Owner, Smith & Smyth Creations LLC and Graphic Design Consultant
Greater Philadelphia Area
- Current
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- Art Director at New York Post
- Owner at Smith & Smyth Creations LLC
- Past
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- Graphic Designer/Art Director at KPC Christopher Thomas
- Art Director at Cablevision Systems Corp
- Freelance Graphic Designer at Lloyd Staffing
- Newspaper Editor / Distribution for Babylon Arts Council at Babylon Arts Council
- Education
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- Long Island Board of Realtors
- Whitney Education Group Inc.
- Whitney Education Group Inc.
- Whitney Education Group Inc.
- New Horizons Computer Learning Center of Long Island
- CompuMaster
- State University of New York at Farmingdale
- State University of New York at Old Westbury
- State University of New York at Farmingdale
- Connections
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- Industry
- Graphic Design
- Websites
Richard Smith’s Summary
Smith and Smyth Creations (SSC) is a limited liability company offering professional graphic design services for print and web venues while pursuing its main goals towards residential real estate investments. Our graphic design branch serves to attract new customers and clientele while promoting SSC's premier merchandise publication, the World Of Products catalog. In the spirit of building community relations with quality service, we have recently expanded our company ventures to include Pre-Paid Legal Services Inc. SSC is a registered member and independent associate. Call us today: (516) 690-4059
About SSC: www.smithandsmyth.com/about.htm
World of Products Catalog: www.smithandsmyth.biz
Pre-Paid Legal Services: www.prepaidlegal.com/hub/smithrw18
Client list includes:
Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills, NY
llumina-Tee Inc., Westbury, NY
New York Post, New York, NY
Night Search Radio, Memphis, TN
Sky Books Publishing, Westbury, NY
White House Painting and Decorating, Richmond Hill, NY
Richard Smith’s Specialties:
Print Design, Commercial Art, Mac platform, 10 years exp.
QuarkXPress; Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
Web Design, HTML, 5 years experience
Macromedia Dreamweaver; Adobe Photoshop & ImageReady
My Portfolio: www.smithandsmyth.com/portfolio.htm
Richard Smith’s Experience
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Art Director
New York Post
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NWS; Newspapers industry)
June 2003 — Present (5 years 2 months)
Responsible for the layout of the front/back pages and copy/images for business, news and television.
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Owner
Smith & Smyth Creations LLC
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Graphic Design industry)
September 1995 — Present (12 years 11 months)
Smith & Smyth Creations is a limited liability company focusing its business ventures on real estate investment properties while maintaining an active graphic design service within the local and regional community, expanding its community relations and business opportunities.
Graphic design/page layout. Layout & design; desktop publishing, web graphics, cover art (books, CDs and magazines), brochures, small press literary publications.
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Graphic Designer/Art Director
KPC Christopher Thomas
(Privately Held; Graphic Design industry)
December 2002 — April 2003 (5 months)
Assisted ad agency through transitional period with their than new client Cablevision.
Worked on the layout and graphics for promotional materials for high profile clients such as Cablevision, Arbor Mortgage, Bentley College, Domino Sugar, Francesco Rinaldi and MetroWest. -
Art Director
Cablevision Systems Corp
(Public Company; CVC; Graphic Design industry)
October 2000 — December 2002 (2 years 3 months)
Responsible for the layout and design of Cablevision’s promotional packages for Optimum Online, Optimum TV, Optimum Voice, iO-Digital Cable, Lightpath, Pay-Per-View and the Lustgarten foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research.
Types of promotional packages that I worked on included: sweepstakes, print ads, direct mail initiatives, e-flyers and collateral materials such as brochures, tent cards, posters and banners.
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Freelance Graphic Designer
Lloyd Staffing
(Privately Held; Graphic Design industry)
1998 — 2002 (4 years)
While employed as a freelancer at Lloyd Creative Staffing, I worked at Bookspan, Computer Associates, Mutual Funds Magazine, Publishers Clearing House and The Halo Group.
Within these companies/agencies I worked on collateral materials, ad work, direct mail initiatives, vitamin label design, university catalogs, veloxes, cover layouts. catalog work and charity projects. I also lasered mass mailings to be distributed in the United States, England and Canada. -
Newspaper Editor / Distribution for Babylon Arts Council
Babylon Arts Council
(Non-Profit; Graphic Design industry)
1997 — 1997 (less than a year)
Designed and was responsible for the layout of the quarterly newspaper.
Achieved a more efficient rate of production/distribution for members within Long Island.
Initiated new collaborative programs to accommodate needs of local and regional poets and writers.
Handled office responsibilities including updating & organizing membership, phone calls, organizing bulk mailings, designing press releases.
Richard Smith’s Education
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Long Island Board of Realtors
Real Estate License, 45-hour Real Estate Salesperson Qualifying Course #S-181, September 2003 — September 2003
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Whitney Education Group Inc.
Russ Whitney’s Building Wealth Conference August 2003 — August 2003
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Whitney Education Group Inc.
Certificate of Achievement, Russ Whitney's Real Estate Training Academy, 3-Day Course, June 2003 — June 2003
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Whitney Education Group Inc.
4-hour Real Estate Investing & Wealth Building Seminar May 2003 — May 2003
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New Horizons Computer Learning Center of Long Island
Certificate of Completion, Flash 5 - Level 1 (MAC), 8-Hour Class, May 2002 — May 2002
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CompuMaster
Certificate of Attendance, Conference for Desktop Publishers, November 1999 — November 1999
CompuMaster Achievement Through Learning
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State University of New York at Farmingdale
Visual Communications 1996 — 1996
Macintosh courses
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State University of New York at Old Westbury
B.S., Visual Arts, 1992 — 1996
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State University of New York at Farmingdale
A.A.S., Advertising Art & Design, 1989 — 1991
Additional Information
Richard Smith’s Websites:
Richard Smith’s Interests:
fine art, commerical art, museums, movies, reading, painting, writing, bike riding, great sex, travel, history, health, wealth, lecturing, public speaking, educating the masses, raging against the machine, running my business, real estate, graphic design, business opportunities, entrepreneurs, investing, World of Products catalog, Pre-Paid Legal Services, Identity Theft Shield. Online portfolio: http://www.smithandsmyth.com/portfolio.htm
Richard Smith’s Groups:
Art League of Long Island; Identity Theft Shield; Montauk Group; Museum of Fine Art (Fort Lauderdale, FL); New York Blood Center Gallon Club; Night Search Radio (Memphis, TN); Pre-Paid Legal Services Inc.; Russ Whitney’s Wealth Intelligence Network; Specialty Merchandise Corporation; Whitney Information Network Inc.™; Whitney Education Group Inc.™
Richard Smith’s Honors:
Farmingdale H.S., NY
Certificate of Award, 06-23-1988
English 11R - Highest Regents Examination Mark
Philip B. Healy, Member of Assembly, NY
Certificate of Merit, 06-1989
Regents Graduate - Farmingdale High School
Thomas S. Gulotta, County Executive - Nassau
Certificate of Merit, 06-21-1989
Regents Graduate - Farmingdale High School
S.U.N.Y. College @ Farmingdale
Dean's List - Advertising Art & Design
Certificate of Merit, Spring 1990
Certificate of Merit, Spring 1991
S.U.N.Y. College @ Old Westbury
Certificate of Academic Achievement, 04-27-1995
In Honor of Outstanding Achievement - Visual Arts Program
Eyes of Learning Inc.,
Volunteering Time, Effort and Dedicated Service
Certificate of Appreciation, 12-12-1997
Certificate of Appreciation, 12-04-1998
International Library of Poetry, Editor's Choice Award, 09-2003
Outstanding Achievement in Poetry
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