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I have spent the last twenty years working both independently and as an active team player in a career in design and creative direction. My skillset includes Art Direction, Illustration, UI and UX design, Graphic Design, Motion Design and Creative Direction. I am happiest and most productive in an ego-free environment where good work is the priority and collaboration is fostered.
DESIGN experience
1998-2018 FREELANCE. NEW YORK, AUSTIN, COLUMBUS
Design & Art Direction / Creative Direction
Clients include: COHHIO, Choptank Agency, Things Remembered, nFusion, Big Tomorrow, YouVisit, True Action, Madewell, Pepsi, Spiegel, VH1, T-Mobile, Bloomingdale’s, MRM, Kohl’s, + more
2013-2015 t3. AUSTIn, tx
Senior Art Director
T3 is a digital marketing agency based in Austin. While there, I provided Art direction across multiple accounts, most recently for Pega, GGP, and NRG as well as new business initiatives and other agency creative work. Initially, my role included creative oversight for Chase Ultimate Rewards. Assets produced for Chase included emails, site assets, and direct mail to support the Ultimate Rewards program. Customer insights and data were used to make redemption options more relevant and rewards seem more accessible, tangible and believable. T3 deployed over 100 emails a year for Ultimate Rewards as part of a CRM email program—with open rates and click-through rates that consistently exceeded industry benchmarks.
2011-2012 tALBOTS. NEW YORK, NY
Senior Art Director
At Talbots, I was responsible for multiple aspects of art direction for talbots.com, including: site initiatives, microsite landing pages, mobile art direction, e-mail campaigns, portal (web-based) advertising, and art direction of photo shoots. Worked closely with Creative Director to ensure all creative needs for each seasonal migration were met and that creative consistently met or exceeded business owners’ objectives and visual standards.
2010-2011 barnes & NOBLE. NEW YORK, NY
Senior Designer, Mobile
At B&N, I was lead designer for Barnes & Noble’s eReader app, NOOK for Android, as well as lead designer for in-app shopping experience and NOOK for iPad. Supplemental design work for NOOK for iPhone app, NOOKcolor and Product Marketing. Worked closely with UX, Product Management and Development Teams to launch and update NOOK eReader apps across multiple devices and platforms. Additionally, worked as lead designer for product page redesign, BN.com.
2005-2008 sirius satellite radio. new york, ny
Design Director
At SIRIUS I led the creative direction for all online design, including daily updates to sirius.com as well as strategic and tactical oversight of new creative development. Managed a team of designers and freelance contractors, directed design standards and policies, visual brands strategies, standards and creative, user interface design, and usability strategies for sirius.com. Managed budgets; approved photography; and worked closely with V.P. of Interactive and a team of editors and content producers to develop a variety of micro sites and co-branded creative.
1999-2005 coach. new york, ny
Senior Art Director
At Coach I was responsible for all interactive design for coach.com, e-mail advertising, portal (web-based) advertising, intranet creative and related peripheral design. Duties included: ideation and development of creative (including animation and special technologies), art direction of internet photography, management of junior designers, and coordination with production and marketing teams.
Education
2016-2018 the Ohio State University. columbus, oh
Resident Educator License. Licensure Program. Arts Administration, Education & Policy Department
1995-1997 Temple University, Tyler School of Art. philadelphia, pa
M.F.A. Painting
1989-1993 Occidental College. los angeles, ca
B.A. Liberal Arts
1991-1992 Temple rome. Rome, italy
Study Abroad. Year-long Fine Arts intensive.