Experience

Penn Foster Group

• United States
• E-Learning Providers
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Adjunct Instructor

  • Sep 2019 - Present



CSS Industries, Inc.

• United States
• Consumer Goods
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Art Director / Sr. Product Line Coordinator

  • Nov 1997 - May 2019

  • Responsible for the concept design and art production of both licensed and non-licensed product and packaging for Easter dye kits, children’s Valentine line, licensed Christmas tags, licensed decor, licensed Christmas cards, and stickers. • Hire, supervise, and coordinate in-house art staff and outside freelance artists to develop art using licensor-supplied style guides. Also develop product proposals for newly sought licenses and work directly with licensors to develop creative strategy for various SKUs. • Work with Sales and Marketing to develop and design catalogs, sell sheets, advertisements, and other peripheral promotional materials. Also provide editorial copy for product, packaging, and promotions. • Maintain reference library and working knowledge of over thirty licenses for a variety of licensors including Disney, Mattel, Hasbro, Marvel, DreamWorks, Lucasfilm, and Warner Bros. Show less



Paper Magic Group

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graphic Artist / Line Coordinator

  • Mar 1994 - Nov 1997

  • Assist Art Director in the coordination of in-house art staff to create product and packaging. • Oversee artwork production for Valentines, Halloween, and Thanksgiving product including window clings, wall decorations, sticker books, and other printed products. • Develop digital templates of product & packaging for use by designers. Coordinate digital art files from creation to electronic pre-press, and ultimately to digital backup storage. • Create prototypes of new products for in-house presentations, Sales meetings, package photography, and other industry events (Toy Fair, Stationery Show, Licensing Show, etc.). • Design and digital illustration for Christmas cards & gift tags, School product, children’s Valentines, and Halloween merchandise. • Extensive use and maintenance of Macintosh hardware and software, including Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, and Quark XPress, among others. • Produce artwork both digitally and traditionally, complete with overlays to indicate embossings, foil hits, and dielines. Show less



Keystone Printed Specialties

• Jessup, PA

• Graphic Artist – Flexographic Electronic Pre-press

  • Sep 1993 - Mar 1994

  • Convert existing digital files for film output to Linotronic for flexographic printing. • Concentrated background in quick turnaround of digital art using Quark XPress, Adobe Illustrator, and Aldus FreeHand. • Convert existing digital files for film output to Linotronic for flexographic printing. • Concentrated background in quick turnaround of digital art using Quark XPress, Adobe Illustrator, and Aldus FreeHand.



West End Games

• Honesdale, PA

• Graphic Artist – Full-color Desktop Publishing

  • Aug 1991 - Sep 1993

  • Page layout & design of miscellaneous roleplaying game manuals and supplements, including Star Wars, TORG, Paranoia, and Shatterzone. • Produce digital illustrations of various vehicles, props, and environments as well as traditional black & white character sketches. • Page layout & design of miscellaneous roleplaying game manuals and supplements, including Star Wars, TORG, Paranoia, and Shatterzone. • Produce digital illustrations of various vehicles, props, and environments as well as traditional black & white character sketches.