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WORK EXPERIENCE (abbreviated for web)

7.04 – Present • WILSON RMS – NYC

Group Creative Director
Directed all facets of creative production for a full-service direct marketing agency. Responsible for developing strategies for clients such as AAA, Vonage and Wells Fargo. Lead a creative staff of more than 10 people (including Sr. art directors, writers and developers) to deliver campaigns through online marketing, web development and direct mail. Highlights include:

Established a profitable interactive department at Wilson RMS, enabling the organization to
expand existing relationships with clients, seeing online billing rise from $300,000 in 2004 to $1.6M in 2006. .

Managed creative department responsible for up to 12 clients, including Wells Fargo with annual billings of $3.5M, and overall client billings of $12M

Fortified several lines of business by expanding the firm’s design capabilities which in turn secured an exclusive relationship with AOL and a renewed engagement with GE Money’s credit card division.

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8.01 – 6.04 • Starpoint Solutions – NYC

Creative Director
Developed new media, marketing strategies for clients including PBS, Starwood Hotels and Vanity Fair magazine. Supervised a team of 8 art directors and web developers. Highlights include:

Created a website for Ted Turner’s Nuclear Threat Initiative. Designed one-of-a-kind, database-driven information resource with 30,000+ pages of articles and resources.

Developed cutting-edge, web-based educational platform and children’s game design for $2M initiative for Golden Books Family Entertainment.

Created online promotional campaigns for Starwood Hotels, including an interactive golf game and sweepstakes that promoted the new Starwood.com.

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4.98 – 8.01 • Tumble Interactive – NYC

Design Director
Designed and developed CD-ROM and web-based promotional materials for ABC Television, GQ Magazine, Novartis, Ruder-Finn, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and Stephen King. Highlights include:

Created multimedia kiosk for New York Sports Club to be placed in Grand Central Station for an international Squash Tournament of Champions. Included digital video, a virtual-gym, and player interviews.

Designed the award winning CD-ROMs for ABC’s Storm of the Century and Peter Jenning’s The Century, both featured in the Applied Arts Design Annuals of 2000 and 2001. The Century CD-ROM, a multimedia version of The Century miniseries on ABC Television, received the first perfect score in the 10-year history of the Astrid Awards.

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6.95 – 3.98 • UP Inc. – Reston, VA

Lead Interface Designer
Designed application and web interfaces for ATT, BellSouth, MCI and Nortel Networks


EDUCATION

Pratt Institue - 1994
Graphic Design Program

NYU - 1992
Graphic Design Program


SKILLS

Proficient in Web and Print publishing tools including Flash, Illustrator, ImageReady, InDesign and Photoshop. Strong understanding of HTML and Javascript