Brief Summary
Experience
Art Director | Project 2050 | New York, NY | 8.08 3.09
Worked on the conception, design and production of print advertising and collateral for Target, New Era Caps, Virgin Megastore, and EA Sports.
Freelance Art Director/Designer | With A Mouse Design | New York, NY | 8.99 - Present
Personal home based design company with self obtained client base. Concept and design corporate ID, album covers, t-shirt designs, print and web ads and collateral for various clients such as Lady Foot Locker, Def Jam Mobile, Institutional Investors News, Harlem Lanes, United Federation of Teachers and BLVD restaurant and nightclub. Also design various projects for many startup businesses and independent music artists.
Freelance Art Director | Showtime Networks | New York, NY | 10.06 1.07
Worked on the conception and design of print advertising, collateral and promotional items for Showtime Networks and its various programming. Worked directly with Creative Directors to create two full campaigns for their first quarter programming.
Art Director | Spitkicker Inc. | New York, NY | 12.01 6.06
Concept and design corporate ID, print ads, t-shirt designs, and promotional items. Design and run SpitMagazine, a bi-monthly online magazine with a mailing list of over 150,000. Also contribute to the website, www.spitkicker.com. Spitkicker is a collaborative of like minded artists: Dave Chappelle, Mos Def, Kanye West, De La Soul, Marcus Samuelsson, Michael Rappaport and others.
Freelance Art Director/Production | Burkhardt & Hillman | New York, NY | 5.00 - 2.01
Worked on the conception, design and production of print advertising and collateral for Bell South, LastMinuteTravel.com, Intellispace, Hickory Farms, Cognos, GVOX, Capita and CEP.
Freelance Art Director/Production | Draft Worldwide | New York, NY | 10.99 - 1.00
Worked on the conception, design and production of print advertising and collateral for Salem Cigarettes.
Junior Art Director | Warren Kremer Paino Advertising | New York, NY | 12.97 - 8.99
Worked on the conception, design, and production of print advertising and collateral for such clients as Sony, American Express, Cohen's Fashion Optical, CNBC, The Box, Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey circus, Bulova, Hershey's Resort, and the Curaçao Tourist Board.
Skills
Proficient in Quark XPress, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Powerpoint.
Education
Syracuse University; College of Visual and Performing Arts.
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Advertising Design | 5.97
Honors
Outstanding Senior in Advertising Design; College of Visual and Performing Arts | 1997
Dean's List; College of Visual and Performing Arts | Spring 1997
References and portfolio available upon request.
Online Portfolio available at www.withamousedesign.com
