Summary
- Meticulously organized, possessing a keen eye for detail, fast-paced freelance graphic designer with several years of experience delivering high-quality design solutions with engaging visuals for print and digital media. Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite, typography, branding and design concepts
Experience
Freelance Art Director
NYC
3/’21–Present
- Successfully create compelling logo designs, print advertisements and web graphics for a variety of clients including: RAYUS Radiology, New Orleans Parish School Board, Gardner Realtors, Camelback Ventures, Social Policy Magazine, Youth Empowerment Program (YEP)
Peter Mayer Marketing Agency
New Orleans, LA
Senior Art Director
6/’99–2/’21
- Created initial layouts and developed impactful campaigns for CenturyLink (A telecommunications company that offers high-speed internet, fiber, voice, phone and TV services for both residential and small business customers), managed a team of designers, oversaw all aspects of the design process from conception to final execution to ensure brand consistency
MNA Creative/Office Depot
Delray Beach, FL (corporate headquarters)
Senior Art Director
3/’98–4/’99
- Created initial layouts and developed innovative campaigns/packaging solutions for all Office Depot products, directed all photo shoots, wrote copy, managed a team of designers, approved finals
Freelance Art Director
Los Angeles, CA & Charleston, SC
9/’94–1/’98
- Clients included: Cartoon Network, Hanna-Barbera, Women’s World Cup, LA Galaxy (major league soccer team), Long Beach Ice Dogs (professional ice hockey team), Weber’s Bread, Rawle-Murdy Advertising (Charleston, SC)
1994 FIFA World Cup USA
Los Angeles, CA
Art Director & Project Manager
7/’93–8/’94
- Responsible for all aspect of design and production for SoccerFest (A 500,000-square-foot FIFA World Cup soccer theme park at the Los Angeles Convention Center with more than 20 soccer-related pavilions, three soccer arenas, an arcade and live music from all the World Cup countries)
- Projects included: ads, brochures, posters, banners & signage, invitations, T-shirts
Fred Hayman Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills, CA
Art Director
3/’91–6/’93
- Responsible for all aspect of design and production for Fred Hayman Beverly Hills (founder of Giorgio Beverly Hills) in-house design studio
- Projects included: packaging solutions, point of purchase displays and collateral design for several luxury men’s and women’s perfumes and colognes
Education
- University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida: Art History, Bachelor of Arts
- School of Visual Arts, NYC: two years full-time studying advertising/design
