I am currently working as a freelance designer, illustrator and production artist for various clients. My current projects include product illustrations and package designs, e-commerce web sites for small businesses, and showcase web sites for fine artists and photographers.

Finished aspects of some of these latest projects are displayed in the portfolios on this site. However, projects that are still in production are neither displayed nor mentioned here for purposes of client confidentiality during project development.

• Designed cartoon characters with the Director
• Developed story boards with the scriptwriter and the Director
• Created animation for the characters as determined by the scripts
• Designed and produced the e-commerce web site for promoting and selling the animations with the Art Director
• Maintained the web site
• Designed and produced the database and management system for tracking and fulfilling orders with the CFO
• Created interfaces to generate necessary financial reports

Employer: MeMovies, Inc., a publishing company that creates and manufactures customized videos for children

• Developed story boards with the scriptwriter and the Director
• Created the animation for six cartoon characters as determined by the scripts
• Supervised and trained the assistant character animators
• Designed and implemented the production work flow for those animators
• Designed, configured, and maintained the in-house Macintosh computer network

Employer: "Generation Jets", a Saturday morning, animated children's show sponsored by the New York Jets

• Designed and produced the two company web sites and all in-house print ads and promotional pieces
• Installed, configured, and maintained the two in-house Linux web servers
• Hired the Network Administrator
• Assisted the Network Administrator with the maintenance and development of the
  in-house Windows and Macintosh networks

Employer: Circle Pressroom, Inc., a Manhattan based printing firm

• Created broadcast quality animated graphics and title sequences for use in television advertisements by Manhattan-based advertising agencies and post-production houses
• Supervised and trained the assistant 3-D animators
• Designed and implemented the production work flow for those animators
• Designed, configured, and maintained the in-house Windows NT computer network

Employer: Work In Progress Fabrications, Inc., a design company which created titling and CGI animation for film and video

• Assisted the Project Supervisor in the design, production, and tracking of projects
• Coordinated schedules with the editorial and marketing departments
• Managed project deadlines
• Developed the overall project design and page layouts with the Project Supervisor and editorial department
• Selected and artistically directed freelance illustrators and photographers

Employer: Steck-Vaughn Publishers, Inc., a publisher of secondary textbooks and workbooks for school-age and adult education programs

• Designed and art directed a four-color, 48 page magazine
• Coordinated the magazine advertising and editorial content with the editorial and marketing departments
• Handled all communication with the printer
• Created and delivered all necessary production files to the printer
• Worked with the editorial and marketing departments to develop and create artwork for the magazine's articles and advertisements

Employer: Database Publications, Inc., a publisher of trade magazines about database technologies and business computer systems