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SUMMARY
OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Award-winning Art Director of two Maggies (Western Magazine Awards) and more than 15 years of progressive creative
leadership responsibilities in the publishing, Internet/Intranet, and retail venues.
• Ten years of expanded roles in Art Direction leadership—coming in under budget—and eight years as a member
of the editorial staff, focused on design, layout, assignment and editing of photography and illustrations,
concept development, pagination, art direction of photo shoots, and pre-press activities.
• Experienced manager of multiple projects able to lead creative and technical teams to produce award-winning results.
• Accomplished graphic designer of CDs and book covers, store signage and marketing collateral, including
press releases and kits, rate cards, one sheets and print advertising; builder of trend-setting Web sites.
• Specialized in photographic retouching and color correction that ensures highest quality four-color reproduction,
and in regularly creating and producing outstanding full-size and spot illustrations, as well as technical graphics.
• Highly skilled in using computers and design software, including InDesign, Quark, Photoshop, Illustrator & Dreamweaver.
Comfortable learning new programs and systems; fluent in both Mac and Windows.
• B.A., Art, four-year University of California Regents Scholar, and student winner of the Art Council Fellowship.
WORK
EXPERIENCE
Freelance
| 2002 to present
Publication
Art and Photography Direction
• Redesigned and art directed luxury lifestyle/political magazine for Washington, D.C. publisher. Created new cover format and updated existing logo; redesigned and organized all inside edit, built full templates, and trained support staff in execution. (2006)
• Completely redesigned business and planning magazine suite (6 titles) for leading international travel publisher including repurposing standing edit. Created new cover and logo; redesigned inside edit, templated extensive table and chart styles, forms. (2005)
• Reformatted subscriber newsletter for Los Angeles public television station KCET. Created new format, look, and logo. (2004)
• Co-developed a fitness/lifestyle magazine aimed at well-educated adults. Led art direction, production and prepress;
participated in content development, editing and writing. Developed format, logo, look, direction and workflows. (2003)
templates.
Graphic Design and
Illustration
• Designed and produced retail and informational Websites for several gift industry clients, including a national high-end home furnishings manufacturer; created all design and site architecture and oversaw programming and testing. (2007)
• Designed illustrated graphics for multi-volume series of Italian leather journals, now among manufacturer's all-time best-sellers. (2006)
• Produced and illustrated corporate identity and marketing materials for small- and medium-sized companies and nonprofits, including marketing campaigns, catalogs and brochures, labeling systems, letterhead, and promotional items.
Retail Display
•
Created a spectacular, large-scale Christmas window display for a bookstore
in a high-end shopping center.
Corporate | 1989 to 2001
LIBERATION
PUBLICATIONS, LOS ANGELES, CA | 1996-2001
Art Director,
The Advocate | 2000-2001
•
Promoted to lead art direction for an award-winning, national, biweekly
newsmagazine with a circulation of 100,000 and read through of 250,000 per
issue, with 44 of 88 pages devoted to news edit. Member of the editorial
staff, responsible for integrating content with look and feel. Manager of
a creative/technical staff of four and an annual budget of up to $225,000.
Reported to the Creative Director.
•
Produced all layout, design and pagination, art directed photo shoots, assigned
and edited photography and illustrations in order to present a current and
story-relevant look. Hired and collaborated with many image vendors of stock
and news photos. Created and produced full-size and spot illustrations,
averaging one per issue.
•
Governed all prepress activities, ensuring the overall quality of the printed
magazine. Directed varied tasks, including image research, high-quality
image correction, digital imaging and color management.
MAJOR PROJECTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
Associate
Art Director, The Advocate | 1997-2000
•
Selected by management to exclusively focus on The Advocate. Accomplishment:Designed
the news Web site pages, formatted text in HTML, uploaded and debugged the
final Web site. Created full-size illustrations. Paginated the magazine.
Designed PowerPoint sales presentations.
Associate
Art Director for all Department Publications | 1996-1997
•
Worked on book design in addition to graphic design for three magazines.
Accomplishment: Created collateral for book
catalogues, marketing materials and the advertising kit.
BOOK SOUP,
LOS ANGELES, CA
Associate
Marketing Manager | 1990-1996
•
Created and maintained the visual identity of one of the largest independent
bookstores in the western U.S. Designed and produced environmental signage,
invitations, event calendars, menus, business forms, and all manner of collateral
and promotional items. Reported to the Marketing Manager.
•
Worked closely with the marketing manager on planning and publicizing book
events. Produced lavish holiday and the day-to-day book displays. Purchased,
priced and maintained inventory of cards and gifts. Accomplishment:
Earned the highest profit margin to date in the store’s history for
cards and gifts.
ARNOLD SHAPIRO
PRODUCTIONS, LOS ANGELES, CA
Production
Coordinator | 1990
•
Managed and scheduled duties for art direction, design of screens credits,
and support for wardrobe, set decoration and design. Created shooting schedules
for actors and scenes, negotiated stock footage usage, and worked to come
in under budget. Reported to the Associate Producer.
KILLINGSWORTH
PRESENTATIONS, LONG BEACH, CA
Production
Artist | 1989-1990
•
Designed and generated 2-D and 3-D computer graphics in the form of slides
and videos for large-scale, corporate presentations and award ceremonies.
Input, designed, shot, developed and mounted slides. Coordinated play in
multimedia shows according to script. Reported to the Production Manager.
AWARDS
•
Won the Maggie Award for "Best Magazine in Politics and Social
Issues" in 2000, awarded in 2001, for The Advocate
•
Won the Maggie Award for "Best Magazine in Politics and Social
Issues" in 1997, awarded in 1998, for The Advocate
COMMUNITY
LEADERSHIP
•
Volunteer of multiple local and national community organizations, 1988 to
Present
•
Pro-bono graphic design contributor to nonprofit organizations, including
Operation USA, YouthVote2000, College Kids, and Rock the Vote, 1992 to Present
•
Co-Founder of ATLA, an alternative art exhibition space, 1989 to 1992
EDUCATION,
SCHOLARSHIPS & HONOR ROLLS
•
B.A., Art, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 1988
•
Won the UCLA Art Council Fellowship in a university-wide, juried competition,
1988
•
Awarded the Regents Scholarship, 1984 to 1988
Based on an average high school GPA of 4.2 and overall scholastic and extracurricular
achievement
•
UCLA student leader for the maintenance of undergraduate degrees in the
performing arts, 1986 to 1988
•
Lifetime Honor Roll for the American Mathematics Association; President
of the Math Bowl Competition, 1984