Johnny Jackpot

Current

• Artist at Polo Ralph Lauren

Past

• Designer at Emperors New Clothes
• Illustrator at Macy's
• Illustrator at Manhattan Media

• Illustrator at New York Daily News
• Illustrator at New York Press
• Illustrator at Newsday
• Cartoonist at Metro
• Layout Artist at New York Post
• Cartoonist at The Brooklyn Eagle
• Production Assistant at Kadan Productions
• Guest Speaker at New York University
• Designer at Double Click
• Graphic Artist at Bloomberg News
• Artist at Meijer

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Education

• Parsons School of Design

Connections

7 connections

Industry

Fine Art

Johnny Jackpot’s Summary

My banjo playing has been used in national television spots and radio spots for clients such as Volkswagen and Wal-Mart. I’ve had the honor of playing music in public school classrooms on several occasions. In addition to a feature musical performance on Fox 5 News in New York City, I have played at an assortment of venues including Carolines On Broadway and Madison Square Garden.

Johnny Jackpot’s Specialties:

Sign and Logo Painting, Audio and Visual branding, Portraits, Editorial and Commercial Illustration, Murals

Johnny Jackpot’s Experience

• Artist

  Polo Ralph Lauren

  (Public Company; RL; Apparel & Fashion industry)

  June 2003 — Present (6 years 6 months)

  -Created multiple large canvas paintings for the Menswear and Womenswear Collections
  -Created murals for the Ralph Lauren Menswear showrooms
  -Create acrylic paintings and line illustration for the Ralph Lauren Home Collection showrooms and for various Polo stores
  -Created distressed denim look for Rugby
  -Contribute promotional illustrations to the Advertising and Children's departments
  -Hand painted signs for Home Collection, Menswear, RRL, Kidswear and American Living showrooms
  -Painted 2007 Christmas window backdrop for Bleecker Street women’s store

• Designer

  Emperors New Clothes

  (Apparel & Fashion industry)

  October 2008 — December 2008 (3 months)

  Designed and distressed text and images for tee shirts
  Designed tee shirt layout

• Illustrator

  Macy's

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; M; Retail industry)

  March 2007 — October 2007 (8 months)

  Created children’s wear illustrations for the Macy's Green Dog and Epic Threads collections

• Illustrator

  Manhattan Media

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)

  December 2005 — November 2006 (1 year )

  Created cover art for a weekly paper

• Illustrator

  New York Daily News

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Newspapers industry)

  March 2005 — March 2006 (1 year 1 month)

  Created editorial illustrations for the op-ed pages of a daily newspaper

• Illustrator

  New York Press

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Newspapers industry)

  January 2004 — March 2006 (2 years 3 months)

  Conceived and created editorial illustrations for a weekly newspaper

• Illustrator

  Newsday

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; TRB; Newspapers industry)

  August 2005 — August 2005 (1 month)

  Created editorial illustration under a tight deadline for a daily newspaper

• Cartoonist

  Metro

  (Newspapers industry)

  March 2005 — April 2005 (2 months)

  Contributed humorous pieces to the editorial and "My View" sections of the world’s largest global newspaper

• Layout Artist

  New York Post

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NWS; Newspapers industry)

  December 2004 — December 2004 (1 month)

  Combined images with text for various articles at a daily newspaper using QuarkXPress and Photoshop

• Cartoonist

  The Brooklyn Eagle

  (Publishing industry)

  June 2004 — September 2004 (4 months)

  Contributed cartoons to the editorial and "FaultLines by Johnny" sections of a newspaper

• Production Assistant

  Kadan Productions

  (Apparel & Fashion industry)

  September 2002 — July 2004 (1 year 11 months)

  Assisted building Fashion Week runways (Cooper Hewitt Museum, Bryant Park, Cipriani 42nd Street) for clients such as Ralph Lauren, Donna Karan, and Sean Jean

• Guest Speaker

  New York University

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

  November 2003 — November 2003 (1 month)

  Performed music on the five stringed banjo and spoke before a drama class

• Designer

  Double Click

  (Internet industry)

  July 2000 — December 2000 (6 months)

  -Designed web pages for a global Internet Advertising Solutions company
  -Utilized Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, html and hand drawn artwork

• Graphic Artist

  Bloomberg News

  (Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

  March 1997 — March 2000 (3 years 1 month)

  Generated a high volume of conceptual television and web graphics under tight deadlines using Photoshop

• Artist

  Meijer

  (Privately Held; Retail industry)

  September 1996 — March 1997 (7 months)

  Designed chalkboard store displays

Johnny Jackpot’s Education

• Parsons School of Design

  BFA , Illustration , 1992 — 1996

  Dean's List, Fall 1995, Spring 1996

Additional Information

Johnny Jackpot’s Interests:

Writing, Music, Physical Fitness

Johnny Jackpot’s Groups:

Local 802 AFM

Johnny Jackpot’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch