ABOUT

Professional Art Director/Designer and Production Associate with experience working on multiple Consumer/Special Interest publications and Marketing/Advertising/Branding and Web Design Projects. I truly enjoy all aspects of art direction, photography, graphic and web/digital design. Also skilled with the entire magazine production process including editorial concepts, commissioning photography/illustration, layouts, typography, data visualization, tablet design, image preparation and color corrections for both print and web, WoodWing, K4, Dropbox and Box servers content work-flow, managing production, and finalizing pages for pre-press. Excellent communicator, enthusiastic, hard working, dedicated, strong work ethic and a team player.

SKILLS

Art Direction, Magazine Design/Publishing, Adobe Creative Suite, Graphic and Web Design, K4, WoodWing, Dropbox/Box Content Management, Infographics, Commissioning Photography/Research and Illustrations, Adobe Photoshop Image Retouch, Prepress and Printer Exports.

WORK HISTORY

Consulting Art Director
A360 Media/New York NY

Art Director
C&G Media Group, Norwalk, CT

Art Director
Consumer Reports, Yonkers, NY

Freelance Art Director
Playback Magazine (ASCAP)
New York, NY

Art Director
Air Age Media
Ridgefield, CT

Managing Art Director
Joe Weider Publications
Shape Magazine
Los Angeles, CA

Art Director
Vegetarian Times Magazine
Chicago, IL/New York, NY

EDUCATION

University of Bridgeport
Graphic/Advertising Design/Photography