NOTEWORTHY
• “**** Marketer of the Year” for Conde Nast/The New Yorker.
• Worked with The New Yorker’s editors and created “The New Yorker Archive” which won “Best Packaging” category in the 2006 Wallpaper Magazine Design Awards Issue.
• “The Best of Cover Design” published by Altitude Associates. (TED Conference 2009 Program Guide Cover).
• 2013 National Design Award/Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt for “TED Team Corporate & Institutional Achievement”. THE NEW YORKER • PROMOTION DESIGN DIRECTOR
• Directed a team of Art Directors, Graphic Designers, freelancers, vendors and clients to develop effective designs to meet marketing objectives. Reviewed designs daily developed by direct reports.
• Created a range of concepts and designs for each project, partnering with copywriters to ensure the copy direction and visual presentation work together to make the concept powerful and effective.
• Demonstrated flexibility, resilience and creativity.
• Provided management supporrt and coaching. Met regularly with direct reports to review work quality, client satisfaction, productivity, and progress toward performance standards and professional development goals.
• Committed to continued growth and evolvement as a designer and visual artist.
• Managed very detailed print production for all projects and specialized in employing numerous printing techniques.
• Implemented departmental procedures for overall cost savings annually.
• The New Yorker Festival: Branding, print and digital advertising, outdoor media, pop-up stores/headquarters, venue client displays, digital and print stage backdrops, and all other event signage, etc...
• Collaborated with New Yorker editors and staff and assisted in the art direction of the launch of newyorker.com.
• Created all branding for the inaugural New Yorker Conference held at the IAC Building on West 18. This was the first event at this site so had the opportunity to create the After Effects motion graphics for the 118 foot wide video wall which served as the stage backdrop for the two day event.
EDUCATION
Cleveland Institute of Art • 2 year Foundation Program School of Visual Arts • BFA Graphic Design
School of Visual Arts, New York University,
3rd Ward • Continuing Education
eCornell University • UX Designer Certificate Program SOFTWARE
Adobe Creative Suite:
InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Acrobat Presentation Software:
MicrosoftOffice/Powerpoint, Keynote, Google Slides Robert J. Horansky Graphic Artist & Designer
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robert-horansky.squarespace.com
WORK EXPERIENCE
FREELANCE ART DIRECTION AND DESIGN
Art Director, Designer and Graphic Artist for print, digital and multi-media AGENCY/Client:
ALPHABET Inc./Sidewalk Labs, Care Labs • BARROWS/Remy Martin • DAGR NOTT ASSOCIATES/Precision Oncology, United Therapeutics Corporation, Unituxin • GROUP M/United Health Care • MAS Event and Design/Reddit • MKTG/ Captain Morgan • PEPPERCOM/CSL Behring • RAZORFISH/EMC, Marriott/Westin/Starwood Group, Church Dwight, T. Rowe Price • SYLVAIN LABS/Air bnb, Pepsico
CLIENT LIST:
TED Conferences • The New Yorker • Tremor Video • The Economist Group • KPMG Foundation • Museum of the City of New York • National Geographic Global Media • NOOK by Barnes & Noble • Brooklyn Tech Alumni Foundation • Brooklyn Historical Society • Friends of the Highline • Newsweek/The Daily Beast • Tina Brown Media • Conde Nast Group Publishing • Prometheus Global Media • Meredith Publications • Business Week • Travel Holiday • Garden Design • Saveur • House & Garden • Conde Nast Sports For Women • Disney Magazine Publishing • Automobile Magazine • Random House • Henry Holt & Company • Simon & Schuster • St Martins Press • Atlantic Publishing • NYU Medical Center • Howard University • The Literacy Partners • City Spec • WeBlogTheWorld • Overland Entertainment • Moet & Chandon • Condé Nast Traveler • Spot Co. • Oprah Winfrey Show • Mtv