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Creative Director
Meredith Agrimedia.
Mar 2009 - Present (12 years 6 months)
Art Director for Successful Farming, Ageless Iron Almanac and Future Farmers of America New Horizons, Meredith Corporation. Three times redesigned Successful Farming in-house with no outside consultation.
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Creative Director
Meredith Corporation
Mar 2009 - Present (12 years 6 months)
Duties include remotely directing field photographers, collaborating with the EIC and editors to determine story needs, assigning and managing photographers and illustrators, managing art budgets, conceptualizing all covers, writing occasional cover story headlines, and occasional illustration and photography assignments.
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Georgia Magazine Association
Des Moines, IA
Design basics for non-designers. Conducted on behalf of Successful Farming magazine to the American Agricultural Editors Association Midwest conference.
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Co-Art Director, Readymade
Meredith Corporation. Appointed to assist
in the relocation of Readymade magazine from California to Des Moines. Assisted in transitioning the magazine to local producers and created design directions for a redesign.
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Art Director
Food and Holiday Center of Excellence
Meredith Corporation. Appointed to newly created department specializing in Better Homes and Gardens food related magazines, book-a-zines, cookbooks and two food websites. Responsibilities include visual direction for all food related product lines, budget creation and management, design approval, interaction with internal and external clients, staff management, and overall coordination and presentation of the Better Homes and Gardens branded food related product lines.
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Art Director
Atlanta Magazine
Atlanta, United States
Responsible for all design and art direction of the monthly magazine & complete in-house production.
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Industry presentations
Meredith Corporation
Des Moines, IA
Jan 2001 - Jan 2021 (20 years)
Multiple presentations covering topics from design to effective management for creatives.
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Art Director, BHG.com
Meredith Corporation
Jan 2009 - Sep 2009 (8 months)
Meredith Corporation. Responsible for all art direction, user experience, information architecture and visual appeal of BHG.com, the website of Better Homes and Gardens magazine. Duties include building and maintaining relationships with internal and external vendors, staff management, directing photography, aligning goals and daily tasks with the EIC to produce web layouts, widget interfaces and all related needs.
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Co-Art Director
Meredith
Jan 2009 - Mar 2009 (2 months)
Appointed to assist in the relocation of Readymade magazine from California to Des Moines. Assisted in transitioning the magazine to local producers and created design directions for a redesign.
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Executive Director of Design
Meredith Books.
Sep 1996 - Jan 2008 (11 years 4 months)
Responsible for visual quality of all book products. Directed a staff of 4 art directors & 4 designers, 15-30 freelance designers, had extensive face time with external and internal clients, directing prototypes, creating and managing budgets, and overseeing visual quality of all book titles. Categories included decorating, gardening, cooking, crafting, do-it-yourself home repair and a large children's line. Yearly page output increased from just under 7,000 to 36,000 from
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Executive Director, Design
Meredith Corporation
Sep 1996 - Jan 2008 (11 years 4 months)
Notable licensors included Better Homes and Gardens Semi-Homemade, Rocco Dispiroto, Denzel Washington, TLC and Discovery Channel (Trading Spaces, While You Were Out, American Choppers, & Monster Garage, among others), HGTV, Disney, Sony Pictures (Spiderman 1 & 2), Dreamworks (Madagascar 1 & 2, Shrek and Over the Hedge), Mattel (Polly Pockets), Warner Bros. (Batman Begins, Superman Returns), Nickelodeon (Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!), Home Depot, Stanley Tools, Scotts Lawns, Miracle-Gro, Food Network, Marvel Enterprises, DC Comics, Strawberry Shortcake, Care Bears, Universal Pictures (Peter Jackson's King Kong).
