Michael Ioffe
Pleasantville, NY 10570
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SUMMARY
Senior graphic/web designer with years of solid design experience and broad knowledge of
technology. Strong conceptual skills. Command of typography, composition color theory; clean
and inviting design style. Proven ability to manage heavy workloads while focusing on designing
creative and effective marketing and advertising materials.
SOFTWARE
Adobe CS5.5: Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash.
Quark Express.
Microsoft Office Suite: Powerpoint, Word.
SKILLS
Web and print design.
Project management.
Corporate branding.
HTML5 and CSS3. Familiar with JavaScript and jQuery.
Digital Illustration. Freehand drawing: acrylic, pen & ink, color pencil, markers.
Storyboards.
EXPERIENCE
June 2012 – present
Michael Ioffe Design
Pleasantville, NY
Principal
Freelance graphic design shop providing project management, design and production for web
sites, print design, Flash animations, storyboards and illustrations for various clients.
2006 – June 2012
The NPD Group
Port Washington, NY
Senior Designer / Web and Print
Responsibilities: client management, conceptualizing and implementing branding guidelines,
coordinating with back end developers. Major contributor of ideas during strategic and conceptual
brainstorming sessions.
The NPD creative team, utilizing an internal agency model and consisting of two designers
including myself, turned over an average of 500+ projects a year under tight deadlines.
• Designed detailed mock-ups and coded in HTML all web templates in accordance with
branding guidelines.
• Designed logos, print pieces, PowerPoint presentations.
• A conceptualized, designed and produced all Flash presentation for trade shows,
animations for marketing campaigns and e-cards.
• Created original art for custom and template-based designs for most of the company
micro sites, e-mails and landing pages.
• Major contributor of ideas during strategic and conceptual brainstorming sessions.
• Worked closely with sales teams in developing creative marketing materials
and campaigns.
1993 – 2006
UBM (formerly CMP Media)
Manhasset, NY
Senior Designer / Web and Print
Produced multiple printed and web materials (web pages and micro-sites, media kits, logos &
magazine ads) for technology trade publications, such as VARBusiness magazine, Computer
Reseller News, Electronic Engineering Times, InformationWeek.
Worked closely with client, project manager and information architect to create, maintain and
enhance group of corporate web sites using integrated branding and identity design approach.
Maintained and regularly updated company’s Lobby/Client running presentations and Trade Show
presentations using Flash.
AWARD
2007 Golden BOLI award. “Best Self Promotion website” category. SBD studio.
EDUCATION
B.Arch College of Architecture
Minsk, Belarus
Concentration in Graphic Art, Identity and Industrial Design
Digital portfolio www.michael-ioffe-design.com
Print portfolio will be available upon request.
Languages: English, Russian
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Art and design in all forms are a passion of mine.
Painting, drawing, sculpture (clay, wood, metal); building furniture.
Art Portfolio www.michael-ioffe-art.com