EXPERIENCE: Wine & Spirits Magazine Associate Art Director New York, NY August 2010 to current • Design departments, features and covers for bi-monthly magazine • Art direct and style photo shoots • Manage all phases of magazine production, from desktop design, color correction, and pre-press production, through the four color web offset printing process • Conceptualize and execute marketing collateral for events and promotions • Photo edit, select, retouch and color correct compelling images • Manage freelancers and interns
Morris Visitor Publications/New York Marketing Designer New York, NY September 2008 to August 2010 • Design marketing and sales print, presentations and web collateral • Assist editorial design department with designs, merchandising and styling photo shoots • Scan or research and retouch images
Story Worldwide Senior Managing Editor New York, NY May 2007 to August 2008 • Write, art direct and project manage on-line and print direct mail, advertising, publications and e-mails • Determine effective workflows, naming conventions and schedules for projects • Track all project components from conception to completion • Hire and manage freelancers and budgets • Communicate with all internal departments and clients ensuring all needs and deadlines were met * Promotion to senior position to supervise multiple client projects * Produce award winning publications: RCI Ventures - 2008 ARDY Finalist for Magazine Recognition of excellence in all areas and UPS Compass - 2008 BMA Pro-Comm Best of Newsletter Division
Harper’s Magazine Production Manager/Newsstand Coverwrap Designer New York, NY June 2006 to May 2007 • Maintain day-to-day contact with all departments, printer, web master and advertising agencies representatives to ensure the integrity of the magazine’s print and online component • Traffic, preflight and upload advertisements to printer • Record monthly ad invoicing using MSG Citrix accounting system • Prepare HTML files for webmaster in BBEdit • Design monthly newsstand cover wraps that successfully increased newsstand sales • Collaborate with business staff and editors to design promotions, invitations and ads
CondeNast Production Coordinator New York, NY January 2006 to June 2006 • Traffic, preflight, color check, proof and approve hundreds of advertisements for multiple sales territories • Facilitate client requests and assist sales reps • Prepare and upload images and ads to the pre-press department
Metrosource Magazine Assistant Art Director New York, NY March 2005 to December 2005 • Clean up, design, redesign directory and layouts, advertisements and promotional collateral • Responsible for importing and formatting text to department spreads and directory sections • Scan, organize, categorize and archive digital files and fonts • Traffic and upload editorial and ad pages to the printer
COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE:
COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE: OSX and Windows Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint Adobe Acrobat, Distiller, InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop QuarkXPress FTP clients (Fetch, Cyberduck, etc) Extensis Suitcase MSG Citrix Working knowledge of Word Press, Dreamweaver and BBEdit
EDUCATION:
EDUCATION: University of Missouri, Kansas City B.A. Graphic Design and Photography 2003
CONTACT:
CONTACT: email me: asullivan19@yahoo.com
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