Experience

TODA

• Nigeria
• Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Partner / Creative Director of Visual Communication

  • Nov 1999 - Present

  TODA is a multidisciplinary design office located in Brooklyn, New York and Hamburg, Germany. Our design expertise includes all aspects of visual communication — including brand identity design, print, advertising, packaging, interactive, web and motion graphics as well as environmental and exhibit design. When different ideas are brought together, there is an opportunity for something unexpected to develop. TODA is a multidisciplinary design office located in Brooklyn, New York and Hamburg, Germany. Our design expertise includes all aspects of visual communication — including brand identity design, print, advertising, packaging, interactive, web and motion graphics as well as environmental and exhibit design. When different ideas are brought together, there is an opportunity for something unexpected to develop.



TODA New York

• Principal

  • Jan 2010 - Present

  TODA New York provides communication design services that touch all visual aspects of a brand. TODA New York has developed corporate identity, print, packaging and interactive design services for a wide range of clients including Johnson & Johnson, Deutsche Bank, Samsung and American Express. TODA New York provides communication design services that touch all visual aspects of a brand. TODA New York has developed corporate identity, print, packaging and interactive design services for a wide range of clients including Johnson & Johnson, Deutsche Bank, Samsung and American Express.



Parsons School of Design - The New School

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Part Time Faculty / Communication Design

  • Sep 2009 - Present

  Part time faculty at Parsons School of Art, Media and Technology in the Communication Design program. Instructor for a range of classes including:- Collabs: Design for Literacy, a junior level studio elective created by the instructor as a collaborative with a social enterprise - Topics: Art Direction, a six credit junior level class- Integrated Promotion Strategy, a three credit, upper level, design class, and Publication Design, a three credit, upper level, design class. Part time faculty at Parsons School of Art, Media and Technology in the Communication Design program. Instructor for a range of classes including:- Collabs: Design for Literacy, a junior level studio elective created by the instructor as a collaborative with a social enterprise - Topics: Art Direction, a six credit junior level class- Integrated Promotion Strategy, a three credit, upper level, design class, and Publication Design, a three credit, upper level, design class.



The Art Institute of New York City

• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Part Time Faculty / Graphic Design

  • Jan 2010 - Dec 2016

  Instructor for the Graphic Design department teaching studio classes including: Typography, Media Design, Electronic Production, Survey of Media and Design, History of Graphic Design, and Marketing Design. Instructor for the Graphic Design department teaching studio classes including: Typography, Media Design, Electronic Production, Survey of Media and Design, History of Graphic Design, and Marketing Design.



Room Studio LLC

• Photography

• Partner

  • 2006 - Dec 2010

  Founding partner of ROOM Studio, a Manhattan based photographic rental studio. Responsible for creating brand Identity and ongoing development of marketing/promotion materials. Founding partner of ROOM Studio, a Manhattan based photographic rental studio. Responsible for creating brand Identity and ongoing development of marketing/promotion materials.



Liska + Associates

• United States
• Design Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Design Director

  • 1993 - 1998

  Two years as Senior Designer at Liska + Associates Chicago office followed by three years as Design Director of Liska + Associates New York office. Responsible for opening New York office and building client basis and business operations. Established client relationships with companies and organizations such as Revlon, Fordham University, PricewaterhouseCoopers and The New York Stock Exchange. Two years as Senior Designer at Liska + Associates Chicago office followed by three years as Design Director of Liska + Associates New York office. Responsible for opening New York office and building client basis and business operations. Established client relationships with companies and organizations such as Revlon, Fordham University, PricewaterhouseCoopers and The New York Stock Exchange.



Michael Stanard Inc.

• Designer

  • 1988 - 1993

  Entered design profession at an Evanston, Illinois based graphic design firm working on identity, print and packaging projects for clients like Kraft, Protection Mutual Insurance Company, Open Court Publishing and Lincoln Park Zoo. Entered design profession at an Evanston, Illinois based graphic design firm working on identity, print and packaging projects for clients like Kraft, Protection Mutual Insurance Company, Open Court Publishing and Lincoln Park Zoo.