Michael Annino

Charged with the creation and maintenance of print and digital assets for multiple B2B brands.

• Print and digital editions of brand magazines
• Digital eBooks, special reports
• Supplements, event publications
• Redesign of magazine brands
• Logo development
• Brand ad designs for print and web
• Web banners, hero images, charts/diagrams/graphics
• Infographics for print and digital use
• Web code cleanup via CMS (BASE, Aspire)
• Cover meetings, postmortems, teamwork, knowledge sharing
• Branding guidelines and templates
• Illustration: traditional; stock manipulation; AI prompt engineering
• BASE-Aspire/InDesign-InCopy workflow
• Troubleshooting and training of editorial teams

Created and managed print and digital assets for multiple B2B brands, as well as, assisting with others.

• Mentoring of new art directors
• Print magazine design, conceptual illustration, production, management
• Digital asset creation: ebooks, special reports, digital magazines, iPhone magazine app (Mag+)
• Client supplement design and production
• Managed eBook and special reports production
• Publication redesigns
• Brand advertising; design and production
• Illustration: traditional; stock manipulation
• Logos, infographics, web/newsletter banners
• InCopy/InDesign workflow
• Cover meetings, postmortems, teamwork, exchange of ideas
• Prepress, preflight, uploads to InSight or CMS
• Event posters, drapes, handouts
• Trained editorial teams on software and troubleshot issues
• Web code cleanup via CMS (Silverstripe)

REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS:

Art Director, Illustrator, EAA PUBLICATIONS; Oshkosh, WI — 2008 thru 2012
Working with EAA editors, ad managers, photographers and printers to produce Sport Pilot and Sport Aviation magazines.

Art Director, Illustrator, STAGNITO COMMUNICATIONS; Deerfield, IL — 1998 thru 2007
Worked with editors, ad managers, designers, publishers, and clients to produce various B2B publications related to the food and beverage industries.

Designer, PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS; Rosemont, IL — 1999 thru 2000
Dealt with the primary presentation design for the War Room events. Additionally produced: CDs, posters, invites, and other marketing materials for event solicitations.

Designer, IBM; Chicago, IL — 1995 thru 1999
Hired to work on projects ranging from brochures, banners, event marketing and presentations for IBM’s mobile reps.