Summary of Qualifications

* Twenty-four years of professional experience in the graphic design industry.

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Diverse graphics experience includes concept development, layout and photo art d
irection, corporate branding,
advertising, direct mail, packaging, POS, signage, magazine
layouts, video animations, and interactive web projects.
* Award winning design work featured in graphic design publications.
* Extensive leadership and personnel management.
* Business plan and budgetary development.
* Project and process development and management.
* Extensive knowledge in print production and printing processes and capabilitie
s.
* Effective communication skills with clients, sales, staff and vendors.
Work Experience
Creative Director
1/2005 - Present * RR Donnelley - Premedia Technologies, Oak Brook, IL
* Work on site with Ace Hardware team members to develop effective communication
solutions for print and
interactive web projects.
* Maintained workflow during transition from Ace's Graphic Services department t
o RR Donnelley PMT operations.
* Work with the Production Supervisor in the development and maintenance of proc
edures and workflows.
* Work with the on-site Art Directors to develop and maintain consistent brandin
g.
* Attend client meetings to discuss and/or present new creative concepts and sol
utions.
* Work with on-site design and production teams to maintain quality of work and
to ensure deadlines are met.
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Work with Ace's interactive marketing team to maintain and develop creative exec
ution for acehardware.com. The
success of the relationship has brought additional work through Ace's advertisin
g department.
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Worked with the Ace marketing team to develop a new brand identity for their cus
tomer loyalty program. The
success of the project created new direct mail campaigns and additional print re
venue for RR Donnelley.
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Developed new packaging creative for OakBrook plumbing fixtures, a control brand
of Ace Hardware. Creative
guidelines and procedures were created to maintain standards of future OakBrook
packaging. The success of the
project exceeded the client's expectations resulting in additional packaging pro
jects, including the Celebrations, Homeplus and the Living Accents control brand
s.
Art Director
8/2003 - 1/2005 * Ace Hardware Corporation, Oak Brook, IL
* Worked with Graphic Services team members to develop and maintain overall bran
ding for Ace Hardware Corp.
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Art directed and designed projects including merchandising and business-to-busin
ess materials, direct mail
campaigns, annual reports, magazines, POS materials.
* Managed staff of 12 including web artists, designers and production artists. C
onducted yearly performance reviews.
* Reworked and refined existing production system to ensure all projects met the
ir set objectives and deadlines.
* Corporate Identity Standards Committee which re-worked and updated Ace Hardwar
e's Corporate Identity.
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Worked with Ace's merchandising and IT departments in conjunction with the RR Do
nnelley's MediaCompass team to implement digital asset management system.
Rivett Design
6/2000 - 8/2003 * Freelance Art Director, Chicago, IL
* Freelance design and art direction of business-to-business, advertising, web c
ampaigns and branding solutions.
Director of Creative Services
8/1996 - 6/2000 * Alliance Entertainment, Corp., Coral Springs, FL
* Hired as Art Director in August of 1996, promoted to Director of Creative Serv
ices in April of 1998.
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Built the department from the ground up as operations moved from Connecticut to
Florida.
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Hired and managed a staff of 16 including 3 art directors, 1 production manager
and 12 graphic designers ranging from entry to senior level. Conducted yearly pe
rformance reviews.
* Developed and implemented production system to ensure all projects met their s
et objectives, deadlines and budgets.
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Directed design projects for the music and entertainment industry that included
a weekly magazine, trade publications, catalogs, POS and collateral materials.
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Worked with merchandising, marketing, and outside vendors to develop schedules a
nd procedures for the production of a new 36-page weekly magazine and bi-monthly
catalogs. The success of the project increased the magazine's page count to 72
and the bimonthly catalogs to monthly. As a result, advertising revenue increase
d over $4 million
dollars in one year.

Instructor
9/1997 - 12/1997 * Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, FL
* Instructor of typography for the Associate program in graphic design at the Ar
t Institute of Fort Lauderdale.
Senior Graphic Designer
11/1994 - 2/1996 * Weigel Broadcasting, Co., Chicago, IL
* Designed print and on-air graphics for WCIU-TV Chicago, WDJT-TV CBS-58 Milwauk
ee, and WBND-TV ABC-58
South Bend.
* Print materials included publication advertisements, outdoor advertising, and
promotional materials.
* On-air graphics included station logos, promotional logos, stills, and animati
ons.
* Art directed on-air promotions and animations both in-house and at post-produc
tion facilities.
* Worked with producers to develop successful on-air campaigns.
* Worked with sales to develop successful sales and marketing tools.
* Managed 2 other graphic designers and their work.
Principal
11/1992 - 11/1994 * Rivett Design, Chicago, IL
* Management responsibilities comprised of business plans, budgets, promotions a
nd sales.
* Creative responsibilities included art direction, design, and production of al
l projects.
Production Manager
9/1989 - 11/1992 * McKnight/Kurland/Baccelli Design, Chicago, IL
* Responsibilities included design and production.
* Set schedules and oversaw all projects throughout production.
* Managed a staff of 2 production artists and when necessary, delegated producti
on work to designers.
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Purchased over $725,000 annually of small-run print jobs, including receiving bi
ds, press checks, setting delivery schedules and maintaining budgets.
Production Manager
10/1985 - 9/1989 * Matthews International, Chicago, IL
* Hired as a production artist in October 1985, promoted to Production Manager i
n December of 1986.
* Managed 6 production artists, trained new employees.
* Set production schedules and oversaw trafficking of all work.
* Advised sales staff and clients about flexographic and corrugated printing cap
abilities.
* Approved purchases of equipment and supplies.
Education
* Bachelor of Art, 1984 - University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign, Illinois
* Associate of Art, 1982 - Illinois Valley Community College, Oglesby, Illinois
Skills
* Extensive Macintosh experience
Awards and Publications
* NARM (National Association of Recording Merchandisers) Award for Best Overall
Campaign
* NARM Award for Best POP Display
* NARM Awards for 3 consecutive Best Direct Mail Campaigns
* Neenah Papers Graphics Award Program - Silver Medallion
* Published in American Corporate Identity 10
* Published in North American Design Review