2003 Ozzie, Best Redesign/Consumer (Gold)
Associations
Society of Publication Designers
