{ p r o f e s s i o n a l   e x p e r i e n c e } Freelance, New York/Los Angeles/San Francisco Graphic Designer/Art Director 2/2001-Present Create effective visual solutions, corporate identity systems, advertising, sales presentations, and marketing for a variety of clients. Develop strategic concepts and translate into finished advertising, digital graphics, identity, collateral materials, and web sites.   Carbon Echo Corporation, New York Creative Director 3/2000 - 1/2001 Responsible for creative direction of new ecommerce company, including staffing, administration, and management of art department. Created brand identity, merchandise, marketing and collateral materials. Devised, designed, and produced web site, including information architecture, templates for dynamic page generation, ecommerce navigation schema, video templates, internal and external banner advertising, promotional emails. Developed interactive sales presentations for investors.   Viant, New York Senior Graphic Designer 10/1998 - 3/2000 Consulted with Fortune 500 companies to plan, build, and launch digital businesses. Developed web based creative business solutions for firms in the finance, publishing and computer hardware industries. Developed interactive tools for sales presentations. Led the design team which won the company's largest single engagement for one of the nations' ten largest financial institutions.   DDB Needham Interactive, New York Senior Art Director 7/1996 - 10/1998 Involved in all aspects of concept, design, illustration and production of web site interfaces for a wide spectrum of agency clients. Supervised all aspects of design production. Conducted design presentations with clients. Recruited all job applicants for creative department. Managed a staff of 3 designers as well as freelancers. Integrated creative work with technical and production teams.   Digital Planet, Los Angeles Designer 5/1995 - 6/1996 Designed websites for clients such as Universal Pictures, MGM Studios, Phillips New Media, Fox Home Video, and Sybase. Developed sites using database driven, dynamic page generation, Real Audio and Video, and Shockwave.   Typebox, Los Angeles Designer 7/1994 - 5/1995 Designed original layouts for flyers, brochures, business cards, event programs and various other print work for clients such as McGraw Hill and Bell Pacific. Worked closely with the press team to insure the best results.   { e d u c a t i o n } Cooper Union, New York 2001 New York University, New York - Master of Arts candidate 1993-1994 School of Visual Arts, New York 1992-1993 University of California, Los Angeles - Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art 1989   { s k i l l s } Photoshop, Illustrator, Quark Xpress, Image Ready After Effects, BBEdit, DeBabelizer, Director, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, Infini-D, Painter, PowerPoint, Premiere, Word   Professional references furnished upon request.		Experience Education Skills