Art Direction, graphic design: layout, illustration, web graphics

David Whitcher

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New York 11746

631-***-**** cell: 631-***-****

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http://thedavidwhitcher.wix.com/customdesigns#!portfolio/c1han

SUMMARY:

• A gifted and dynamic senior art director and production manager for technical and business trade

publications and their websites.

• Create highly detailed content including all layouts, their revisions, and source templates, along with

prodigious amounts of informational graphics and conceptual illustrations.

• Able to manage complicated workflows within tight deadlines and collaborate closely with a wide variety

of editors and authors from around the world.

• Highly creative with “clutch” trouble-shooting abilities and a skilled manager of time, resources, and people.

• A master of all aspects of print production and its conversion to web content

EXPERIENCE:

Access Intelligence/Chemical Week Associates/McGraw-Hill Publishing, New York City 1997–2014

Art Director and Production Manager for Chemical Engineering Magazine, a monthly technical business trade publication (acquired by C.W.A. 10/99 and by A.I. 10/04) and OR Manager, a monthly 32-page newsletter covering operating room issues

• Coordinate workflow with editors and outside authors for all editorial content of CE and ORM.

• Plan page configurations, ad placement and produce K4-based Indesign layouts for all pages

of both publications.

• Create all technical and conceptual art, tables, math equations, including flow charts, decision trees,

bar and pie charts, cross section equipment diagrams, using Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop.

• Create all final pdfs for printing. Ship all pages to printer, review and approve all pages.

Produce and ship pdfs for digital edition.

• Export all content for websites as XML files and adjust in content management system

and publish online monthly issue.

• Produce original monthly conceptual cover illustration for CE.

McGraw-Hill Publishing, New York City 1996–1997

Graphic Designer for Environmental Engineering World, Modern Plastics, Data Communication, and Engineering News Record magazines.

Cahners Publishing, New York City 1990–1997

Designed and produced bimonthly supplement to Graphics Arts Monthly magazine. Conceptual illustrations for GAM on a monthly basis. Quark express layouts for printing industry and library studies periodicals. Software reviews.

Across the River Productions, Inc., New York City 1996

Designed and produced prop newspapers, magazine covers, and retouched photos used in Miramax film–Cop Land.

Warner Brother’s Television Productions, New York City 1996

Designed and produced prop newspapers used in CBS network television broadcast–New York News.

Sherry-Lehmann, Inc., New York City 1992–1995

Art Director for $10 million wine and spirits merchant. Designed and produced full-color seasonal catalogs, monthly full page ads in the New York Times, numerous other newsletters, promotional materials, point-of-purchase signage for store floor and windows, store business forms and stationery. Directed product and thematic location photo shoots.

Typographic Images, Inc., New York City 1991–1993

Cardinal Communications, Inc., New York City 1991–1992

Chase/Temkin & Associates, New York City 1989–1991

SKILLS:

Design:

Strong design background spans over 30 years as a professional. Work has included magazine layout, cover design, newsletters, logos, package design, sell sheets, posters, newspaper ads, catalogs, flyers, inhouse signage

Illustration:

Excellent Photoshop and Illustrator skills includes very strong illustration and collage skills, visual representation of complex concepts, superb chart making ability, and creative presentation of information

Content Management:

Export of XML files to website, create and manage graphics, links to pdfs, trouble shooting in html source code

Additional Expertise:

• Excellent writing skills and wordsmithing ability reflect many years of diverse reading and a love of language

• Custom furniture design and fabrication

• A skilled muralist, creator of commercial signage, painted billboards, and theatrical backdrops

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