| EXPERIENCE |

Sports Illustrated, Art Director

New York, NY. December 2015–present

• Art direct Sports Illustrated magazine under the tutetalge of the creative director

• Responsible for branding and designing feature packages, department pages, and digital pages

• Contribute to concepts and oversee execution of illustrations and photo shoots

• Executed the redesign of front and back of the book pages

• Help design and brand the SI Swimsuit Issue including all assets for events, and social graphics

• Designed banner ads, social media and web graphics, and event graphics/branding

• Contribute to the art direction of long form web features

New Bay Media. Design Director

New York, NY. March 2010–December 2015

• Oversee the Art Department and manage workflow for Guitar World and Guitar Aficionado magazines

• Art direct Guitar World and Guitar Aficionado

• Art direct two issues/year of Guitar World’s Buyer’s Guide, a catalog of the years best guitars and
  guitar accessories featuring Playboy Playmates

• Art directed Revolver Magazine 

• Executed redesign of Revolver magazine

• Responsible for designing covers, features and department pages

• Contributed to concepts and oversee execution of photo shoots and illustrations

• Manage and direct photo retouching to ensure the quality of print and digital images

• Design DVD packaging, special issues, marketing materials and event graphics

• Design banner ads, e-mail newsletters and web graphics

• Responsible for preparing files for print production and digital formats

Harris Publications. Art Director

New York, NY. June 2004–March 2010

• Art directed SLAM magazine under the tutetalge of the creative director

• Was responsible for designing features, department pages, and the occasional cover

• Executed the redesign of front and back of the book pages

• Was responsible each year for the redesign of SLAM presents Kicks, a sneaker/shoe catalog

• Designed banner ads, e-mail newsletters and web graphics

• Designed advertorials which appeared in SLAM

Freelance Art Director

New York, NY. June 2003-present

Clients have included XXL, King Magazine, Rides, SLAM, Time Inc,

Launch Snowboards, Liz Young Studios, Alpha, Coliseum Skate Shop

• Designed original logos

• Created illustrations for department pages and feature well of magazines

• Designed covers and interior pages of books

• Performed photo research and art directed photo shoots

• Designed advetorial pages

• Created t-shirt designs

• Prepared files for print production

• Created title intro treatments for Coliseum's 2nd skate video The Boston Massacre

| EDUCATION |

Pratt Institute of Art. Brooklyn, NY

• Master of Science, Communication Design. Graduated May 2004

Kutztown University. Kutztown, PA

• Bachelor of Fine Arts, Communication Design. Graduated May 2000

| SKILLS |

• Highly proficient in Adobe InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator CS6

• Experience with After Affects, Premiere, Flash, html and css