448 Central Avenue
Jersey City, NJ 07307
Tel: 201 420-8205

1994-today, Owner-President, Creative Director, Graphic Designer, Web Designer
SUSAN NEWMAN DESIGN, INC. • / Branding YOU Better!
PHONE & FAX: 201.420.8205
(www.susannewmandesign.com)
448 CENTRAL AVENUE, APT 5, JERSEY CITY, NJ 07307

2009 - Launched FROGS ARE GREEN - a cause to raise awareness about the threats frogs face in the world's changing environment and to spread the message that healthy frogs mean a healthy planet for all.

Award winning multimedia design studio, including web design, web development & flash animation, html email campaigns, all kinds of print design including promotion & advertising, brochures, logos & corporate identity, package design, direct mail & signage.

Knowledgeable in the following programs: Flash, Dreamweaver, html, css, php, asp, cfm, Photoshop, Imageready, Freehand, Illustrator, Acrobat, Quicktime Pro, Word and Quark X-Press. (Platforms mac/pc, CS2 and CS4)

Client list includes: 3 Forty Grill, Actors Shakespeare Company at NJCU, Adoption Associates, Laura Alexander, Aljay Apparel, Allstone, Atta, Inc., Peter Balsam Associates, Susanna Baddiel Corporate Workshops, Baskets of Distinction, Blades & Goven, Camille Cesari Jewelry, Cantigas Women's Choir, Cat & Moon Productions, CavanKerry Press, DC Travel, DJM Post, Equis Capital Partners, FAB Style Studio, Florence Pape Legal Search, Geller & Siegel, Goehrig's Bakery, Gold Jets, Griffin & Howe, HMT, Inc., Hudson Theatre Ensemble, JCHeights, Katz Media Group, Klein & Kroll Marketing, Kuraray America, Lauren Brien, LovePrint Jewelry, LuxPro Staffing, mQuotient, Marie Papp Photography, McGraw-Hill, NetLocal.biz, Oddfellows Restaurant, Penguin USA, Peter Johnston Architect, Ponderosa Wealth Management, ProLooper, Romanick MD PLLC, Santi Express, Self & Relationship Therapy, Scoop Reprint Source, Schlosser Concrete, Searchlight Group, S.E. Art & Design, Inc., Serve Sense, LLC, Studio D Hair Design & Skin Care, Suzonne Underwood, Teaneck International Film Festival, Tea With Friends, Time Treasures Books, Turdo Vineyards, Ultra Marine Yacht Charters, Urban Plantscapes, Value Chain International, Ltd., Waterfront Media, WaterLeaf Boutique, Jack Wiler.

Awards include: The Art Directors Club, Creativity, Desi, Graphis, Print, The Society of Illustrators, The Library of Congress. Most recently, GDUSA 2007(web), 2008 (book), 2009(web & poster design)

3 Forty Grill, Actors Shakespeare Company at NJCU, Adoption Associates, Laura Alexander, Aljay Apparel, Allstone, Atta, Inc., Peter Balsam Associates, Susanna Baddiel Corporate Workshops, Baskets of Distinction, Camille Cesari Jewelry, Cantigas Women's Choir, Cat & Moon Productions, CavanKerry Press, DC Travel, DJM Post, Equis Capital Partners, FAB Style Studio, FB Lake, LLC, FletcherBennett, Florence Pape Legal Search, Geller & Siegel, Goehrig's Bakery, Gold Jets, Griffin & Howe, HMT, Inc., Hudson Theatre Ensemble, JCHeights, Katz Media Group, Klein & Kroll Marketing, Kuraray America, Lauren Brien, LovePrint Jewelry, LuxPro Staffing, mQuotient, Marie Papp Photography, McGraw-Hill, NetLocal.biz, Oddfellows Restaurant, Penguin USA, Peter Johnston Architect, Ponderosa Wealth Management, ProLooper, Romanick MD PLLC, Santi Express, Self & Relationship Therapy, Scoop Reprint Source, Schlosser Concrete, Searchlight Group, S.E. Art & Design, Inc., Serve Sense, LLC, Studio D Hair Design & Skin Care, Suzonne Underwood, Teaneck International Film Festival, Tea With Friends, Time Treasures Books, Turdo Vineyards, Ultra Marine Yacht Charters, Urban Plantscapes, Value Chain International, Ltd., Waterfront Media, WaterLeaf Boutique, Jack Wiler.

PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE

Art Director
MACMILLAN PUBLISHING CO., 866 Third Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022
150 titles per year, all categories, fiction and non-fiction.
Macmillan, Scribners, Atheneum, Collier and Howell.
Supervised a staff of 5. Assigned titles to numerous designers, illustrators and photographers, including preparation of photoshoots. Supplied art for catalog, sales conference and ABA. Worked closely with editorial and production departments. Organized budgets and met deadlines.

Art Director
PARAGON HOUSE, 90 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10011
80 - 100 titles per year / From poetry to political science.
Supervised a staff of 3. Assigned titles to numerous designers, illustrators and photographers. Prepared art for catalog, sales conference and ABA. Consulted with advertising manager on ad campaigns. Worked closely with editorial and production departments. Designed corporate identity. Organized budgets.

Freelance Art Director
CROWN PUBLISHERS, 225 Park Avenue South, New York, N.Y. 10003
Responsible for the design of a new line of category fiction, which included series design and logos.

Associate Art Director
VIKING PENGUIN, 40 West 23 Street, New York, N.Y. 10010
Art Director for Stephen Greene Press.
Supervised staff of 6, designed hardcovers and paperbacks. Prepared art and slides for sales conference.
Organized Budgets.

MEMBERSHIPS - CURRENT
AIGA
Freelancers Union
Savor The Success

OTHER RELATED EXPERIENCE - PAST
Chairman, Publications Committee and member, The Society of Illustrators
Luncheon Committee Member and current member, The Art Directors Club

TEACHING INCLUDES - PAST
Undergraduate design at Pratt Institute
Jacket design (mass market, trade) at Parson’s School of Design

EDUCATION
Advanced Flash, New York University, 70 Washington Square South, NY 10003
The New School University, 66 West 12 Street, NY 10011, Certification - Web Design
School of Visual Arts, 209 East 23 Street, NY 10010, BFA, Graphic design & Illustration major

EDUCATION - CURRENT
Italian language - Dante Alighieri Society in Jersey City, NJ.