Art Director, Sr. Art Director, Creative Director

Richard H. Harrison

**** ** **** **., ******* Beach, FL 33426

Telephone: 561-***-**** Email: ************@*****.*** POSITIONS HELD

Graphic Artist, Art Director, Sr. Art Director & Creative Director Creative conceptual designer who has played a key role in the concept, design and production of an array of campaigns on both local and national levels. WORK ACHIEVEMENTS

• Co-designed private island destination for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. Designed cruise brochures. Supervised destination and on-board ship photo shoots.

• One of two senior art directors responsible for multi-media campaigns for the national Blockbuster Video account during their expansion from 500 to over 4,500 stores worldwide.

• Designed Grand Opening ads for Universal Studios in Orlando. Other destination accounts include Busch Gardens and the Seminole Indian’s Billy Swamp Safari Tours in South Florida.

• Designed Superbowl & Indy 500 national contest promotions for Coca-Cola, Sprite and Tab.

• Produced monthly newspaper advertising, store signage and promotions for over 100 Levi Stauss retail stores nationwide.

• Designed first ever marketing ads for Marriott Timesharing.

• Created advertising for travel and leisure clients including Sandal’s Resort, Air Jamaica, Dolphin & Regency Cruise lines. Additionally worked on many resort/hotel accounts from the British Virgin Islands & Dominican Republic to ski resorts like Snowmass in Colorado.

• Redesigned new image, advertising, collateral and logo for Port Everglades which became the fastest growing port on the East coast.

• Designed ads, collateral and contributed to development positioning for approximately 200 top real estate developments. Builders included major companies like Lennar, US Homes, Centerline, Toll Brothers, Koltor and Orleans Homes.

• Creative Director for Male Jeans where sales sky rocketed from $10 million to over $30 million.

• Created monthly newspapers ads for a 100 plus store optical store chain.

• Designed creative promotions and store graphics for 26 Atlanta area McDonald’s restaurants.

• Developed advertising for a sailboat builder that resulted in 25% growth in one year while the entire marine industry was experiencing a recession. Marine experience also includes retail boat dealers, boat generators, sport fisherman and more.

• Created auto ads for approximately 100 dealerships throughout the South.

• Created ads and directed tv commercials for major South Carolina mall with 140 stores.

• Retail experience includes banking, food, restaurants, night clubs and more.

• Experience creating advertising for all facets of the health care industry including a Hospital Grand Opening. Produced brochures and ads for assisted living/retirement communities, home health care facilities and medical accounts.

• As Creative Director for a national plastic manufacturer, designed trade show booths, supervised show registration, installation, & shipment to 3 national trade shows each year. Also produced national ads, catalogs and sales materials.

• Political experience includes numerous local, state and a U.S. presidential political campaign. EDUCATION

Ringling School of Art, Sarasota, FL