Rick Yamakoshi
Jersey City, NJ 07310
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201-***-**** (c)
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Work Experience:
Freelance Art Director
May 2006 – Present
Ogilvy & Mather, New York, NY
Grey Healthcare Group, New York, NY
Clients: American Express, TD Ameritrade
Client: Varilux Lenses
The Johnson Group, Chattanooga, TN
Hill Holliday, New York, NY
Client: Cricket Wireless
Client: Verizon Wireless
Saatchi & Saatchi Consumer Healthcare, New York, NY
Senior Art Director
Apr. 2005 – Feb. 2006
Clients: Pfizer, Astra Zeneca, Glaxo Smith Kline
GSD&M, Austin, TX
Sr. Art Director
Jan. 2002 – Dec. 2004
Clients include: SBC/Southwestern Bell, Charles Schwab, Kohler (won business), Lennox
Fallon McElligott, Minneapolis, MN
Art Director
June 1998 – Dec. 2001
Clients include: United Airlines, Miller Lite, USA Network, Mercury Marine, McDonald’s
Bozell, New York, NY
Jr. Art Director
Dec. 1995 – May 1998
Clients: Merrill Lynch, Unisys, The New York Times
Awards/Recognition:
One Show, Clio, New York Art Director’s Club, Cannes Lion (Finalist), Graphis
Education:
Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.)
Academy of Art College/University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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