Professional Experience
OBJECTIVE
Solve business communication problems with proven art direction experience and demonstrated creative leadership skills.
EXPERIENCE
Owner / Principal
Deron Husak Design. New Albany, Ohio. April 2011—present
Art directed and designed wide range of interactive, print, brand and retail projects for direct clients and agencies.
Senior Designer
Resource Interactive. Columbus, Ohio. December 2005—June 2007 (freelance). June 2007—April 2011 (full time).
Concepted, art directed and designed interactive websites for retail and brand manufacturing clients. Scoped and estimated projects. Communicated with and presented work to clients. Direct reports included interaction designer, freelancers and interns. Worked closely with creative directors, information architects, strategists, developers and project managers.
Notable clients include Bath & Body Works, Bose, Clairol, HP, L.L.Bean, Procter & Gamble, Scotts, VS Pink, Wendy’s, Wexner Center for the Arts.
CSCA Co-President
Columbus Society of Communicating Arts. Columbus, Ohio. 2008
Lead one of America’s largest independent organizations for professional communicators. Selected and hosted guest speakers. Provided oversight of operations, communications, finance, awards show and special events.
Owner / Principal
Unison Creative. New Albany, Ohio. October 2003—June 2007
Agency clients included Resource Interactive, Fitch:RPA, Salvato Coe & Gabor, Attaché, Moorehead Design, Sevell+Sevell. Art directed and designed wide range of print, interactive and retail projects.
Art Director
Cardinal Health. Dublin, Ohio. November 2002—October 2003
Lead Visual Communications team during launch of new corporate branding system. Art directed and designed corporate materials including brochures, employee handbooks, internal magazines and newsletters, and environmental signage. Responsible for client contact, vendor coordination.
Interactive Art Director
The Ohio State University. Columbus, Ohio. February 2001—October 2002
Interactive Art Director
Retail Planning Associates (RPA). Columbus, Ohio. August 1999—November 2000
Responsible for concept, art direction and design of interactive, retail and corporate identity projects. Provided leadership to graphic designers, freelancers and interns. Worked directly with clients. Coordinated with vendors.
Art Director
Sevell+Sevell. Columbus, Ohio. September 1998—August 1999
Senior Designer
Blue Cosmos Design. Columbus, Ohio. January 1998—September 1998
Designer
Resource Marketing. Columbus, Ohio. February 1996—January 1998
Designer (freelance)
Zero Base Advertising. Dublin, Ohio. September 1995—February 1996
Designer
Kirkland Communications. Columbus, Ohio. January 1994—September 1995
AWARDS
2010 Cannes Cyber Lion Awards—shortlisted: pinocchioisonfire.org
Communication Arts Site of the Week (Dec 3, 2010): pinocchioisonfire.org
TheFWA Site of the Day (Sept 13, 2010): pinocchioisonfire.org
2010 CSCA Creative Best—Best of Show: pinocchioisonfire.org
2010 Columbus AdFed ADDY Awards—Best of Show: pinocchioisonfire.org
2010 Tomorrow Awards—shortlisted: pinocchioisonfire.org
2005 American Graphic Design Awards: Unison Creative identity
2001 NASFM Retail Design Awards: The UPS Store
2000 VM+SD International Store Design Awards: Zondervan Bible Shop
1998 CSCA Creative Best: Blue Cosmos Design capabilities brochure
1997 Addy Awards: COSI annual report
http://tomorrowawards.com/profile.php?user=DeronHusak
Columbus College of Art and Design (CCAD)
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
Major: Advertising Design Minor: Illustration
$10,000 scholarship
Columbus College of Art and Design, Autumn 2002
Macromedia Flash 101
Bowling Green State University, September—October 2002
Macromedia Flash workshops
Software
expert: Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat; Freehand; QuarkXpress
intermediate: Adobe Dreamweaver, Flash; Microsoft Office
