Resume

Professional Experience

November 1988 to present:

Art Director, graphicLanguage

1998-present Rochester, NY

1994-1997 Boston, MA

1988-1993 New York, NY

I design a wide range of promotional materials, including seasonal catalogs, ads, point-ofpurchase displays, sale kits posters, and web sites, from conception to completion. Also purchase printing and review all press proofs, as required by client. I provide art direction to designers in various locations, including Key West, Florida and Budapest, Hungary.

A partial list of past and present clients includes Advanced Glass Industries; Grand Circle Travel; Grolier Publishing; HarperCollins; Henry Holt; International Step by Step Association; The Junior League of Rochester; Little, Brown and Company; Morgan Stanley Company; Mount Gay Rum; Orchard Books; Penguin USA; Premiere Racing, Inc.; Secret Passage Press; Simon and Schuster; William Morrow & Company.

 

May 1987-November 1988

Art Director of Advertising and Promotion

William Morrow & Co., New York, NY

Responsible for design of all promotion materials, including seasonal catalogs, point-of-purchase displays, sale kits and posters. Supervised a design assistant and freelance designers.

 

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts

Communication Design, University at Buffalo, NY

 

Bachelor of Fine Arts

Painting , University at Buffalo, NY

 

Volunteer

Current activities:

President, Board of Directors of Brighton Junior Barons, Brighton, NY

Coach, RiverFlow Soccer, Rochester, NY

Member of the Board of Directors of Brighton Baseball & coach, Brighton, NY

Teacher, Religious Education, Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish, Rochester, NY

 

 

You may download a pdf of my resume here.

I have worked as an Art Director in New York City, Boston and currently in Rochester.

Above are details from maps of the subway systems of each city. The Rochester subway operated from 1927 until it was decommissioned in 1956.

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