Mark Costello

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Roscoe, Illinois 61073

815-***-****

815-***-**** cell

abiyll@r.postjobfree.com

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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