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Street Address w. Sierra Dawn Blvd. #241 Surprise, Az. Cell PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLE email: EMAIL AVAILABLE
Portfolio: www.coroflot.com/loconsole
Qualifications: Accomplished CD/Product Development Manager, with an exceptional record of innovative product development, leadership, management skills with proven sales and customer growth. Over 35 years of performance in package design, branding, Illustration, logo design, art direction and digital art. Concepts have won awards for major corporations such as McDonalds. I ve worked for Hasbro, Mattel, MBI, and Bradford Exchange. Past agency and design experience at Leo Burnett, Bradford, Winston Brands, Precious Moments and Simon Marketing, makes me the perfect candidate for a senior Art/ Creative Director or Graphic Designer.
Owner/President Loconsole Design- 15 years
Full-service design firm with resources for packaging, product design, industrial design, digital retouching, illustration, art direction, branding, trend analysis, R&D, and marketing strategy
Clients Include: Wilton Inc., Premium Surge Innovations Inc.(Burger King Kids Meal Toys),
Winston Brands Inc., The Bradford Exchange, Things Remembered Inc., and Edelman Digital Inc.
Designer/ Illustrator Giftsforyounow.com August 2015-Feburary ( part time ).
Designed & Illustrated personalized gifts and home d cor items.
Senior Product Development Manager Precious Moments Inc. 2010- 2012
Managed multiple product forms from start to finish for themed seasonal launches
Worked closely with our main licensing partner-The Walt Disney Corp.
Supervised Packaging elements
Traveled to Asian vendors to supervise assembly and decoration
Researched new factories to utilize for product production
Accomplishments
Designed best sellers and The Walt Disney Corp. was extremely pleased with my creations
Management was very pleased with my speed and major creative contributions leading to 20% sales growth during a recessionary period
Senior Product Development Manager Winston Brands 2006-2010
Identified and evaluated current market trends with Merchandise Department
Organized multiple projects and brainstormed new product forms
Developed ways to differentiate product concepts to make them market firsts within very tight budgets and deadlines
Worked with overseas vendors to create designs and present new concepts to Buyers, Senior VP and President for final approval
Accomplishments
Many of my concepts were featured on front covers of their catalogs
Senior Developer Bradford Exchange 2003-2005
Created new product templates using art in database
Worked with freelance talents to create designs and present new concepts to Senior VP
Designed promotional materials for direct mail
Supervised and approved final marketing materials for mailers
My templates are still being used with new art being inserted. Created many best sellers.
Senior Designer - CreativeWerks (formerly RTC) 2002-2003
Created new designs for all product forms : tube toppers, toy premiums, candy dispensers, and new candy products
Attended annual Candy Shows in Chicago and assisted in creating display graphics for the shows
Worked with Asian manufacturers to negotiate pricing and delivery dates
Illustrated industrial designs including 3-view drawings, exploded views and selection of materials to be used such as ABS, polystyrene, blow molded plastic, among others
Determined other functions such as sound chips, light up mechanisms, and any other client requests
Helped the company secure new clients
Accomplishments
Won the confidence and praise of major clients such as: M&M Mars, Nestle, Hershey's, Kraft, Dannon,
Post Cereal, Planters, Energizer, and Keebler
Senior Art Director- Simon Marketing 1993-2002
Art Direction for main client: McDonald's
Worked on adult promotional program materials such as packaging, games, and sweepstakes
Worked on Happy Meal toy concepts for the youth division of the agency for nearly four years
Presented new product concepts to clients
Utilized video internet calls with overseas vendors to develop toy concepts
Traveled to overseas Toy Fairs in London, Germany, and New York on yearly basis to aid in research on new innovations in the toy industry
Coordinated multiple vendors, freelance digital art talents, copywriters, printers and photographers Accomplishments
Utilized as the only Art Director for both divisions of the agency based on my overall experience in the
advertising business
Assisted managers in new business acquisition of clients such as: Chevron, Blockbuster Video, Old Navy,
and several others
Education
Associates Degree in Graphic Design/ Illustration from American Academy of Art/Chicago-1974-1977
Awards: Mobius Awards for McDonald s Corp.
Software Skills: Adobe CS5 Creative Suite
*Currently learning Sketchbook Pro, 3D rendering in ZBrush, Maya, Sculptris,
and Mudbox via Lynda.com video tutorials. |
