Art Director and Design Consultant
Greater Boston Area
- Current
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- Creative Director at My card. My work.™
- Past
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- Art Director at Idealab
- Senior Art Director at JWG Associates, Inc.
- Designer (freelance) at Ingalls Quinn & Johnson
- Designer at CC&D Cosmopulos, Crowley & Daly Inc.
- Designer at Austin Knight
- Education
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- New England School of Art & Design
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Tom O'Keefe’s Summary
14 years experience in:
• Brand Identity
• Print Collateral
• Application Design
• In-Product Design
• User Interface Design
• GUI Design/Icon Development
• Illustration
• Logo Development
• Advertising (online and offline)
• Packaging Design
• Web Site Design
Tom O'Keefe’s Specialties:
Brand Identity
Tom O'Keefe’s Experience
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Creative Director
My card. My work.™
(Design industry)
June 2003 — Present (5 years 2 months)
I’ve worked on multiple start-ups and established companies including Adobe, WebEx, Cisco, Microsoft, Acquia, Victoria Secrets, Schneider Electric, Twin Techs, TD Ameriatrade, Brightcove, Demandware, Onfolio, Photoleap, Photopeer, Xamlon, Intranets, BlueRaven, Aflax, CFRA, X1 and many more.
• Brand Identity
• Print Collateral
• In-Product Design
• User Interface Design
• GUI Design/Icon Development
• Illustration
• Logo Development
• Advertising (online and offline)
• Packaging Design -
Art Director
Idealab
(Design industry)
1999 — 2003 (4 years)
One-man in-house design team for Idealab and its operating companies. Applying comprehensive computer graphics expertise, repeatedly demonstrated ability to design creatively and effectively under tight deadline pressure while managing multiple projects simultaneously. Responsible for creating unique corporate identities for a diverse array of technology companies and producing all subsequent letterhead, business cards, folders, presentation and website marketing. Created user interface designs during development of web services and software products from initial concepts through final execution. Created online marketing ads for pop-unders, banner ad campaigns and landing pages. Responsible for art direction and management of outside vendors, including Flash designers and copywriters. Also responsible for all industrial design, packaging design, newspaper and magazine ads. Participated as weekly contributor to new company idea generation. Picasa, Newbury Networks, Compete, Intranets.
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Senior Art Director
JWG Associates, Inc.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Design industry)
February 1996 — January 1999 (3 years)
Working as a vital member of a creative team, conceptualized and designed projects such as corporate identities, logos, ad campaigns, brochures, flyers, posters, web pages and college recruitment collateral for a wide variety of recruitment and product clients
• Primary duties and responsibilities include execution of design projects (catalogs, collateral, posters, and corporate identity for clients such as BayBanks, PowerSoft, MIT, Cigna, BlueShield, Cummings, Harris Corp.
• Served as design liaison between corporate office and branch offices
• Management of talent (photography, illustration, copyrighting) throughout the duration of a project
• Liaison between client and manufacturer relating to matters concerning
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Designer (freelance)
Ingalls Quinn & Johnson
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Design industry)
February 1996 — March 1996 (2 months)
• Conception and implementation of several specialty pre-print sections, responsibilities included layout, design, and photography.
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Designer
CC&D Cosmopulos, Crowley & Daly Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Design industry)
January 1995 — February 1996 (1 year 2 months)
• Responsible for design & production of multi-market print advertising campaigns and promotions.
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Designer
Austin Knight
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Design industry)
February 1994 — January 1995 (1 year)
• Conception and implementation of Human Resource Advertising, ERP’s, and responsibilities included layout and design.
