Robert Wilcox

- Rnoeni>< Managing Art Director (Marcn, i996 - August, 2003) ° _ed and managed various teams of art directors and \/vas responsible for tne concept, design and production of up to ten custom magazines and nevvsletters. - Developed a\/vard-vvinning design, vvitn involvement and leadersnip of concepts, branding, coordinating and directing pnotosnoots, commissioning illustrations, designing publications, and maintaining duality in regards to typograpny, brand continuity, color, overall design and production. - ln cnarge of developing and maintaining production scnedules and budgets as vvell as evaluating and ennancing design procedures vvitnin our publisning team. ><-Rite, Incorporated - Grandville Micnigan Grapnic Designer Responsibilities included tne concept, design and production of corporate identity materials, product literature, packaging, trade snovv grapnics, logo design, magazine advertising, slide presentations and sales support material. - Ensured brand continuity on all projects and materials tnat vi/ere produced by Corporate Communications. - Coordinated and directed pnotosnoots for various product lines, botn establisned and new to tne market.

- Responsible for the concept, design and production of multiple publications, primarily Traverse, Northern M/cn/gans Magazine and Northern /-/ome <55 Cottage. I was also responsible for overseeing the development and design of our annual publications such as My/\/ortn I/I/ec/c//ng, F//mgoer (for the Traverse City Film Festival), five versions of My/\/ortn \/acat/ont among many others special sections, publications and books. - Designed, implemented and ensured brand continuity of the current My \lorth logo and applied it to our many products and services such as My \lorth Media, My \lorth.com, My \lorth Tickets, Shop MyI\lorth, and My \lorth Community (see mynorth.com for examples). The My \lorth and "M & Arrow" logo was also applied to merchandise such as t-shirts, hats, mugs, and stickers that were sold and given away at events and trade shows. * Managed our staff photographer and co-managed a graphic designer within our art department. I worked with our photographer on concepts, scheduling, propping, model choices and location scouting. I attended and art directed many of the photoshoots, in particular, the cover shoots and many of the feature shoots. As the final selects were delivered, I photo edited from those and chose which images were to be used on the cover features and departments. I also hired freelance photographers for various editorial assignments.