Award-winning art, design and photo professional


Digital, print, UX/UI and tablet design experience; as well as animation, video and sound design.

Software includes Adobe Suite (After Effects, Premiere, Photoshop, XD, Illustrator, InDesign, Lightroom, Bridge and InCopy);
Figma, Ceros, Tableau, K4, Woodwing, Fatwire, Wordpress, Apple Keynote

the real deal

CREATIVE DIRECTOR
2015—PRESENT

  • Oversee editorial & marketing design, art and photography

  • Work closely with publisher and senior management to ensure creative output helps fulfill business goals

  • Design editorial motion graphics/ animations

  • Advise on web & mobile UX/UI

  • Redesigned publications to increase modernity and efficiency

  • Art direct magazine cover/inside illustrations in collaboration with editors

  • Conceptualize digital presentation of original photography and illustration

  • Oversee all original photography, conceiving, planning, scheduling, producing and editing photography of industry titans

  • Manage design/art budgets and contracts

 

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ART DIRECTOR
2015—2016

  • Designed and conceptualized two publications, managing team of five while overseeing all aspects of design, photography and production

  • Created web packages, conceptualized the presentation of original photography and illustration for web

  • Managed photo department – photo director, photo editor and interns – who conceive, plan, schedule and produce original celebrity, fashion, art, real estate and event photography & video

  • Oversaw social media rollout of original creative content on Instagram and Facebook

  • Art directed illustrations, continuing and expanding the publication’s rich history of original art

  • Oversaw corporate digital marketing/event design, helping establish and enforce new brand standards

  • Oversaw art and design for Commercial Observer, weekly sister publication focused on real estate

  • Designed special glossy advertorial sections for style (men’s & women’s), home, design and arts 

  • Managed art budget across both publications, encompassing all illustration, photo shoots, freelancers and department needs

 

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MULTIMEDIA EDITOR
2010—2015

  • Supported creative needs of daily, weekly and monthly publications, both print and online, including The American Lawyer, The National Law Journal, Corporate Counsel and Legaltech News magazines

  • Designed cover, feature and front-of-the-book stories for print, created complex infographics both for print and interactive versions for web

  • Provided art direction, original illustration creation and assignment, logo design, web banner creation, photo editing, research, and retouching

  • Designed web packages, including interactive chart and table design; reconfigured print features for the web

  • Conceptualized, assigned and scheduled photo shoots; scouted locations, planned, produced and provided on-set support

  • Helped design and implement comprehensive company-wide digital asset management system

  • Managed art budgets across publications; ran design award program

 

  • ITHACA COLLEGE | Bachelor of Science, Communications Design

  • F.I.T. (FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY) | Continuing Education, Graphic Design, Illustration

  • GOOGLE CERTIFICATION (in progress) | UX Design

EDUCATION