If it must be read and must communicate to your market-I'm your designer.I work in print, primarily, with many years experience working with community organizations, real estate developers,industrial companies and print publishers. From a business card to annual report I can art direct or design as part of a team or solo. I'm very flexible and enjoy working on tight deadlines. I have adobe and quark skills.Contact me for your next project.
Dennis J. Staples
Graphic Designer
Objective: To become a creative partner
in a firm,agency or corporate design company.
Freelance: I have freelanced over 20 years
working with clients successfully on numerous
projects covering a wide range of
design problems.
Clients:
Alias,Smith & Jones
Avondale Redevelopment Corp.
Beechmont Mall/FRCH
Black Career Woman,Inc.
Bond Hill Child Development Center
Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
City of East St. Louis
City of Fairfield
Federated Department Stores
Hogan,Nolan & Stites Advertising
KKSS Radio
Massey Communications
Nip Magazine
The Pipkins Group
Procter & Gamble
West End YMCA
Exhibits:
HotFest/Firehouse Gallery/1985
GRID/Carnegie Arts Center/1980
Senior Show/Steinberg Hall/1976
Education:
B.F.A./Washington University/1976
Syracuse University/1980
(one years work toward M.F.A.)
Software:
Windows 95,98
Corel Draw
Aldus Pagemaker
Adobe Photoshop
HTML
Quark Xpress
Contact:
513.961.7352/513.891.0135
Employment:
Cincinnati Enquirer
(2/84-7/87)
Advertising Designer in Advertising & Promo
-tions Department.I worked with Retail Sales,
Marketing and Editorial departments to produce
artwork,graphic design and photography for
daily publication.
Federated Department Stores
(7/80-8/82)
Corporate Graphic Designer.I created a variety
of design solutions for instore POP,Financial
reports,training materials and multimedia
presentations.I was promoted to Assistant
Marketing Director of a regional mall with
responsiblity for marketing,advertising
and public relations for 127 merchants.
Schindler & Howard Advertising
(9/78-7/80)
Art Director.In an industrial agency billing over
$2million annually,I handled creative work
for: Lodge & Shipley,Senco Stapling Products,
Reliance Electric and Willis Music Co.
Artwarehouse (The Pipkins Group)
(1/77-9/78)
Graphic Designer.I helped organize and
develop design studio.Created mechanical
and finished art for clients, including
Procter & Gamble and Frazier Products.
Cincinnati, OH