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| Who I am and what I can do |
A senior level professional in the online media, graphic design and brand consultancy profession with extensive experience with projects for some of the world's most recognized companies. My abilities cover: Brand and online strategy User experience Creative leadership of design teams Management of development teams Client relationship management Financial and project management Presentation Documentation My expertise is in leading and managing multiple teams to design and implement the best strategic, usable, functional and visual solutions that utilize all aspects of the medium in promoting the website, brand or product attributes and goals. I have an approachable style that emphasizes honesty, respect, and teamwork with a little irreverence thrown in. |
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| My experience and accomplishments |
Wilcox Design Principle / Online and Brand Design Engaged in various freelance and contract projects in branding and online development. Current and recent clients include California State Automobile Association, Chevron, Texaco, Healthline Networks, Klutz Activity Products, Harcourt Assessment, Master Colors, AudioFeast, PCH China Solutions, and LeapFrog Enterprises. Taproot Foundation www.taproot.org Creative Director The Taproot Foundation is a volunteer organization that provides local nonprofits with grants of branding, marketing and online professional services. Role as Creative Director is to oversee all visual creative print and online work. Help create strong design community and foster professional and high-quality results. Classroom Connect – a Harcourt Company www.classroom.com Creative Director 2004 Managed professional development programs and online instructional materials for K-12 education. Responsible for visual development of the company's products, brands and all related marketing efforts. Lead and mentored online and print designers, information architects, writers and managed audio/video providers. Collaborated with corporate and marketing communications, professional development content specialists, finance and front-end and back-end engineering teams. Also oversaw all financial matter for the creative department. Landor Associates www.landor.com Creative Director of Digital Branding 1998-2003 Lead a department of strategists, consultants, designers, project managers and online developers in Landor's Digital Branding practice. The department focused on Web design and development including functional and technical requirements, information architecture, user interface, production, implementation, animation, film and aural identity. Responsibilities included hiring, developing and mentoring talent; engaged and managed the client relationship. Oversaw all creative and had financial responsibility for the group. Client list included AT&T, FedEx, Visa International, Accenture, HP, Microsoft, Dow Corning, SGI, ITT Industries, Avanade, San Francisco Opera, Xiameter and Seagate. Senior Designer, Interactive Design Director 1987-1998 Involved in designing, leading and managing teams in corporate and retail identity, packaging and print for branding projects including Caterpillar, Hyatt, Hilton, Bell Atlantic, Novell, FedEx, and Southwestern Bell. In the Mid-90s pioneered and championed the fusing of traditional branding with emerging online technologies. Promoted the realization of online media as a major communication channel. Helped create Landor's extensive online presence and tools including landor.com, landornet.com and extranet.landor.com. Designer 1982-1985 In Landor's New York office, gained experience working on large-scale projects with major clients, including Black & Decker, Neosporin and Wear-Ever Aluminum. In 1985 transferred to San Francisco and was involved in corporate and brand identity projects for Coca-Cola, Frito-Lay, Kimberly-Clark, Burroughs Computers and Royal Jordanian Airlines. |
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| I received an education |
BFA from Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California BA from San Diego State University, San Diego, California |
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| Organizations who have liked what I’ve done |
AIGA, CLIO, NY Type Directors Club, LA Art Directors Club, NY Art Directors Club, American Corporate Identity Annuals, Creativity Annuals, CA Interactive Design Annual, Web Marketing Association WebAward, Intranet Design Annual (Nielsen Norman Group).
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