PROFILE
I am an award winning illustrator and designer. Since graduating from Syracuse University, I have spent my career working with editors, and art directors, creating illustrations, info graphics and design for print and web content. I thrive in a team situation, and work well under tight deadlines.
EXPERIENCE
July 2012 to Present
George Mason University
Department of Creative Services
Fairfax, Virginia, VA
Illustrator/Graphic Designer
• Conceptualize and execute original visual solutions under tight deadlines, and design logos, posters, banners, magazines and other collateral material related to all departments at George Mason University
• Required software: Adobe CS6 Creative Suite: Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, InDesign, PowerPoint, Word, Excel
2000 to 2012
Senior Graphic Artist
Gannett Government Media Corp.
• Conceptualize and execute original visual solutions under tight deadlines, and design covers, illustrations and info graphics, for six weekly newspapers: Army Times, Air Force Times, Marine Corps Time, Navy Times, Federal Times and Defense News; as well as four monthly magazines: Edge, Armed Forces Journal, TSJ, and C4ISR.
• Create web ready content for the accompanying websites. Extensive experience with designing info graphics, such as fever, pie, and bar charts. Expert use of Photoshop and Illustrator, to silhouette photographs, create design elements for graphics and re size images for the web.
• Work closely with flash animator to create interactive flash graphics and animations for the web.
• Required software: Adobe Creative Suite: Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, InDesign
• Other: PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Animé Studio Pro
1997 to 2000
Return on Investment Advertising, Inc.
Annandale, VA
Illustrator, Graphic Designer
• Created original illustrations and designed ads and collateral for print advertising.
• Required software: Photoshop, Freehand, Acrobat, QuarkExpress
1997 to 2000
Freelance Illustrator
• Created original illustrations and illustrated info graphics
Clients: Scholastic Inc., Inter@ctive Week, National Geographic, Sports Illustrated for Kids, The Washington Post, National Builders Association, Broadcasting & Cable Magazine, Dannon, Consumer Reports, Muscle & Fitness Magazine, MWM Dexter, PracticeLink, News 400 Publishing, Design Solutions Inc.
1988-1997
USA TODAY
Arlington, VA
Staff Senior Illustrator
• Conceptualize and execute original visual solutions under tight deadlines for USA TODAY. Provide cover illustrations, as well as inside illustrations and info graphics for the editorial content of 4 sections; News, Money, Sports, and Life.
• Required software: Freehand, Photoshop
1994
Shepherd College, Shepherdtown, West Virginia
Visiting Professor of Illustration
1979 to 1988
The Miami Herald
Miami, FL
Position: Staff Illustrator
• Conceptualize and execute original illustrations under tight deadlines for a daily major metropolitan newspaper.
• Required skills: Layout, Type design, Computer type setting, pre-separated and reflective illustration techniques drawing, painting and air brushing with ink, Goauche, Flouro, Amberlith (cut color) and prisma color pencils, to create artwork for three types of press reproduction: Offset, Flexo and Letterpress.
EDUCATION
1973-1977
Syracuse University, School of Visual and Performing Arts, Department of Visual Communications.
BFA, Summa Cum Laude
AWARDS
The Illustrators Club of Washington DC, Virginia and Maryland, International Graphis, SND, N.J. Addy Awards, Florida Addy Awards
Some publications my work has appeared in:
The Complete Book of Caricature by Bob Staake
Artist’s Market (Published by Writer’s Digest Books)
This Face You Got by Jim McMullan
Humor and Cartoon Markets by Bob Staake and Roseann Shaughnessy
I am an award winning illustrator and designer. Since graduating from Syracuse University, I have spent my career working with editors, and art directors, creating illustrations, info graphics and design for print and web content. I thrive in a team situation, and work well under tight deadlines.
EXPERIENCE
July 2012 to Present
George Mason University
Department of Creative Services
Fairfax, Virginia, VA
Illustrator/Graphic Designer
• Conceptualize and execute original visual solutions under tight deadlines, and design logos, posters, banners, magazines and other collateral material related to all departments at George Mason University
• Required software: Adobe CS6 Creative Suite: Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, InDesign, PowerPoint, Word, Excel
2000 to 2012
Senior Graphic Artist
Gannett Government Media Corp.
• Conceptualize and execute original visual solutions under tight deadlines, and design covers, illustrations and info graphics, for six weekly newspapers: Army Times, Air Force Times, Marine Corps Time, Navy Times, Federal Times and Defense News; as well as four monthly magazines: Edge, Armed Forces Journal, TSJ, and C4ISR.
• Create web ready content for the accompanying websites. Extensive experience with designing info graphics, such as fever, pie, and bar charts. Expert use of Photoshop and Illustrator, to silhouette photographs, create design elements for graphics and re size images for the web.
• Work closely with flash animator to create interactive flash graphics and animations for the web.
• Required software: Adobe Creative Suite: Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, InDesign
• Other: PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Animé Studio Pro
1997 to 2000
Return on Investment Advertising, Inc.
Annandale, VA
Illustrator, Graphic Designer
• Created original illustrations and designed ads and collateral for print advertising.
• Required software: Photoshop, Freehand, Acrobat, QuarkExpress
1997 to 2000
Freelance Illustrator
• Created original illustrations and illustrated info graphics
Clients: Scholastic Inc., Inter@ctive Week, National Geographic, Sports Illustrated for Kids, The Washington Post, National Builders Association, Broadcasting & Cable Magazine, Dannon, Consumer Reports, Muscle & Fitness Magazine, MWM Dexter, PracticeLink, News 400 Publishing, Design Solutions Inc.
1988-1997
USA TODAY
Arlington, VA
Staff Senior Illustrator
• Conceptualize and execute original visual solutions under tight deadlines for USA TODAY. Provide cover illustrations, as well as inside illustrations and info graphics for the editorial content of 4 sections; News, Money, Sports, and Life.
• Required software: Freehand, Photoshop
1994
Shepherd College, Shepherdtown, West Virginia
Visiting Professor of Illustration
1979 to 1988
The Miami Herald
Miami, FL
Position: Staff Illustrator
• Conceptualize and execute original illustrations under tight deadlines for a daily major metropolitan newspaper.
• Required skills: Layout, Type design, Computer type setting, pre-separated and reflective illustration techniques drawing, painting and air brushing with ink, Goauche, Flouro, Amberlith (cut color) and prisma color pencils, to create artwork for three types of press reproduction: Offset, Flexo and Letterpress.
EDUCATION
1973-1977
Syracuse University, School of Visual and Performing Arts, Department of Visual Communications.
BFA, Summa Cum Laude
AWARDS
The Illustrators Club of Washington DC, Virginia and Maryland, International Graphis, SND, N.J. Addy Awards, Florida Addy Awards
Some publications my work has appeared in:
The Complete Book of Caricature by Bob Staake
Artist’s Market (Published by Writer’s Digest Books)
This Face You Got by Jim McMullan
Humor and Cartoon Markets by Bob Staake and Roseann Shaughnessy