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A D R I E N N E R I S O
G R A P H I C D E S I G N E R
A R T D I R E C T O R
4 1 P u t n a m R o a d R e d d i n g C T 0 6 8 9 6
2 0 3 9 3 8 3 0 8 3 adrienneriso@optimum.net
Innovative and creative solutions to today’s advertising
and marketing challenges.
QUALIFICATIONS
15 years experience at top NYC ad agencies working on consumer
and business to business accounts.
Developing and integrating creative strategies with design
and content for pin-point messaging.
Current with creative software and working independently and collaboratively
to achieve the highest standards.
Solid print and TV experience from concept through to production,
selecting talent, overseeing photo shoots and post production.
Developing marketing strategies and business plans
for today’s multi-media savvy trends.
EXPERIENCE
Freelance Art Director
Art Director and Marketing Coordinator – Stephen Tilly Architect, Dobbs Ferry, NY –
design ads, brochures, posters, web, and marketing materials.
Freelance Art Director – MBI, Norwalk, CT – design brochures and new product
development.
Advertising & Marketing Director-Prudential Realty.
Developed web pages for start-up internet companies: Sequilogy.com; Classclicks.com.
Developed flash logos, banner ads, logos, icons, administrated content and overall
design management. Marketed and promoted new business ventures: FreeYums baked
goods. SweetArts decorative cakes. Creative support materials for Rye Arts Center and
Mamaroneck Artist Guild, Aldrich Museum. Logo designs, catalogs and brochures.
Associate Creative Director
O’Rielly&Partners, Greenwich, CT
Developed new business campaigns and advertising (print and TV) for SAAB/Scania,
E&J Gallo Wines, LanSystems, and NutraSweet,
Senior Art Director
SmithGreenland Advertising, NYC
Sommerset Imports responsible for Scotch and brandy brands, Planned Parenthood,
Anti-Defamation League, Citibank, American Restaurants.
Art Director
Isidore, Lefkowitz, Elgort Advertising, NYC
Sharp Professional Products, KYW News, Bibb Industries,
Equitable Life Insurance.
Art Assistant
Kurtz&Tarlow Advertising, NYC.
Worked with Sandy Carlson developing Ralph Lauren brands, Chaps, Lauren in print and
TV, Cuisinart 4-color NYTimes ads, Charles of the Ritz, Tyco Toys TV ads, managed
Pottrery Barn ads brochures.
Art Studio
Hill Holiday Connors Cosmopolus, Boston MA.
CREATIVE SOFTWARE
Quark, Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, inDesign, Microsoft Word, MAC and PC
EDUCATION
Masters of Science in Art - College of New Rochelle, NY
Bachelor of Science in Art Education - SUNY at New Paltz, NY
Advertising and Illustration at Parsons School of Design and
SUNY at Purchase, NY
SPECIAL INTERESTS
Member National Society of Illustrators.
Oil portrait painter showing at several NY galleries and award shows.
Black & White Photography, Digital Arts, Writing.
Designing Invitations and Video Cards.
Directing and editing documentaries
Published and Illustrated Children’s Book, The Little Leap Frog.
ON-LINE PORTFOLIO
www.coroflot.com/ariso/print_production

Projects by Adrienne Riso