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Owner
Stewart A. Williams Design
1994 - Present (30 years)
Three decades graphic design experience. Fifteen of those years have been at senior-level book design and art direction for publications, so I know a bit about what I'm talking about and doing here. Some of my skill and talents are: advanced creative design, typography, layout, book composition and all phases of printing and production. I'm an art director for photography, photo shoots, and illustration projects from editorial to publishing, including food, product, people and children’s books. You'll find a dependable colleague and trusted leader who's extremely detail-oriented/motivated, kind, considerate and thoughtful. Hire me.
Clientele: The After School Corporation, Arizona Highways Magazine, Avalon Publishing Group, Becker and Mayer!, Bloomingdales, Susie Bright, Carroll & Graf Publishers, Champion Visions, Gay City Health Project, Harvard Business Press, Klutz Books, Lifelong AIDS Alliance, Marlowe & Company, Milkweed Editions, Nation Books, The New York Times, Perseus Books, Pittsburgh Magazine, Red Wheel Weiser Books, The Repertory Actors Theatre, Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, Seattle International Film Festival, Slippery Rock University, Source Books, Sterling Publishing, Storey Publishing, Sunnyoutside Publishing, Thunder’s Mouth Press, Wave Books
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Contractor
Neverstop
1995 - Mar 2013 (17 years 3 months)
Poster and handbill design for Seattle music and entertainment events
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Contractor
The Repertory Actors Theatre
1995 - 2011 (16 years)
Designed posters, handbills and advertisements for this repertory company's stage performances
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The After-School Corporation
2006 - 2010 (4 years)
Designed and produced Annual Reports and provided design support for ongoing campaigns aimed at assisting inner-city youth with opportunities for education outside the public school sector
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Avalon Books
2000 - 2009 (9 years)
Hired primarily to execute cover design and mechanicals
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Arizona Highways Magazine
Apr 2008 - Aug 2008 (4 months)
Provided design and layout assistance for multiple issues
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Art Director
Seattle Metropolitan Magazine
Dec 2005 - Sep 2006 (9 months)
Oversaw and implemented design and production for premier start-up issue of four-color glossy magazine and subsequent issues
Worked in close conjunction with publisher and editorial staff to implement editorial vision
Designed covers and majority of feature articles as well as managed and designed departmental sections
Managed five-person staff including assistant art director, junior designer and production manager and intern
Responsible for managing budgets as well as departmental and contractual paperwork
Hired and art directed various subcontractors, including illustrators and photographers and photoshoots, as well as sourcing stock images and other art
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Senior Designer
Sasquatch Books
2002 - 2005 (3 years)
Managed approximately 25 assigned titles per year from concept to completion
Designed covers, jackets and interiors for various hardcover and paperback titles including non-fiction, photography, gardening, cooking and children’s books
Managed subcontractors, including freelance designers, illustrators, photographers and photoshoots
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Gay City Health Project
1995 - 2005 (10 years)
Provide regular design support by creating posters, handbills, advertisements, brochures, invitations and collateral materials
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Becker and Mayer!
1995 - 2002 (7 years)
Conceptualized, sometimes authored, and provided mock ups and comps for book and packaging proposals
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Champion Visions
1995 - 2002 (7 years)
Designed catalogs and video packaging for sports videos aimed at Japanese consumers
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Northwest Film Forum
1995 - 2002 (7 years)
Designed handbills and collateral materials
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Writer
Tablet Magazine
1995 - 2002 (7 years)
Freelance writer for reviews and profile articles on musicians and entertainers
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Writer
Resonance Magazine
1995 - 2002 (7 years)
Freelance writer for music reviews and profile articles on musicians and entertainers
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Senior Art Director
Seattle Weekly
2000 - 2001 (1 year)
Oversaw all design and production of special sections dealing with: fashion, holiday themes, home and garden
Hired and directed photographers and illustrators, designed and laid-out covers and interiors in conjunction with editorial input
Provided design, production and layout support for Art Director, including: hiring photographers and illustrators and sourcing news images for regular sections and columns
Assisted art director in feature and departmental design
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Contractor
Seal Press
1998 - 2000 (2 years)
Book cover and interior design
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Art Director
The Rocket
1994 - 2000 (6 years)
Art directed over 125 issues
Oversaw all design of magazine and collateral materials
Designed and produced majority of contents of paper as well as dealt directly with
printer and pre-press coordinators
Worked with illustrators, cartoonists and photographers on a regular basis. Managed art department staff, payroll and budgeting
Worked in conjunction with editors and advertising sales to implement new ideas and develop marketing strategies
Led company into digital production from traditional typesetting environment
Regular contributing columnist and reviewer
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Contractor
Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
1995 - 1999 (4 years)
Poster, handbill and film catalog design for this annual film festival
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Tasty Shows
1994 - 1999 (5 years)
Poster and handbill design for live music and entertainment events
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Chicken Soup Brigade
1996 - 1998 (2 years)
Regularly designed posters, handbills and collateral materials in service to this community organization
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Prima Publishing (Defunct)
1995 - 1998 (3 years)
Designed complex interior for gaming books filled with statistical charts
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Four Walls Eight Windows
1993 - 1998 (5 years)
Primarily designed book covers for a variety of fiction and non-fiction titles, as well as advertisements and catalog materials
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Ruminator Books
1995 - 1996 (1 year)
Provided cover design support for a short until when this company suddenly went out of business
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COCA
1994 - 1995 (1 year)
Collateral materials for museum installation