John Lacko Illustration

Current

Owner at Lacko Illustration

Past

Sketchels 2! Artist at Jeremyville.com
Illustrator - Freelance at 24 Seven Inc.
Macy's Corporate Business Partner at Macy's

Illustrator - Freelance at Aquent Marketing Staffing
Freelance Illustrator at Alternative Press Magazine
Corporate Senior Visual Graphic Designer at Burdines Department Stores
Corporate Visual Merchandising Production Coordinator at Burdines Department Stores

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John Lacko Illustration’s Summary

Accomplished executive level Visual Presentation Artist & Illustration Designer with 15 years of progressively responsible experience with illustration, art direction, retail branding, visual merchandising, fashion apparel & textile design. Exceptional project management skills including the ability to oversee multiple, complex assignments with tight budgets and timelines. Providing highly technical abilities to engineer display props, 3D collateral and all forms of 2D print manufacturing.

PROJECT HISTORY INCLUDES CLIENTS FROM:
The Source Magazine, Akademiks, Coogi, Encye, Ecko, Sean John, Rocawear, G-Unit, Adidas, XM Radio, Fangoria Magazine, Pod Design, Boston Scientific, Fuse TV, Bravo TV's Project Runway, Vans Warp Tour, Alternative Press Magazine, Hurley, Quicksilver, Samuri Surfer, Oneill, Baby Phat, Guess, Harajuku, LeTigre, Necessary Objects, Paris Hilton, Rampage, Red by Marc Ecko, ROXY, XOXO, JLo, DKNY, Fossil, Lucky Brand Jeans, Michael Kors, American Rag, Ed Hardy, Puma, Buffalo, Levi's, Mavi, Calvin Klein, Claiborne,Tommy Bahama, Nautica, Kenneth Cole, Lacoste, Perry Ellis, Cubavera, Polo Ralph Lauren

John Lacko Illustration’s Specialties:

•Illustration
•Graphic Design
•Creative Direction
•Dimensional Prop Fabrication
•Character Development
•Visual Display Presentations
•Retail Interior Design
•Trend R&D Resourcing
•Merchandise Branding
•Fashion Apparel Textile Design

DIGITAL & CLASSICAL ARTS:
•Adobe CS - Specializing in Illustrator & Photoshop
•Microsoft Office
•Digital SLR Photography
•Colored Pencil Illustration
•Illustrative Typography
•Acrylic & Watercolor Painting
•Mix Media Sculpture
•Silkscreening

John Lacko Illustration’s Experience

Owner

Lacko Illustration

(Design industry)

January 1992 — Present (17 years 11 months)

Handcrafted artistry through pencils & pixels for 15 years, John has honed his interdisciplinary techniques in illustrative story telling and design thinking to captivate the consumer for all his clients. Growing up on his own as an 80's latch-key kid and living on a steady diet of cable TV, Japanese manga comix, evil movie monsters, pixel chomping Atari foes and lots of sugary snacks turned out to be fertile ground for an insightful imagination.
Sketchels 2! Artist

Jeremyville.com

(Design industry)

2008 — 2009 (1 year )

Developed messenger bags for the Sketchels 2 project
with Australian artist Jeremy from Jeremyville.com!Check
out the Sketchels project to buy one of my bags from
Jeremyville.com!!!

http://tinyurl.com/lacko-sketchells2
Illustrator - Freelance

24 Seven Inc.

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

2005 — 2009 (4 years )
Macy's Corporate Business Partner

Macy's

(Public Company; M; Retail industry)

April 2004 — May 2009 (5 years 2 months)

Visual Presentation Design / Retail Interiors / Merchandise Branding /
Print Production & Manufacturing

Macy's Corporate Visual Print Center Business Partner &
Visual Presentation Designer for RTW, Junior Women,
Young Men & Kids Fashion businesses
Illustrator - Freelance

Aquent Marketing Staffing

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

2003 — 2009 (6 years )
Freelance Illustrator

Alternative Press Magazine

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

2006 — 2006 (less than a year)
Corporate Senior Visual Graphic Designer

Burdines Department Stores

(Public Company; FD; Retail industry)

January 2001 — April 2004 (3 years 4 months)

Visual Design & Print Production Industry
Corporate Visual Merchandising Production Coordinator

Burdines Department Stores

(Public Company; FD; Retail industry)

January 1998 — September 2001 (3 years 9 months)

Visual Graphic Design & Print Production Industry

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Visual Artists and their Advocates
The Black Book's AR100 Award Show Book
Fashion Marketing & Digital Media Group (FMG): A Meeting Place for Fashion & Marketing Professionals
Mac Users
Work at Home Artist Group
True Artist: living the art
Adobe Software Users
RETAIL EXECS
The Typography Network
Designers Talk
Ad Makers
DreamDesigners
Action Sports Connect
Art Professionals Worldwide
Adobe Photoshop Group
Adobe Illustrator
Fashion & Apparel
Museum of Comic & Cartoon Art - MoCCA
Magazine
Creative Intensive Network - For All Advertising Creatives
Illustrators and Computer Graphic artists
Creative Design Professionals
Doodlers
Retail Design
Art of Licensing
GRAPHIC DESIGN PROS
FASHION DESIGN PROS
Design+
T-Shirt Professionals
Professionals of the Creative
deviantART Social Art Group
Malakye.com
Macy's Florida
VMSD magazine
The Artists And Creatives Alliance
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