Coroflot

Resume

SHAWN G. SALGADO
http://www.coroflot.com/shawnsalgado
shawngsalgado@gmail.com
917.266.3197

OBJECTIVE
To attain a long-term position at a challenging creative company, where I can apply my conceptual and visual skills.
EXPERIENCE
2011 – eOpulence.com, Brooklyn, NY
Web Designer/Art Director
Start-up fashion e-commerce website Project manager, front-end user interface concept/ layout/design, video editing, storyboarding, packaging design, updating inventory (via Back-end PrestaShop) , photo retouching. Worked closely with fashion editor, CEO, CFO and buyers on a daily basis to organize and collect product content for the website.
Clients: Dolce & Gabbana, Prada, Chanel, Tom Ford, CC Skye, Gypsy05, Members Only
1996 - 2010 - Final DNA, New York, NY
Owner/Founder/Freelance Creative Director
Designed a wide range of media: print design, illustration, music production, and basic HTML/Flash.
Clients: The New Yorker, Cartoon Bank, Queers for Economic Justice, General Principal Clothing, various record labels/independent musicians
2009 - Current - Freelance
Illustrator / Painter
Painting live @ clubs, bars, lounges, fundraisers as well as commissioned portraits and miscellaneous illustration work. Clients: Club Element/The Vault, Santos Party House, Madam X, StylEast Group, Grace Hotel, Society for leukemia & lymphoma, Xmental University, Thyroid Cancer, Breast Cancer
2008 - 2009 - Agent16, New York, NY
Art Director
Worked on a wide array of projects including: Broadcast story boarding, package design, illustration, book design, branding/marketing tactics, direct mail, video presentations, photo shoots, traditional/digital painting, sound editing/mixing, events, web + mobile interface design.
Clients: Virgin Mobile, RJ Reynolds (Camel, Kool), Proximo Spirits (Three Olives Vodka, 1800 Tequila), Atari, Chobani Greek Yogurt, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival/Yale University, NYU/Poly, Zappos.com, 20th Century Fox


2006 - Outsiders Entertainment Inc., New York, NY
Creative Director
Directed a team of 6-8 designers in a very hands-on managerial position (conceptually and productively) for all marketing/promotional materials, including but not limited to: B2B, artist press kits, studio website, album cover design, advertisements, posters, stickers, as well as overseeing photo-shoots. Handled virtually every creative aspect of the record label’s public image.
2001 - Kosher Yellow Pages. New York, NY
Graphic Designer
Designed advertisements for clients who published with Kosher Yellow Pages. Part of a design team who administered the layout and content of the publication with Quark.
Clients: Mercedes-Benz, HSBC Bank
EDUCATION
2012 (Pending) – Academy of Art University –MFA Graphic Design
2000 - High School of Art & Design - Communication Arts/Computer Arts
SKILLS
Story boarding, package design, illustration, book design, branding/marketing tactics, direct mail, video presentations, traditional/digital painting, sound editing/mixing, music composition, events, web/mobile interface design. Bilingual : English (fluent) and Spanish (moderate).
APPLICATIONS
Mac (OSX) and PC (Windows 7, Windows XP SP3), Adobe Photoshop CS 5.5 , Adobe Illustrator CS5, Flash CS5 (basic timeline knowledge), Dreamweaver CS5.5 (HTML), Swift 3D v.6, Basic video editing (Adobe Premier Pro, Final Cut Pro X) Music production and audio editing, (Reason 5, FL Studio 10 Producer edition, Adobe SoundBooth CS3.
REFERENCES
Clark Moss
Former Co-President / C.C.O. / Agent16
clark@clarkmoss.com
203-246-6018
Chris Lenox
Creative Director / Agent16
clenox@agent16.com
212.367.3848
Dave Pachence
Creative Director / Agent16
dpachence@agent16.com