Ed Adams

Current

Graphic Artist / Art Director at flickertoflame.com

Past

Associate Creative Director at DataPositive
Art Director at DataPositive
Art Director at DVC

Junior Art Director at DVC
Graphic Designer at PMD

see less...

2 more...

Education

The College of New Jersey

Recommended

8 people have recommended Ed

Connections

81 connections

Industry

Online Media

Websites

Ed Adams’s Summary

I take ideas and make them visible, flexible, functional, and beautiful - and I can create them in almost any media required; from pen & ink to complex flash applications and standards-compliant web design. In general, I follow a simple rule in my work—that both form and function need to walk side by side on a successful path to effective design and engaging art.

Ed Adams’s Specialties:

Web Design: Flash Design and AS 2.0 (with 3.0 in the works), usability and standards-compliant design; Corporate Design and Branding; Entertainment/Music-industry based package design and promotion; Consumer Goods; Logo Design; Fine Art and Illustration

Ed Adams’s Experience

Graphic Artist / Art Director

flickertoflame.com

(Graphic Design industry)

January 2003 — Present (6 years 11 months)

Art Director and Graphic Artist featuring freelance design, illustration, interactive design, Flash animation/development & Photography. Cutting edge print design and interactive design/development at competitive rates for clients of all sizes. I can bring the experience of designing and managing the creative for Fortune 500 companies to the small business; while bringing the attention to detail and personal relationships of small business to large organizations. See www.flickertoflame.com for more info.
Associate Creative Director

DataPositive

(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

August 2008 — February 2009 (7 months)

Interactive Design, Flash development/animation, UI development, illustration, branding. Brands include BP, Castrol, ChapStick, Laptop Magazine, Disney, and assorted pharmaceutical work. Owned multiple client relationships and represented the creative team during all client meetings and contact.
Art Director

DataPositive

(Graphic Design industry)

April 2007 — August 2008 (1 year 5 months)

Interactive Design, Flash development/animation, UI development, illustration, branding
Art Director

DVC

(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

December 2005 — November 2006 (1 year )

Art Director on all interactive media, AT&T PrePaid, AT&T Military, Gillette, Nokia, Hertz, and JVC. Responsibilities included concept design, project management, and client presentations. Owned multiple client relationships and helped them thrive with the agency's results.
Junior Art Director

DVC

(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

December 2004 — December 2005 (1 year 1 month)

Assorted interactive media, AT&T PrePaid, AT&T Military, Gillette, Nokia, Hertz, and JVC. Responsibilities included concept design and client presentations.
Graphic Designer

PMD

(Graphic Design industry)

October 2004 — December 2004 (3 months)

Assisted Creative Director on projects including newspaper advertisements, websites, video & audio production, as well as original concepting and client presentations.

Ed Adams’s Education

The College of New Jersey

Bachelor of Fine Arts , Fine Art / Graphic Design , 1999 — 2003

I started off as a strictly Graphic Design major at TCNJ, but soon realized that the program didn't have the flexibility that I wanted to achieve in the arts. My solution was simple; to switch to being a Fine Arts major and make the program work for me. I was able to find that happy medium between my design and art - and I attained a broad spectrum of skills upon graduation that I would not have achieved had I stayed on my original graphic design path. This has proven to be one of the best decisions of my life.

Activities and Societies:

President - Art Students Association - 2001