Experience:

2/04 - Present
Black Wolf Studio
• Illustration and Fine Art Services.

6/92 - 1/04
Lowe NYC

Illustration Services Manager 10/94 - 1/04

. Supervised and managed client presentations and pitches.
. Managed staff of freelance illustrators.
. Illustrated color and black & white storyboards, comps, and key frames.
. Organized meetings and communication with account and creative staff.
. Responsible for record keeping, estimating and billing of department production.
. Maintained inventory of supplies and equipment.

Key accomplishments:

. Developed and maintained the “Lowe Illustration Department” an
efficient and income producing process that offered the creative staff a portfolio of ten illustrators.

. Introduced photoshop color to agency storyboards.

Illustrator 6/92 - 10/94
. Illustrated color and black & white storyboards, comps and key frames.
. Organized meetings and communication with account and creative staff.

9/90 - 6/92
Bert Pence Associates
Assistant to the Creative Director
Responsibilities:
. Illustration, Design and Copywriting. Traditional Studio work

4/88 - 9/90
New Line Cinema
Assistant to the Creative Director
Responsibilities:
. Illustrating and assembling comps, designing posters and ads

11/87 - 4/88
Colgate Palmolive
Corporate Communications studio assistant
Responsibilities:
. General studio assistance

Skills and Proficiencies:

Illustration . Pencil, pen & ink, marker, charcoal, pastel, gouache, oil, acrylic, tempera.
Computer . Mac OSX, Quark, Indesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Filemaker Pro.

Education:

1987 - Present

Pratt Institute NYC  . M.P.S. - Arts & Cultural Mangement
School of Visual arts NYC  . Bachelor of Fine Arts - Advertising
School of Visual Arts NYC  . Painting, Instructor - John Murray
The Art Students League NYC . Painting, Instructor - Jack Faragasso
Smithtown Arts Council NY  . Anatomy, Instructor - John Buscema
NY Academy of Art NYC  . Painting, Instructor - Steven Assael
Private Instruction NYC  . Painting, Instructor - John Foote

Freelance Clients:

Publicis, Avrett, Free & Ginsberg, J. Walter Thompson, Mcgarry Bowen, Wieden & Kennedy, Cliff Freeman & Partners, Merkley & Partners, Berlin Cameron/Red Cell, GMMB, Cossette Post, Alchemy, Pagano Schenck & Kay, Lowe, Messner VBMS, Saatchi & Saatchi, BBDO, Laughlin, Marinaccio, & Owens, Unit 7, Spotco, Serino Coyne, Mckinney Silver, Lippincott Publishing, Heavy Metal magazine, Greenwich Hospital, Dorothy Leeds llc, Elaine’s NYC.

Consumer Goods, Consumer Services, Retail, Wholesale, Transportation, Rail, Road, Air, Marine, Media, Advertising, Publishing, Entertainment, Telecommunications