Project Management Design

Hi. I am a multidisciplinary designer & art director with 17 years

experience. I am fortunate enough to do what I fell in love with at the age of 12. My creative skills have been carried into raising, educating, and managing the busy schedules of two children. I am now looking forward to returning to an office setting where I can transfer my skill set back into the professional field. WORK With A Mouse EXPERIENCE Design Freelance Art Director/Designer 2000 - Present Design and develop advertising campaigns, branding and creative concepts for over 80 clients including Draft FCB, Foot Locker, Def Jam, Sean John, Brooklyn Brewery, and Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School.

• Created mailers that were sent out to 13,000 adults from database, resulting in 87% recall, 74% unaided recall and 56% Improved opinion. Project 2050 Senior Art Director 2008 - 2009

Spearheaded creation, and production of print ads and collateral for clients including Target, Nike Sportswear, New Era Caps, and Virgin Megastore. Provided leadership and direction to junior and freelance designers.

• Coordinated grassroots guerrilla campaign for Nike Sportswear store through street team promotion.

• Developed a cause-related program in Rio de Janeiro for Nike that celebrated sports while incorporating lifestyle elements within a festive setting.

• Partnered with Target and record labels to promote monthly album releases.

#worldstoughestjob Working father with self created clients 2007 - Present Manage day-to-day success and development of associates. Provide solutions to associate needs

• Responsibilities include making meals, school drop-off/pickup, and cleaning messes.

• Handle associate inquiries, complaints, and disputes.

• Position also requires multiple hours at various playgrounds, museums, kids movies, and playdates.

Showtime Networks Inc. (The Red Group) Freelance Art Director 2006 - 2007 Conceptualized and designed print advertising, marketing collateral and promotional items. Collaborated with creative directors to produce and create two full campaigns for their first quarter programming.

• Resulted in a 58M net impressions, an estimated total media value of $1.5M, 22.5% increase in subscribers in the quarter, and 6.5% increase from 2005. Spitkicker Art Director 2001 - 2006

A startup by Hip-hop group De La Soul as a portal for fans to reach out to artists. Developed concepts and designs for branding, print and web advertisements, and promotional items.

• Worked with artists such as Dave Chappelle, Kanye West, Mos Def, and Marcus Samuelsson.

• Conceptualized and ran website with a 5 staff team; developed Online magazine, sent to over 150,000 subscribers.

Previous experiences and clients include Burkhardt and Partners (formerly Burkhardt

& Hillman) and Agency 212 (formerly Warren Kremer Paino). Previous clients include Sony, American Express, NBA, Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey circus, and Bulova. 917-***-****

www.samwilson.nyc

www.withamousedesign.com

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EDUCATION Syracuse University

Bachelor of Fine Arts

in Advertising Design

CTAM RECOGNITION MARK Silver Award for

Affiliate Marketing Campaign

Elisa Ribatt Memorial Award

for outstanding achievement

in Advertising Design

CORE • Advertising COMPETENCIES and Design

• Branding

• Consulting

• Creative Suite Knowledge

• Project Management

• Minor Apple Problem

Solving and Repair

• Print Production

• Problem Solving

• Strategic Planning

• Team Leadership

TECHNICAL • Adobe InDesign SKILLS CC

• Adobe Photoshop CC

• Adobe Illustrator CC

• Adobe Acrobat

• Quark Xpress

• Microsoft Word

• Microsoft Excel

• Microsoft PowerPoint

• Apple iWork equivalents

• WordPress

• Adobe Muse

• HTML and CSS

ADDITIONAL

Advisory INFORMATION board member

the Harold Hunter Foundation

Works with at-risk, inner-city kids

by supplying scholarships to Skate

Camp and providing mentorships

with skate industry professionals.

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