Resume

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Professional Experience

Hart Associates — Maumee, OH
Director of Interactive, June 2008 to Present
One of the leading integrated marketing and communications firms in the Midwest servicing B2B and B2C regional, national and international client base with brand planning, traditional advertising, interactive and new media design, media planning, PR and crisis communications, direct and database marketing.

Promoted from Sr. Art Director, I am the team leader responsible for managing the conceptual and strategic execution of all outbound digital products including interactive experience planning, content and architecture planning, interface design, development and strategic infusion of digital content through multiple channels.

Clients: La-Z-Boy, Johnson & Johnson, Ohio Lottery, DePuy, Firestone

Hart Associates
Sr. Art Director, February 2007 to June 2008
Team player in the creation of unique, on-strategy concepts and ideas in all media – print, interactive and broadcast including creative development of interactive experience design and planning, direct marketing, newsprint, and trade advertising, collateral and tv.

Mojave Creative — Mountain Top, PA
Creative Director, 1996 to February 2007 (promoted from Art Director)
Full-service advertising agency servicing regional, national, and international clients with creative strategies, corporate identity, collateral, direct marketing and promotional materials, TV and radio ads, multimedia design, and website development.

Promoted to most senior creative position, leading creative strategy development in all mediums, overseeing teams in project management from concept through completion. Supervise internal staff of 4 and additional ad-hoc, project-based talent. Manage budgeting and job trafficking. Serve as agency primary website / interaction designer and architect; design architecture, interface with clients, and delegate upon client’s concept approval.

Clients: Adidas, Sanofi Aventis, X-Static, U.S. Armed Forces

Zodiac Printing Corporation — Wilkes-Barre, PA
Graphic Designer / Director of Prepress, 1994 to 1996
Sheet-fed offset printing manufacturer servicing local, regional and national client base.
Graphic Designer, Director of Prepress

Brought on board as part of large, in-house graphics department charged with completing designs, preparing mechanicals for prepress proofing and print production, and handling high-resolution scanning and film output.

Education

Art Institute of Pittsburgh – Interactive Media Design
Old Dominion University – Business and Psychology
Luzerne County Community College – Commercial Art & Advertising

Affiliations (recent and past)

Direct Marketing Association
American Advertising Federation (AAF)
Adobe Service Provider Program

Technical Skills

Platforms: Macintosh guru, Windows user and limited dabbling in Linux/Unix environments.
Graphic/Layout Tools: All Adobe CS3 products including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign & Acrobat. Also QuarkXpress
Multimedia: Flash, Dreamweaver (including Contribute), Quicktime Pro, Final Cut Express, LiveType, Soundtrack, Garageband
Experience Design & Usability: Omnigraffle Pro, OmniPlan and Axure RP Pro
Office / Presentation Products: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), iWork (Apple Keynote, Numbers, Pages)

Awards

AAF Crystal Prism and Governors Award
Northeastern Pennsylvania Business Journal: Top 20 under 40
36 Addys including: 2 Best of Show, 2 Judges Choice and 1 Gold
6 iNova Website Awards including: 5 Golds and 1 Grand

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