Experienced designer/art director in Berlin
Work experience
09/2009-Present
Art Director, Ringier Publishing (Publishers of Cicero and Monopol Magagzines)
10/2007-09/2009
Freelance Graphic Designer, Berlin, Germany
• von Shöngestalt, deVos Architekten, Goethe Institute (NY)
• Conceptualizing, production, layout
03/2002-09/2007
Senior Production Artist, DRAFTFCB, New York, NY
• Senior production artists on AARP
• Other clients included Verizon, Bank of America, and Computer Associates
• Headed quality control, rebuilt files
• Built templates, master pages, and style sheets
• Organized workflow
10/2001-03/2002
Freelance Graphic Designer, New York, NY
• Money Magazine, Sotheby’s (auction house), Campus Clipper (advertising)Chavin Lambert (realestate advertising agency), and DRAFTFCB (general advertising agency),
• Conceptualizing, production, layout
05/1999-04/2001
Art Director, 411 Magazine (City Guide Publishing), New York, NY
• Conceptualizing and Design covers, advertising, editorial, and bar & club listings
• Created style sheets, standards and master pages
• Monthly New York Nightlife Magazine (circulation 100,000).
06/1998-04/1999
Freelance Production, IntraMed, New York, NY
• Freelance production of medical literature and medical research biography packages
• Scanning and image correction of medical illustrations and images
08/1997-04/1998
Graphic Designer, Permission Magazine, San Francisco, CA
• Design and produce fashion spreads, interviews, articles, and editorial layouts for an international music/culture magazine.
• Guided the redesign of Permission magazine, improving consistency and readability.
Internship
06/1996-02/1997
*Surface Magazine, San Francisco, CA: International Fashion & Trend Magazine
• Conceptualizing, production, layout, image preparation, editing, event organizing, and public relations
Education
1995-1998 Platt College Course of Study SF, CA: Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
1992-1994 San Francisco Community College SF, CA: Computer Aided Design
Computer competence
Professional knowledge: Quark XPress, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, MS Excel, MS Word
Base Experience : Flash, PowerPoint
Experience in Trouble-shooting Programs and Operating systems
Languages
English - Native speaker
Deutsch - Good base knowledge of written and spoken German
(600 hour Certificate Deutsch and further studies course completed)
Berlin, Germany