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Freelance Graphic Design and Mac Maintenance - 8/03 to present
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Perform a variety of services for various clients, including: designing and producing print ads, brochures, logos, presentations, websites and other business materials; also provide project management, Mac systems set-up & maintenance, web hosting set-up, networking, software training and other tasks. Clients include Converseon Inc. (graphic design, presentation design and production for internet PR firm), FTI Consulting (graphics and presentations for trial lawyers), Corcoran Group (graphics, signage), IMG Worldwide (graphic design, presentation design), FRC Design (graphic design, systems management), and others. Non-profit organizations include the Fort Greene Park Conservancy and the Fort Greene Association, which includes graphics and websites, as well as writing newsletters and press releases.
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Cohn & Wolfe, NYC - Graphics Director, 2001 to 2003
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Hired as one-person graphics department. Art directed and produced graphics for print, web, presentations and video. Worked on and/or managed projects for Fortune 500 companies such as: Aventis Pharmaceuticals, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, 3M, Sears, Smuckers, MSN, CarPoint, Endo Pharmaceuticals, ADP, Intel, and others. Frequently created graphics for FDA meetings with officials for drug approvals.
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Burson-Marsteller/TPS, NYC - Senior DesignerProduction Manager, 1992 to 2001
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Responsibilities included: art direction, graphic design, as well as software and hardware purchasing, systems & network maintenance, project management, and training. Accomplishments: created workflow and file management systems; set-up company-wide graphical database library & server; established design and artistic standards, helped create Burson-Marsteller Worldwide Intranet. Designed graphics for various uses such as web sites, corporate presentations, multimedia, print, video, courtroom, large format output and slides. Specialized in creation of graphics illustrating complex ideas and concepts for easy comprehension. Created custom PowerPoint templates and wrote user manuals for Fortune 500 companies such as Accenture, Kelloggs, Citibank, Y&R Worldwide, Altria (PM), Cohn & Wolfe, Halliburton, ITT, the Rockefeller Group, J. Walter Thompson, Chase Morgan Bank & others. Also provided on-site training and tech support.
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Genigraphics Corporation, NYC - Senior Graphic Designer, 1987 to 1992
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Rehired in 1987. Designed, produced, revised and imaged graphics using various software packages on Macintosh, Windows and Genigraphics systems. Involved with many network-wide projects, such as the Genigraphics Symbol Library and the Microsoft/Genigraphics business alliance, which produced PowerPoint and the Microsoft Office Clip Art libraries. Member of PowerPoint 3.0 and 4.0 development team.
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Burson-Marsteller/TPS, NYC - Production Manager, 1984 to 1987
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Established and ran initial in-house computer graphics facility using Genigraphics equipment. Provided job scheduling, design, hiring, staff training, equipment purchasing and maintenance. Created workflow systems for in-house production.
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Genigraphics Corporation, NYC - Night Manager, 1983 to 1984
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Managed busy night shift of six artists. Gained complete working knowledge of computer graphics slide and print production. One of the first computer graphic companies – which produced business graphics and presentations.
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National Imagemakers, Inc., NYC - Production Manager, 1981 to 1983
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Trained as a Genigraphics artist, promoted to Production Manager in nine months. Introduced to Computer Graphics industry.
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| Advanced Typographical Services, NYC - Designer/Paste-Up Artist, 1979 to 1981 |
Designer for division of Scholastics Magazines. Duties included design, layout, paste-up and typesetting for all publications.
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Winner Communications, Inc., NYC - Art Director/Asst. Producer, 1977 to 1979
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Wrote and produced TV, radio and print ads for small ad agency Clients included major publishers and retailers.
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Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY - B.F.A. Graduated with honors, 1977
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1992 to Present:
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Completed various freelance graphic design and consulting projects for corporations, individuals, web content providers, non-profits and others. Created blogs, "groups," and websites for various non-profit clients such as the Fort Greene Park Conservancy, South Oxford Street Block Association, and my classic toy collectibles sites, ClassicMarx.com and Disneykins.com. Have provided Mac training, troubleshooting, and system maintenance & set-up for a variety of local clients. Have also created interfaces and written manuals. Participated in beta testing for software firms (Macromedia Freehand, Microsoft and Extensis). Recent corporate clients include IMG Worldwide, FTI, FRC Design and Converseon PR.
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1989 to 1992:
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Participated in planning and execution of Microsoft Office's Clip Art Library, which ships with PowerPoint, Word & Office Suite. Contributed over 300 original drawings, symbols and templates. Performed alpha and beta testing for Microsoft PowerPoint 3.0 and 4.0.
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1984 to 1989:
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Worked freelance as a copywriter and film/music critic for two NYC weeklies (East Coast Rocker, Downtown) and others.
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References and print portfolio avaible by request.
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