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Product Designer/Design strategist
eBay
New York, NY
Aug 2017 - Present (8 years 10 months)
Design strategist within buyer experience organization. Partnering with product, design, and marketing teams to deliver solutions.
• Collectible product designer responsible for the re-imagination of eBay to re-establish our place in the market as the premier destination for collectibles.
• Executed content vision and commerce-related strategy for redesign of the homepage as it transitioned to a responsive desktop and mobile experience
• Directed the creative vision for eBay Interests. A tech-led browsing experience to give customers a more curated, personalized window into eBay. This initiative integrated art directed imagery in tandem with machine learning algorithms to merchandise pages with latest deals, promotions, trending products and more.
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Assistant Design Director
New York, NY
Oct 2012 - Jun 2017 (4 years 8 months)
• storyboarding & art direction of motion graphics
• Facebook, Twitter headers, banners & icons
• editorial design, redesign and layout
• supervising a team of four art directors, freelancers and illustrators
• providing oversight and quality control for designs and production
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Art Director
New York, NY
Mar 2009 - Oct 2012 (3 years 7 months)
• responsible for creating campaigns from concept to print
• cast talent (models, stylist, prop stylist. photographers, hair stylist, makeup)
• art directed fashion and still life photography
• directed all stages of production
• supervised a team of five art directors, freelancers and illustrators
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Design Director
New York, NY
Jan 2009 - Mar 2009 (2 months)
• sole Design Director (maternity leave)
• responsible for the overall look of the magazine including page layout,
pagination, pre-press color corrections, edit photos, working closely
with editors, advertisers and marketing
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Senior Art Director
Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Jan 2005 - Feb 2008 (3 years 1 month)
• photo editing
• editorial design, redesign and layout
• managed an art department of six designers—including training and
hiring of freelance designers, photographers, and illustrators as needed
• updated priorities and late additions to schedule and pagination
• oversaw final pages, palettes and photography to ensure quality control
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Art Director
New York, NY
Jun 1997 - Feb 2005 (7 years 8 months)
• met daily deadlines for the newspaper, special sections and supplements
• editorial design, redesign and layout the daily and all sections
• managed an art department of five designers—including training and hiring of freelance designers, photographers, and illustrators as needed