Design Director
Resume:
Murry Keith
Moscow, TN 38057
(H) 901-***-**** (C) 901-***-****
abhn6k@r.postjobfree.com
Work Experience:
January 2009 - Present
~ Freelance graphic designer
Clients include: Knoxville magazine, destin magazine,
contemporary media inc.
~ Art Director, KNOXVILLE magazine.
Responsible for entire editorial look of monthly general-interest city
magazine. Duties include working with freelance artists and photographers,
working closely with editorial staff, design and production of all
editorial pages, and seeing the magazine through production including
prepress and upload.
May 2009 - December 2010
~ GRAPHIC DESIGNER, DESTIN magazine.
Contract design work for quarterly general-interest city magazine. Did a
redesign effective Summer 09.
April 2006 - Nov 2008
~ ART DIRECTOR, Contemporary Media, Inc., Memphis magazine.
~ Art Director, Memphis Business Quarterly
Responsible for management of art staff of 6 people. Duties include
managing workflow of all company
publications and budgets. Responsible for editorial art direction and
design and layout of several company
publications that include a business quarterly and numerous chamber of
commerce publications.
Art direct and design features and columns in Memphis magazine.
May 1980 - April 2006
~ Art Director, Memphis magazine.
Responsible for entire editorial look of monthly general-interest city
magazine. Duties include working with freelance artists and photographers,
working closely with editorial staff including generating story ideas,
design and production of all editorial pages, seeing the magazine through
production including prepress and monthly on-sight press checks, over-
seeing an art staff, and working within a monthly art budget.
1978 - April 1979
~ Art Director, Racquetball magazine.
Responsible for entire editorial look and production of bi-monthly national
sports magazine.
Duties same as above.
Sept 1977 - May 1979
~ Assistant Art Director, Memphis magazine. Designer, Towery Press.
Responsible for editorial and ad design and production of monthly general-
interest city magazine. Also worked on other special-interest publications
including Waterfowler's World, a bi-monthly duck hunting magazine.
August 1976 - August 1977
~ Production Artist, Memphis magazine.
Responsible for editorial and ad design and production of monthly general-
interest city magazine. Also worked on several other special-interest
magazines.
September 1976 - December 1976
~ Production Artist, National Hardwood magazine.
EDUCATION:
BFA in Graphic Design, University of Memphis, 1977.
AWARDS:
Responsible for numerous national awards including the City and Regional
Magazine Association/William Allen White Awards, Print magazine's Regional
Design Annual, Folio magazine's Ozzie Awards, Atrium Awards for Fashion
Design, and the Society of Illustrators Annual Competition.
MISCELLANY:
~ Currently using CS4 for production. Extensive knowledge of the printing
process and the pre-computer
production process.
~ Design judge for two consecutive years for the Florida Magazine
Association.
~ Worked for four years with Fred Woodward, Design Director for Gentlemen's
Quarterly and formerly Rolling Stone.
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