Experience
2008 - Present, Senior Art Director
Adams Outdoor Advertising
Concept, collaborate, design and produce outdoor advertising campaigns in the form of billboards, transit, parking ramps, zoo kiosks, backlits, online ads. Supervise Graphic Designer. Manage projects and timelines.
CLIENTS: AFS, American Heart Association, Bergstrom Chevy/Cadillac, Indian Motorcycle, LaZBoy, Madison School District, Tyrol Basin, UW Alumni Association, Salvation Army and other local businesses.
2004 - 2008, Designer
ZD Studios
Design corporate logos, websites, banner advertising, Flash animations, interactive presentations and print brochures. Build 3D models and renders for signage. Design and produce print pieces.
CLIENTS: American Family Insurance, Planning Design Build, Design Structures, Splash Universe, Brookfield Gardens, Plastic Ingenuity, Great Wolf Lodge
1999 - 2004, Senior Designer
eTrinsic, Inc.
Design interfaces, Flash animations and Flash interactions (using action scripting) for web-based training. Prepare all graphics for web development. Build 3D models and renders for training modules.
CLIENTS: Agilent Technologies, Baxter, Eli Lilly, GE Medical, Philips Medical, Stryker, Sun Microsystems, Welch Allyn
1997 - 1999, Creative Director, Co-Founder
InfiNETy Communications, llc.
Design Web interfaces and banners for client websites. Prepare all graphics for web development. Conceptualize and write advertising campaigns, brochures, and direct mailers, for both in-house and client-based projects. Design corporate icons and logos.
CLIENTS: OmegaTech, Potomac Partners, Sun Microsystems, Vectra Bank Colorado
1995 - 1997, Art Director
Sterling-Rice Group
Design 4-color promotional printed materials and multi-media graphics, including posters, brochures, postcards, logos, direct mail pieces and website designs. Develop and organize multiple-component international campaign for medical monitoring client. Conceptualize ad campaigns and direct mail programs in coordination with writers. Direct freelance teams from rough sketch to finished art. Design website graphics for medical clients.
CLIENTS: Ohmeda, ValleyLab, OmegaTech, Village Inn, Rock Bottom Restaurants, Fantastic Foods, Almond Board
1993 - 1995, Art Director
Armstrong Creative
Design promotions and advertising campaigns for local and national accounts. Manage multiple projects from design through production. Direct photoshoots and oversee press checks.
P R O - B O N O
Rocky Mountain Animal Defense - Designed newspaper ads educating public on treatment of animals (Boulder, 1998-2002).
Boulder Historic Society Designed and produced "Charlie Comes to Boulder" an educational historic journey through Boulder for Kids (Boulder, 2001).
Family Learning Center - Designed holiday card for public relations and fundraising purposes (Boulder, 1996).
Diamonds & Spurs Art Auction - Designed and produced 36-page art catalog for
auction for charity (Boulder, 1996).
Bayview Community Ethnic Festival - Designed festival campaign & graphics (Madison, 1992, 1993, 1995).
S O F T W A R E
Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, After Effects), Maya, Rhino, Google Sketchup, Google Designer, Flash.
E D U C A T I O N
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Bachelor of Science in Art.