1. SKArt & Production Director
Accomplished Art Director of consumer lifestyle magazines. Effectively designs, manages,
and delivers each issue, cover-to cover, in a fast-paced publishing environment.
Experienced in the concept and execution of online media kits, sell-sheets and promotional
materials to support the brand. Negotiates budgets with resident and freelance editorial,
photo reps, illustrators and outside vendors. Proficient in Adobe Illustrator,
Indesign, Photoshop (CS6), QuarkXpress, and Word.
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Experience
Art Director / Popstar! Magazine
Enoble Media, Paramus, NJ
2012-present
• Design and fully package this nationally-distributed pop-culture magazine marketed to teens.
• Create seasonal value-added bind-ins (school calendars, summer postcards, etc.)
• Conduct extensive photo research, assign illustration, and verify all budgets related to title.
• Create supporting promotional materials to cross-sell the brand.
Senior Designer
Starline Publications, Paramus, NJ
2010-present
• Promoted to head up the design and re-launch of three alternating consumer titles.
• Rotated between celebrity, teen, and ink culture publications aimed at
both ethnic and non-ethnic demographics.
Urban Ink Magazine
2008-2010
• Selected for an effective re-branding of this bi-monthly ink lifestyle title, designed for people of color.
• Implemented new section heads, feature formats and departments
• Collaborated with Editor-In-Chief on the “look and feel” of the new launch.
Today’s Black Woman Magazine
1995-2010
• Hired to fully direct, design and develop this new women’s monthly,
which spoke on love, relationships, and empowerment of the African-American woman.
Education
School of Visual Arts
209 E. 23rd Street, New York, NY 10010
Bachelor of Fine Arts
New York University
School of Continuing Education
Certificate in Magazine Publishing
Awards
Bronze Medal Cover Design, Today’s Black Woman
Magazine & Bookseller
• Adobe CS6
• Creative package planning
• Proofreading/Attention to Detail
• PDF uploads & ‘pre-flight’ quality control
• Advertorials & Internet Banner Ads
• Re-invention & Re-launches
• Messaging & Branding
• Usage Reports/Accounts payable
• Vendor Relations
• Intern Staffing