ABOUT
A multi-disciplinary designer and creative director with a background and training in architecture. Experience with architectural, retail, exhibit, event, experiential, visual marketing, branding, environmental and product design. Thrives in fast paced work environment and able to collaborate with client, sales, production, and vendors. Able to direct and manage designers of all different disciplines and oversee freelance teams. Worked with brands such as Target, Google, Ferrari, Macy’s, Saks, as well as hundreds of other leading retail clients. Understands brand identity and able to work in different styles. Creative problem solver with strong digital communication skills. EDUCATION
Tulane University School of Architecture Master of Architecture '08 Bachelor of Architecture '08 Tulane University A.B. Freeman School of Business Minor in Business Studies Distinguished Scholars Award SKILLS DIGITAL: Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Rhino, AutoCAD, SketchUp, 3D Studio Max, Vector Works, Cinema 4D, Word, Excel, Power Point, Keynote, PHYSICAL: Photography, Site Documentation, Drawing, Sketching, Painting, Installation, Site Supervision, Project Management, Team Management AWARDS / RECOGNITION Shapiro Family Fellowship (2011) The Special Event (2011) Best Booth: Powerstation Immersive Design: A Festival Experience (2011) Published through LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. WHO I'VE WORKED WITH:
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EXPERIENCE
CIVIC ENTERTAINMENT GROUP (2022 - Present) Design Director • Develop concepts and tactics against client experiential briefs. • Help to solve client’s positioning and marketing challenges for Verizon. • Design and lay out physical spaces and comp graphics in 2D & 3D. • Provide input and feedback for interactive, design, graphic, content and production subcontractors. • Design and lay out physical spaces and comp graphics in 2D & 3D. • Review design submissions with Verizon's brand filter. FREELANCE (2016 - Present) Designer/Creative Director • Conceptualize and design environments and graphics for wide range of clients and projects. • Work with client to ensure proper design direction and communicate timeframe for deliverables. • Created renderings, presentations, and production files for Lead Dog Marketing, Studio Butch, Sequence Events, Quest Events, and Novak Birch using Rhino and Adobe Suite. • Successfully completed hundreds of jobs including events, exhibits, trade show booths, POP displays, wayfinding/environmental design, and product design. • Served as Project Manager for The Factory helping produce and oversee production drawings for events, exhibits, and installations. WASSERMAN EXPERIENTIAL (2021 - 2022) Senior Art Director • Ensured the ideation, creation, and delivery of campaigns that help achieve brand’s marketing objectives. • Worked with third party production vendors as well as internal resources to ensure the delivery of quality regardless of medium. • Determined experiential, digital, and content consumer channels of project brief. • Identified key requirements of each brief in order to develop creative responses. • Managed and inspire creative resources to deliver creative product true to concept. • Ideated and presented creative concepts for brands such as Ferrari, Target, and LEGO. ARSENAL NEW YORK (2017 - 2021) Design Director • Responsible for creation and design of retail and experiential environments for fashion brands, retail and department stores, event agencies. • Work with client to conceptualize, develop, render, and produce wide range of projects. • Involved with projects from ideation through construction. • Create decks and presentations in order to facilitate sale and production of jobs. • Oversee team of designers and freelancers to ensure that all drawings and design deliverables are produced in efficient and timely manner. • Manage workload of over 50 unique projects per month and coordinate schedule and priorities within design team to ensure prompt deliverables. • Interact and design drawings with vendors of all trades in order to facilitate production. • Work in all scales and mediums • Produce build and installation drawings to be used during production and on site. RIPCO (2015 - 2016) Senior Designer • Worked with team of designers, architects, and brokers to create material to aid in sale and rental of high-end retail properties. • Designed before and after renderings of existing properties to help in visualization of brands within the prospective spaces. • Created high-quality presentation material containing custom maps, graphics, photography, and renderings. FOURTH WALL EVENTS (now known as McVeigh Global) (2013 - 2015) Senior Designer • Worked with events, sales, and production teams, as well as clients, to visualize and communicate ideas from rough concepts to fully conceived designs. • Responsible for creation of design concepts and documents including site documentation, 3D renderings, dimensional drawings, production drawings, branding, prints, and other graphic material. • Created new modular product called FormSet which gained instant industry recognition and became its own company focused on light weight scenic rentals and production. DOME VOYAGERS LLC (2013) Intermediate Architect • Assisted in management and development of renovated multi-story building in Manhattan, and conversion of landmark bank to event space in Brooklyn. • Created drawing sets and other required documents using AutoCAD. • Researched and selected vendors for various tasks related to each building. MOSS EVENTS (formerly Pink Inc.) (2009-2013) Designer • Designed tension structures and sculptures used for events, exhibitions, festivals, and installations worldwide. • Created digital environments and renderings to visualize projects using 3D Studio Max, Rhino, and Adobe Suite. • Supervised and documented site visits and installations of projects throughout the United States. • Managed company website and blog and assisted with social media. • Created marketing material through both digital and print media. STAV ARCHITECTS (2009) Intern Architect • Aided in development and 3D visualization of several projects using Google Sketch Up and Adobe Creative Suite. • Organized and developed project catalog and accompanying templates. KOSSAR + GARRY ARCHITECTS (2008) Junior Architect • Managed multiple projects in various stages of design and construction. • Interacted with clients and vendors in order to ensure project efficiency and satisfaction. TIPITINA'S (2006-2008) Graphic Designer • Designed posters and other promotional material for various concerts and events using both manual and digital graphic design techniques. TULANE URBANBUILD (2006) Design Development • Participated in design and development of six prototypes for affordable and sustainable housing in areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina. • Surveyed neighborhoods in order to design feasible housing strategies. • Coordinated marketing strategies and proposal presentation boards. FREELANCE ARTIST (1998 - Present) Design Development • Designed and painted over 100 pieces using acrylics, oils, and watercolors techniques. • Developed and enhanced photography that has been contributed to several sources both digitally and via print. |
