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:
CREATIVE DIRECTOR • February 2007 – May 2009
EXPERT MEDIA – Pleasantville, NY
Ran entire department and all aspects that entails. Reported directly to the owner.
Managed fulltime art director and roster of freelance creative people.
In charge of maintaining steady flow of talent to facilitate the completion of the various projects.
- Art direct and design local, regional and national campaigns
(advertising, direct, web, branding, TV)
- Responsible for developing and designing concepts for
aggressive new business pitches
- Assist in leading and directing cross-disciplinary development
and execution of all creative strategies
- Ensure creative scope, schedules and budgets are accurate, maintain
an awareness of status and project deliverables
- Write project proposals and contracts
ART DIRECTOR • January 2006 – January 2007
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
1997 – 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
