Coroflot

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

MINTO Communities, Florida / Sr. Creative / Art Director
Coconut Creek, FL 2007 to 2010
Ranked #1 builder in the Palm Beaches for Customer Service, Quality and Designed by J.D.Power and Associates. Responsible for creative marketing & branding of Minto Florida and all of it's current active communities.

• Designed and produced regional/national ads for newspaper, web, corporate & communities collateral
• Supervised corporate branding and produced internal executive presentations and advertorial content
• Managed external agency design team members & coordinated print production, media space placement for
print, web, radio & TV
• Art Directed communities and homes photoshoots for all advertising media and collateral


TYCO International | SimplexGrinnell / Senior Designer
Boca Raton, FL 2005 to 2007
Design and produced company internal and field collateral, National Trade Shows, Sales Campaigns, official department and product logos, etc.

• Responsible for dealing with Print Vendors from start to finish on projects.
• Prepress and quality control.

Office Depot Headquarters / Senior Designer > Creative Strategy Group > Delray Beach, FL 1998 to 2004
Conceptualized and designed branding campaigns, national inserts, catalog covers as well as
local and national marketing collateral. Supervised the overall branding of the company.

• Developed and maintained the creative styleguides and brand image for the Advertising/Retail Department
• Oversee department ensuring that junior members are on task and all projects are on schedule
• Brainstormed and translated contemporary ideas into print, while adhering to corporate strategies
• Established conceptual direction and presented creative ideas to internal clients and senior management
• Supervised vendor outsourcing and exercised design decision-making, often with final creative authority
• Received internal awards for Retail and BSD collateral that exceeded sales expectations in the industry

Millionaire Magazine • Lifestyle Media Corp. / Creative Director > Ft. Lauderdale, FL 1994 to 1998
Created a contemporary upscale image for several of the company's regional, national and international publications, including Wine & Dine, Yachts and Golf Club.

• Designed and produced their main publication, Millionaire Magazine single-handedly.
The quarterly, full color, 144 page magazine went from regional to international in 14 months
• Designed 40% of vendor ads, Art Directed photo shoots for the Covers and editorial stories. Also designed and produced all the company's marketing campaign collateral for direct mail and sales force
• Collaborated with the Publisher, to arrange Editorial and Advertising pagination and supervised the pre-press process and printer press runs

AGENCY DESIGN EXPERIENCE:

iHero Entertainment / Art Direction Consultant > Boynton Beach, FL
Design and Develop the overall look of their Magazine, Cyber Age Adventures.
-Responsible for Art Direction, pagination and production of Publication.

InterMedia Ad Agency / Freelance Sr. Designer > Ft. Lauderdale, FL
-Hired to design collateral and creative concepts for high-end clients such as FAU, Seminole Casinos, FLL, BCC, FL SunPass,Westec Harbour Town, AlienWare among others.

1990-1994
Solutions Marketing & Creative Group / Asst. Art Director > Ft. Laud, FL
E. Miller Advertising / Freelance Graphic Designer > Deerfield Beach, FL
Gallaspy & Lobel Advertising / Graphic Artist / Illustrator > N Laud, FL
GS&B: Lintas Advertising / Graphic Artist / Illustrator > Coral Gables, FL

EDUCATION & TRAINING:

Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale, FL / Associate of Science in Advertising Design

High School of Art & Design
Manhattan, N.Y. / Diploma: Major - Illustration / Graphics

Seminars & Courses:
• Flash CS3 classes, Sheridan Technical College, 11wk course certificate
• Attended the 2003 HOW Design Conference in New Orleans
• Photoshop & Illustrator seminars, Fort Lauderdale, 2002-2003
• Flash & Dreamweaver certificates, Delray Beach, in-house campus classes