
Creative Director, Principal at Studio Psyclone, Inc.
Greater New York City Area

Creative Director, Principal at Studio Psyclone, Inc.
Greater New York City Area
Highly-skilled creative and technically-oriented professional with 15+ years of design, online marketing and website development experience. Known for building brands and integrated digital marketing programs from strategy conception, creative development to implementation and rollout, into multiple languages including ecommerce and content management systems. Excellent planning and consulting skills developed from extensive work with clients and team members on a variety of challenging projects. Exceptionally well organized and detail-oriented. Entrepreneurial, self-starter and strong team player. Proven ability to effectively manage multiple tasks without compromise to quality. Strong knowledge of emerging Internet marketing strategies. Cutting-edge technical knowledge of HTML/dHTML Markup, CSS and cross browser support.
Programming: HTML, DHTML, CSS, Action-script, Lingo, Radiant, Knowledge of Ruby on Rails.
Design Applications: Proficiency in the complete Adobe Creative Suite CS, CS2, CS3 and CS4, including; Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Flash, GoLive, After FX and Acrobat Pro.
Media Applications: Proficient in Final Cut, Motion, Compressor, Soundtrack Pro, Logic Pro, Aperture, DVD Studio Pro, ProTools, Toon Boom Digital Pro, Toon Boom Solo
(Design industry)
2003 — Present (6 years )
Founded and managed this design and development studio focusing on branding, web and new media.
Manage a Team of 6 production artists and 3 programmers. Collaborate with key business partners including internal design teams, product, sales, and production staff.
Clients Include; Politics Magazine, Council on Foreign Relations, Federated Department Stores, Avirex, Political Media, Shoot Digital, LLNS and Interactive Government
Services Include: Corporate Branding, Logo and Web Design, Print Design, Audio and Video Production, Animation, Viral Marketing, Programming, Flash, E-business, Digital Strategy and Online Advertising.
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
August 2003 — Present (6 years 4 months)
Run all aspects of creative production. Conceptualize ideas and marketing strategies that build political brands and issue awareness. Create digital strategies for politicians, political organizations including social networking campaigns and viral marketing campaigns.
Manage all art and programming staff.
Manage all online advertising.
(Media Production industry)
July 2005 — June 2009 (4 years )
Design and produce cutting edge websites and online advertising media focusing on government. Create interactive e-business solutions the work in the government environment and collaborate with many departments to bring projects to completion on-time and under budget.
Manage all art and programming staff.
Services include: Logo design, Website development, Viral Video & Animation, Television, Social Network Campaigns, Print Design, Illustration, Virtual Reality Video and Flash Interactives.
(Design industry)
1996 — 2003 (7 years )
Co-founded and managed this new media company.
Managed a team of 4 artists.
Clients Included; USPS, Adelphi University, Spring O'Brien, Leviton Industries, Waterford, Chase Manhattan Bank, Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers and The Bank of New York
(Design industry)
1993 — 1996 (3 years )
Graphic Designer
• High-end Photo retouching for print and television
• Design of PowerPoint and Persuasion slideshows
• Design of national print ads, publications included; Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Mojo and Hit Parader
• Design of Point of Purchase Displays
• Managed production team of 3
Production Artist
• Large Format Print Production
• Scanning, Image Manipulation, Color Correction and Type Setting
• Running Larger format printers such as Durst, RasterGraphics, Iris, and NovaJet
Clients included; MoMA, DKNY, BBDO, TMP Worldwide, Polygram, HBO, Gillette and Pepsi
Top Score “Expert Rating” ISO Certification Test In Photoshop (2005 to Present)
IKON New Media Award for CD-ROM Interactive "Admerasia Interactive CD-ROM" 2003