I am an art director/designer with 12 years experience in corporate identity, e-commerce, product package design and new product sourcing/development for US retailers and catalogs.

Clients include, but are not limited to: Safeway, Amazon, QVC, CVS, Urban Outfitters, Frontgate, Fry's Electronics, Five Below, Spencer Gifts, Brookstone, Visual Sound, Fear No Ice.

On top of project management, my duties include purchasing and supervising the production schedules of foreign suppliers to meet the shipping demands of domestic customers.

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EDUCATION

2001
University of the Arts
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Graphic Design
Philadelphia, PA 

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2000
Typography Workshop 
Topic: Typography Brochure Cover.
Instructor: Rosemary Tissi
Partner: Odermatt and Tissi 
Zurich, Switzerland

Clients

Additional Clients & Mentors

Norman Silver
Mr. Light

Chip Lillie
Choice Marketing

Madelyn Bradley
Photographer

John Duggan
Duggan & Brown

Toni Buemi
Brand Bridge, Ltd.

Dan Costello
HCI Direct

Mike Brookhouser
Visual Sound

Don Lowing
Designer/Sculptor

Peter Slavin
Fear No Ice Philly

Scott Rella
Fear No Ice

Kevin Roscoe
Cascade Crystal Ice

Rosemary Tissi
Odermatt and Tissi

Brett Bair
Monetate

Olga Ioukhanova
MediMedia USA

Nicole Bair

Art Director

Willow Grove, PA, 2003 - Present 

SPECIALTIES

Art/Creative Direction
Photo Illustration
Branding & Identity
Copy writing & Editing
Product Development
Web Marketing
Logistics
Project Management

Silvine / Mr. Light, Inc. / www.mrlight.com
Project manager, designer, product development and packaging.
Retail clients: Safeway, Albertsons, CVS, Spencer Gifts, QVC, Fry’s Electronics, Five Below
Catalog clients: Plow & Hearth, Frontgate, Solutions, Gaiam, Smith & Hawken, Brookstone, Starcrest
Online clients: Amazon, No More Rack, Wayfair, Discovery Channel, Computer Gear

Product Design: design and oversee product development from conception, testing, to production while designing retail packaging, receiving color proofs from suppliers and approving final shipment to the US.

Project Management: work with suppliers to develop cost effective products to present to US customers, oversee scheduling of final packaging and production to meet client delivery schedule. 

Designer

Philadelphia/New York 1996 - Present

SKILLS

Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Lightroom
Adobe Dreamweaver
Adobe Fireworks / Flash
Final Cut Pro / iMovie
Adobe Acrobat
Word Press
Microsoft Office Suite
Amazon Vendor Portal
Goggle Marketing Tools

VARIOUS CLIENTS, PHILADELPHIA / NEW YORK

Brand Bridge Ltd., Philadelphia. 
Designed site to showcase the services of this new production company.
www.brandbridgeltd.com

Visual Sound: Event Production Group, Philadelphia. 
Developed new corporate ID package including redesigned logo, website and all 
corporate print materials targeting the Philadelphia and Washington D.C. markets.  
www.visualsoundproductions.com

Fear No Ice: Performance Ice Sculpting, New York. 
Designed the website to serve as an online portfolio. Developed new promotional 
mailers and corporate print materials.
www.fearnoice.com.

Choice Marketing, Elwyn.
Designed posters, trading cards and announcements for a non-profit organization 
devoted to forging a link between the community and its emergency services. 

Ice Sculptor

Nationwide 2001 - Present

VARIOUS CLIENTS, NATIONWIDE

Fear No Ice, Fresh Ice, NICA Competitions
Performed in energized ice sculpting shows combining corporate ID and sculpture.
Fear No Ice performances include: Enterprise Awards – Philadelphia, PA, Sting – New York, NY, Stoli Vodka – San Francisco, CA, Sun Microsystems – Aspen, CO., Sylvester Stalone – Philadelphia, PA, Colgate – Stratton, VT

Contact

I have made it a personal goal to always find new ways in which to contribute to my local and global communities through charitable donations, fundraising campaigns and volunteer work. Through social media and tapping into relevant groups, I have been able to reach and surpass set goals and helped make an impact on improving the lives of others. It feels great to receive, but even better to give.

 

List of Organizations and Charities:

Alex's Lemonade Stand - http://www.alexslemonade.org/, https://youtu.be/X2DuhjWmdgM

LBBC - http://www.livingbeyondbreastcancer.net/, https://youtu.be/08Aa8PlR4bI

Kicking Cancer Foundation - http://www.kickingcancerfoundation.org/

American Cancer Society - http://www.cancer.org/

Red Cross - http://www.redcross.org/

National MS Society - http://www.nationalmssociety.org/

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation - http://www.chop.edu/giving/foundation

St. Jude - https://www.stjude.org/

Christopher Reeve Foundation - http://www.christopherreeve.org/