Stewart Williams

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

Poster and handbill design for Seattle music and entertainment events

Designed posters, handbills and advertisements for this repertory company's stage performances

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

Hired primarily to execute cover design and mechanicals

Provided design and layout assistance for multiple issues

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

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

Provide regular design support by creating posters, handbills, advertisements, brochures, invitations and collateral materials

Conceptualized, sometimes authored, and provided mock ups and comps for book and packaging proposals

Designed catalogs and video packaging for sports videos aimed at Japanese consumers

Designed handbills and collateral materials

Freelance writer for reviews and profile articles on musicians and entertainers

Freelance writer for music reviews and profile articles on musicians and entertainers

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

Book cover and interior design

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

Poster, handbill and film catalog design for this annual film festival

Poster and handbill design for live music and entertainment events

Regularly designed posters, handbills and collateral materials in service to this community organization

Designed complex interior for gaming books filled with statistical charts

Primarily designed book covers for a variety of fiction and non-fiction titles, as well as advertisements and catalog materials

Provided cover design support for a short until when this company suddenly went out of business

Collateral materials for museum installation