Freelance CD Designers : Washington

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Professional experience Freelance Cartoonist / Illustrator 2008~present Who I work for *Advertising agencies, apparel companies, in-house manufacturing companies, etc. Sample clients *Hatteras Yachts, Line Drive Graphics, Kohl’s, ZZ Top, Star Trek, Hard Rock Cafe,Melt Management.North Carolina Zoo. What I do *Create conceptual roughs *Responsible for all finished illustrations using traditional or digital methods, sometimes in combination *Write headlines, copy, or captions accompanying my illustrations Art Director / Illustrator, Pine State Apparel, Mt. Airy, NC 2003~2008 *Managed marketing and creative direction for corporate apparel and promotional products manufacturer *Responsible for inception and implementation of new apparel division *Directed design and creative process *Supervised production of products for Sears, Belk, JC Penney and Kohl’s *Created conceptual roughs through final illustration for major apparel companies *Rendered wildlife and golf designs using a combination of traditional and computer illustration techniques *Gained new accounts and increased business with present account base through innovative and creative design presentations Art Director / Illustrator, Coyne-Beahm Marketing and Advertising, Greensboro, NC 1998~2003 *Prepared conceptual renderings and finished illustrations for national advertising campaigns *Clients included: Thomasville Furniture, Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouses, and RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company Art Director, Creative Insight, Inc., Greensboro, NC 1993~1998 *Responsible for conceptual design on multi-media advertising campaigns for national accounts *Duties included: design and completion of storyboards, coordination of print production and procurement, managing and directing freelance artists working on outside projects Product Design Illustrator, Bush Industries, Greensboro, NC 1992~1993 *Produced full-color illustrations and prototype designs for the third-largest ready-to-assemble furniture manufacturer in the US *Prepared finished illustrations from blueprints and design sketches which were used for product line approval and sales support Art Director, Naegele Outdoor Advertising, Greensboro, NC 1985~1992 *Directed concept design and illustration of billboards for local and national accounts *Worked closely with sales staff and production crew to create, customize, and implement advertising campaigns Illustrator / Designer, Accolade, Inc, Winston-Salem, NC 1983~1985 *Prepared marker comps for this full service advertising agency Staff Cartoonist / Illustrator, Kaplan Press, Winston-Salem, NC 1980~1983 *Designed characters for educational company’s books and magazines including work books, coloring books, and school calendars *Worked closely with the Bill Cosby Kids animation team for Fat Albert Education 1977 John Buscema Art School, New York City *Learned how to draw comics the Marvel way 1975-1977 East Carolina University *Fine Art Other art industry-related *Advisory Committee Member of Randolph Community College *Member of American Association of Editorial Cartoonist / Freelance Illustrators