objective

Throughout the years, a diverse client base as well as a wide range of projects has fostered a unique ability to morph talents to cater to each individual client's needs.

New challenges provide an opportunity for personal growth. While being able to draw from a solid foundation of problem-solving approaches, many offer an opportunity to push in new directions.

My objective as a creative person is to be an integral part of a successful creative team using my creative and artistic talents and skills as well as my enthusiasm to interact and infuse energy and creativity resulting in the work of the highest standards.

Each project becomes a personal mission towards excellence.

background

From as early as I can remember I've had a pencil in my hand, or a crayon, or a marker. Then a brush or an airbrush and eventually a MAC. I have always been interested in all things creative and never stop trying to learn new methods and means of expression. Through both a traditional education in the arts and a constant evolution of growth and learning, I continually expand my creative process and the means I have for its expression.

• experience working both in-house and off-site with creative and/or marketing groups to brainstorm and visualize product concepts
• exceptional collaborative and interpersonal skills, a dynamic team-player with a willingness to be challenged to learn and grow
• passionate about creating the highest level of work, a keen eye for visual balance and attention to detail
• produce artwork for all stages of product development from initial concept thumbnails through refinement all the way to control drawings and specs for production as well as any final art necessary such as graphics for decals, packaging, etc
• incorporate all means necessary to produce art from thumbnail sketches to digital art and 3-D modeling
• create highly polished attention-grabbing presentations to showcase products to sales and marketing teams as well as factories for production
• create graphics and illustrations for both print and web in a range of media
• exceptional knowledge of MAC platform using Adobe Creative Suite as well as other software such as Strata 3D CX
• experience creating dynamic web-designs and graphics using Adobe Flash and Dreamweaver
• developing a proficiency in Adobe web-design software Flash & Dreamweaver as a means of executing web-design vision

1995-present

freelance designer/illustrator

• work both in-house and off-site with creative departments and/or marketing to brainstorm as well as visualize product concepts
• produce artwork for all stages of product development from initial concept thumbnails through refinement all the up to control drawings and specs for production as well as any final art necessary, eg: graphics, such as decals and other such details
• create graphics and illustrations for both print and web in a range of media
• paint backdrops to be used in product photography for both advertising direct-mail and print applications
• create illlustrations for both collateral and advertising direct-mail and print applications
• create illlustrations and graphics for print production
• create digital illustrations/graphics of “virtual products” to be used in sales promotions
• web-design and web-design graphics and dynamic Flash headers and interface
  

1988-1997

The Franklin Mint • Sr. Designer

• instructed design studio staffers on Mac Platform and software to integrate into the design process and helped troubleshoot such issues
• worked with marketing groups to brainstorm as well as visualize product concepts through various stages of the design process
• created renderings of concepts for use in direct-mail marketing screen tests
• created decal fits as well as artwork to be used as graphics on all product forms such as porcelain, cold-cast, die-cast, etc.
• created final line art graphics for etchwork on metal products
• acquired knowledge of manufacturing and production using a wide range of materials
• worked with advertising group to create illustrations for both collateral and advertising for direct-mail applications
• painted backdrops to be used in product photography for both advertising direct-mail and print applications

• ongoing quest to improve creative expression
• self-taught in web-design applications & site construction
• proficiency with Adobe Flash & Dreamweaver

Seybold Conference • San Francisco

• seminars by professionals on integration and work-flow issues
• hands-on courses on latest software for Mac
  

Mac Summit • University of California Santa Barbara

• seminars by professionals on integration and work-flow issues
• hands-on classroom courses on latest software for Macintosh Platform taught by Industry leaders and experts from Adobe

Continuing Education • University of the Arts • Philadelphia

• courses on the basics of Macintosh interface
• Typograohy on the Mac

Hussian School of Design • Philadelphia

• major course study of Illustration with emphasis on design
• graphic design and typography with emphasis on production
• interviewed for summer internship at The Franklin Mint in May 1988
• was offered and accepted position as full-time Staff Designer

Philadelphia College of Art • Philadelphia

• Major in Illustration Minor in Graphic Design
• full course study toward Bachelor of the Arts