
Senior Art Director at The CSI Group
Greater New York City Area

Senior Art Director at The CSI Group
Greater New York City Area
(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)
March 2005 — Present (3 years 7 months)
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
September 2003 — February 2005 (1 year 6 months)
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
February 2001 — August 2003 (2 years 7 months)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; REL; Publishing industry)
October 2000 — February 2001 (5 months)
Designed brochures and advertisements aimed at increasing sales.
(Non-Profit; Public Relations and Communications industry)
March 1999 — September 2000 (1 year 7 months)
Designed numerous collateral aimed to increase fund raising efforts for the organization, as well as PR designs aimed to educate the general public on hate symbols, hate speech and other forms of defamation.
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
October 1997 — March 1999 (1 year 6 months)
Designed posters and other advertisements for Miramax, the Independent Film Channel (IFC) and other major motion pictures, including In Your Ear (IFC), Cannes at IFC (IFC), Primal Screen 2 Cult (IFC), Notting Hill, October Sky and One Tough Cop. Assisted in design and production of one sheets for The Red Violin, Spy Kids, Go, The Replacement Killers, What Dreams May Come, Eve's Bayou, The Celebration, Slam, and numerous more.
BFA (with honors), Communication Design, 1994 — 1998
Entered as a Freshmen declaring Illustration as my major. Morphed over to Graphic Design mid-Sophmore year and never looked back. Had some world-class instructors, made some lifelong friends and got the skills and experience I needed to enter the very competitive NYC communication design scene and thrive.
1990 — 1994
Intensive Summer Program, Graphic Design, 1993 — 1993
Intensive 2 month-long pre-admission foundation program, focusing on drawing, painting and 3D modeling/sculpture. Ended the program with my admission-gaining portfolio review.
Drawing 1987 — 1988
As a kid, learned the basics of drawing techniques. Including, understanding perspective, light source/shadow, and gaining the confidence to simply draw what you see.