James M. Paul | 8993 24th pl. #106, Denver, CO 80238 • p: 917 - 309 – 2047 • e:
[email protected]
PROFESSIONALEXPERIENCE:
THE INTEGER GROUP, DENVER, CO On-Site Contract Art Director. August 2011 – Present.
• Concept, direction, design and support for creative team at Integer. Clients include: Miller Lite, Coors Lite, Blue Moon Ale and Kraft..
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK, NY SCPS. Design Program Instructor.
August 2010 – 2011.
• Instructing students in various technical aspects of design and visual communication and software applications..
SCHEMATIC INTERACTIVE, NEW YORK, NY On-Site Contract Designer. June 2007 – July 2008.
• Design, production and front-end development. Clients included: Coca-Cola, CNN, CondeNet, Nickelodeon.
VANGUARD DIRECT, NEW YORK, NY, Associate Creative Director.
April 2004 – May 2007.
• Senior level director supervising designers and production specialists
• Performed much hands-on execution of branding material, advertising and collateral
Clients include: New York’s Dept. of Homeless, Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting
and Administration of Children’s Services
YB SERVICES, NEW YORK, NY, Design Director
December 2002 – April 2004.
• Director of a five person print design and production department reporting only to CEO
• Responsible for tracking job status at a moments notice
• Supervised and oversaw all department output
• Designed my own projects (print and web) from concept through final production
Clients included: Nickelodeon, Universal Television, World Trade Center Association, NY/NJ Port Authority, WPLJ Radio NYC
NEWMEDIA. SAN MATEO, CA, Art Director
November 1999 - October 2002.
• Illustration, Flash animation and designing editorial content for online magazine
• Ongoing design of Newmedia web site
• General art direction and design for Newmedia marketing and collateral
SILICON VALLEY COLLEGE. WALNUT CREEK, CA, Graphics Instructor
November 1996 - November-1999
• Vocational Instruction for students taking Intro to Macintosh Desktop Publishing, Page Layout and Design, and Portfolio classes
J. WALTER THOMPSON, DENVER, CO, Art Director
November 1994 - November 1996.
• Concepting, executing and producing regional television and print advertising for Ford Motor Company
Aquent NYC - Freelancer of the Month, July 2007
Awarded 1996 Telly Award for animated Intro Television ad (new cable channel)
FORMAL EDUCATION:
Ferris State University, Big Rapids, Michigan, 49307
Bachelor of Science in Business, Emphasis on Advertising.
Ferris State University,
Associate of Applied Science in Visual Communication.
CONTINUING EDUCATION:
Art Students League of New York, 215 w 57th st., New York, NY, 10019 (Courses in Life Drawing and Anatomy)
Cooper Union, Cooper Square, New York, NY 10003 (Courses in Typography and Film)
SKILL AND TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE:
Well-versed on both Macintosh and Windows platforms. Excellent system problem solver, especially on Mac.
Expert-level proficiency with:
• InDesign vCS
• Illustrator vCS
• Photoshop vCS
• Quark Xpress
• Flash
• Dreamweaver
• GoLive
• Fireworks
• ImageReady
• HTML, CSS
• MS Word
• Excel
• Acrobat
• MS Powerpoint
• ProTools
OTHER EXPERIENCE AND SPECIAL INTERESTS:
• AIGA Member 2006-present.
• California State Certification for Post Secondary Instruction 1998.
• Creative Director, American Advertising Federation, Ferris State Chapter, 1990-91.
• Semi-Professional Singer/ Songwriter/ Guitarist, ASCAP Member 2006-present.
• Part-time Snowboard instructor at Loveland Ski Resort, Colorado, 1996-97.
• Passion for music, film, books, art, travel and adventure.
References upon request