Director Design
Resume:
Mark Costello
Roscoe, Illinois 61073
815-***-**** cell
**********@*******.***
My design work has been recognized by Print Magazine, Sappi Paper as well
as The American Advertising Federation. My goal is to produce great work
for great clients and to work with a firm whose people share the same goal.
I am proficient with Adobe CS4 (InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator) as
well as Quark and Microsoft Office.
My online portfolio can be viewed at the following link.
http://www.creativehotlist.com/mcostello
WORK HISTORY:
December, 2009 - Present
Freelance
March, 2003 - December, 2009
Creative Director/Principal
Fetelli, Inc.
Rockford, Illinois
Owner: Charles Tomlinson
Lead designer and creative director on a variety of retail and B2B print
and web projects with a strong focus on brand marketing and integrated
marketing campaigns. Other responsibilities include name development for
new business, writing, photography and print buying.
March, 2001 - March, 2003
Art Director
Medicineman studio
Rockford, Illinois
Partners/owners: Micheal Bunjan/Sandra kohn
Devised conceptual strategies and applied them to retail and B2B marketing
needs. Developed conceptual on branding, collateral, advertising, websites,
etc., and saw through to completion. Coordinated and directed a number of
photoshoots
August, 1997 - March, 2001
Art Director
Trekk Design
Rockford, Illinois
Partner/Creative Director: M. J. Anderson
Developed various conceptual print work but web design and development was
a huge emphasis. Learned a great deal about designing for web and the
implementation process. Directed web programmers through web implementation
stage.
November, 1996 - July, 1997
Designer
The Larson Group
Rockford, Illinois
Owner/Principal: Jeff Larson
Working with Jeff Larson was very influential in my career. Jeff is a very
accomplished designer whose work has been often published in Communications
Arts, Print and Graphis. Realizing some of the finer points of graphic
design and developing further my conceptual skills was a great benefit to
me.
December, 1994 - November, 1996
Art Director
Blair, Inc.
Rockford, Illinois
Owner: Brian Blair
Worked as lead designer on various conceptual print and brand applications.
Directed photoshoots and retouched photography as needed. Used Quark,
Illustrator and Photoshop.
EDUCATION:
1987-1990
Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois
Bachelors Degree: Visual Communications
1985-1987
Rock Valley College
Rockford, Illinois
Associates Degree
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