Ryan King

Art Director

Since grad school I've had to take a long hard look at my career. It's been a really long year and I realize a few things. I don't work well from home and I totally need to be in a group otherwise I'll never live up to my potential. When I'm not writing or researching my thesis on mobile advertising, or freelancing, I'm learning. I've got action script 3 on my plate, and objective C to follow. I have this insistent need to know how things work.

Resume

Education
Savannah College of Art & Design | Savannah, GA | August 2008
• Currently a MFA candidate in the school of Advertising Design
• Web Director of the student Advertising agency -- Agency Five

Northeastern University | Boston, MA | June 1999
• Received a Bachelors Degree in Art, Concentrating on Graphic Design
• Captain/President of the Men’s Lacrosse Club

Work Experience
The Savannah College of Art and Design | Savannah, GA | January 2008 to June 2008
- Teaching intern
I assisted Professor Basil & Lott in lecturing, critiquing and grading student work.

Verrochio Design | Boston, MA | February 2004 to February 2006
- CEO/Senior Designer

Verrochio is a nickname for an artist that was thought to possess true vision and a mastery of his craft. That was ultimate goal for the company that I started. I managed projects for ten clients and worked with other companies and freelancers to create brands, web sites and advertisements. I handled everything from accounting to account management as well as developing all the design.

R+D Advertising/Marketing | Boston, MA | May 2000 to Feb. 2003
- Interactive Art Director

Regaurdless of my title, I contributed to everything designed by this agency from corporate brands and identity packages to CD ROMS and interactive web sites. It was a great job while it lasted where I was involved in client presentations, concept development and of course as much production work as and college graduate would expect to handle.

Gallery 5 North | Boston, MA | Oct. 1999 to Jan. 2000
- Multimedia Intern

I was the web manager and flash developer for this small gallery in the fort point district of Boston. I helped with some gallery functions too.

Bell Atlantic | Middleton, MA | September 1996 to March 1998
- Junior Designer

Originally I was in Graphic standards where I approved and created ads for the Yellow Pages. I was promoted to Creative Services where I was a production artist and junior designer. I created in promotional materials and concepts for the cover of the Yellow Pages.

Freelance :
People Protecting Animals and Their Habitats | Boston, MA | April 2004 - Present
Custom Briefing | Reston, VA | September 2009 - present
Advertising and Design
Applied Predictive Technologies | Alexandria, VA | June 2009 to Present
MStyle | Boston, MA | May 2009 to Present
Onpoint Digital | Savannah, GA, August 2008 - February 2009
Aquent | Sabre Imagery | Natick, MA | March 2006 - August 2006
Spire Group L.L.C | New York, NY/West Palm Beach FL | August 2005 to Present
Yellow Pepper Wireless | Boston, MA | August 2004 to March 2005
Big Sister Association of Greater Boston | Boston, MA | March 2003 to February 2005
Gorton’s Fish Co. | Glouster, MA | Sales Brochure Design | April 2003 to June 2003
EquiServe | Jersey City, NJ | Advertisement Design | March 2003

Skills:
Acrobat | Dreamweaver | Flash | HTML | Illustrator | InDesign | Photoshop | Quark Xpress

Associations
AIGA, American Advertising Federation, Coastal Empire Lacrosse, US Masters Swimming

Location

Herndon, VA

Specialties

  • Art Direction
  • Interaction Design
  • Print

Experience

9 years

Education

Savannah College of Are and Design

Affiliations

Art Directors Club of DC, AAF