QUALIFICATIONS

• Creative thinker whose ideas have directly increased profitability
• 12 years experience in marketing communications

Positions held: Creative Director, Art Director, Lead Designer, Graphic Design Project Manager, Interactive Producer

Other Skills
Creative Briefs, Style Guides, Wire Frames, Timelines, Budgets, Contracts and Strategic Planning Documents, and Vendor and client management

COMPUTER EXPERIENCE
Apple and IBM PC Operator: In-depth knowledge of the following programs: Flash, Photoshop, ImageReady, Illustrator, Quark, InDesign, FireWorks, Sound Edit, Sound Forge, Dreamweaver, Ms office suite.
Mid level experience with the following programs: Adobe Premiere, Director, Web Razor, After Effects. Hand code HTML and javascript.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Full time positions:

ART DIRECTOR – Present
Terri G. Inc. – Santa Barbara, California
Art direction responsibilities include on and offline concept development, graphic design,
illustration, web development, mechanical production coordination and execution for a
variety of accounts across the full marketing mix.

CREATIVE DIRECTOR • February 2005 – December 2005
DISTANCE LEARNING INC. – New York, NY
NewDesign of product and marketing site landed high level clients (United Nations). Handled Vendor Relations.
Re-Designed entire web based e-learning application and marketing website. Provided creative direction for email campaigns and all other promotional company material. Created interface for web conferencing application. www.ScribeStudio.com

ACCOUNT MANAGER/ DIRECTOR OF GUI DESIGN / SEO Production • April 2004 – July, 2004
CONNORS COMMUNICATIONS – New York, NY
Managed Account. Direct Client Interfacing. Directed Jr. Designer and Copywriter.
Created Gui for on line SearchApplication. Worked as production person for SEO reports.

CREATIVE DIRECTOR • January 1999 – January 2001
MMA Inc. – Bayridge, NY
Responsibilities included hands on interactiveproduction, providing artistic direction for the company’sprint material and online websites, vendor relations, handling client relations, working with the marketing and sales department to unify the company’smarketing and sales strategies with our new media technologies. Managed a team of 3 programmers and two designers.

ASSISTANT TO CREATIVE DIRECTOR – INTERACTIVE PRODUCTION • December 1998 – January 1999
J. WALTER THOMPSON SPECIALIZED COMMUNICATIONS – New York, NY
Responsibilities were to produce designs and html coding for banner ads, websites and jump pages for Bell Atlantic, Pepsi, Dell Computers, Merrill Lynch

Contract positions:

LEAD DESIGNER/PROJECT MANAGER • 2002 – Present
THINKSMART INC. – New York, NY
50%Increase in email and website recipients in first year. Designed and coded website overhaul for the companies three websites. Created all promo material and provide weekly content and graphic updates to website. Project manage two programmers. Manage Vendors.

ART DIRECTOR • 2001 – 2004
VIDEOBANK – Northvale, NJ
Designed Gui’s and corporate Identity for Videobank Digital. This included design of corporate website and client services sites, logo, signage, and sell sheets, Tradeshow Posters and Banners. In addition, creation of graphic user interface for non linear video editing software package.

FOUNDER • 1996 – Present
www.NECRON99.net
Established and manage all responsibilities for N99. The company provides graphic design and website design services to B2B and B2C Clients. Specifically in the areas of Image identity, website design, Logo design, Business cards, Posters, Animations.

EDUCATION:
2003 – 2005 Continuing Education online design program
1993 – 1995 - School of Visual Arts, Copy Writing, Basics of Graphic Design
1994 – Parsons School of Design, Computer animation, 3D computer graphics
1992 – Suny Purchase, BS in Political Science