Art Director and Web Development Manager. Responsibilities including:
Front-end development and design of client websites, email newsletters and other online properties.
Overseeing design team and working with Creative Director and vendors.
Providing graphics, illustrations and direction on client marketing.
2010 — 2015
All My Sons Moving & Storage, Dallas, TX
Art Director/Creative, web and print design as part of corporate marketing department. Responsibilities including:
Front-end development and design of corporate website and other online properties.
Conceptualizing, designing and creating brochures, billboards, ads and other print collateral; overseeing design team and working closely with print and production vendors.
Providing graphics, illustrations and direction on promotional and in-house marketing pieces.
Art direction of on-location photography and video shoots.
2000 — 2016
Talking Fish West, London, UK, Sacramento, CA, and Dallas, TX
Art Director/Graphic Designer/Creative for print and web for clients in the US and UK. Responsibilities including:
Web and print design and illustration for various clients on freelance and contract basis.
Logo and corporate identity design.
Art direction and updating of existing designs and in-house styles.
2004 — 2006
The Hoyt Company, Sacramento, CA
Senior graphic designer and art director for a public relations company, major clients included California State and local government agencies.
Web and print design for major public outreach projects including State agencies and developers.
Overseeing admin and in-house design team, project management reporting directly to company owner.
2002 — 2004
JHME, Sacramento, CA
Senior graphic designer for a full-service advertising agency.
Print, Web design and multimedia design for various private clients and State agencies.
Design and advertising for the music industry including Grammy nomination for Pink Floyd ‘Pulse’ album cover.
Books featuring my work include ‘Taken by Storm: The Album Art of Storm Thorgerson’, ‘Eye of the Storm: The Album Graphics of Storm Thorgerson’, ‘Mind Over Matter: The Images of Pink Floyd’.
Body Shop International, London, UK. Senior Graphic Designer, packaging and marketing for retail. Designed company report, ‘Stop The Burning’ campaign poster on archive at V&A museum, London.
Neville Brody Design Studio, London, UK – Worked on ‘Face’ and ‘Arena’ magazines, various music and fashion industry projects, ‘The Graphic Language of Neville Brody’.
St. Martins School of Art, London, UK (now Central St Martins/UAL)
Graphic Design Degree BA Honors - print-based and computer-aided illustration and design.
Walsall College of Art, Walsall, UK
Two-year Foundation in art & design - painting, drawing, art history and theory.
Branding, identity and logo design
Design team leadership
Print and web graphic design
Project and creative team management
Staff and vendor relations
Fluency with Macintosh and Windows platforms
Expertise with Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Office applications
HTML and CSS coding
Pre-press formatting and print management, quality control and proofreading