Richard spent years honing his design and illustration skills in New York City at one of the world's largest publishers of educational materials.
Thereafter, he worked with such well-known brands as British Telecom, Fujitsu, GM, HP, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Home Depot, KFC, and KPMG.
As an award-winning designer, he thrives on challenging work that utilizes a wide range of cross-discipline design skills and project management experience.
HIGHLIGHTS:
Visual thinker with over 25 years' experience in high-end corporate environment.
Creative problem-solver for Fortune 50 and Fortune 500 companies.
Global thinker, experienced in designing for multilingual publications.
Created a time calculation tool for Home Depot execs to project milestones for new product rollouts.
Redesigned iconography and Home Depot private trade dress for Veranda products, resulting in 10% sales increase over the first year.
Repeatedly recognized by management for innovative thinking and consistently high-quality graphic design.
Specialties:
Branding/Identity, High-End Image Editing, Iconography, Infographics, Marketing Collateral, Technical Illustration, and Web Graphics
HARD SKILLS:
Art Direction, Branding, Digital Illustration, Iconography, Image Editing, Infographics, Presentations, Print Design
SOFT SKILLS:
Accuracy, Dependability, Enthusiasm, Friendliness, Perseverance, On-Time Delivery
EDUCATION:
Illustration Apprenticeship
Trained for 4+ years under:
Theresa Manns, Illustrator, Art Institute of Chicago
Trained for 4+ years under:
Theresa Manns, Illustrator, Art Institute of Chicago
Graphic Design / Art Direction Apprenticeship
Interned for 5+ years with:
Ray Lockhart, Design, J. Walter Thompson
Interned for 5+ years with:
Ray Lockhart, Design, J. Walter Thompson
Typography Apprenticeship
Mentored for 7+ years by:
Robert Wakeman, Typography, Ogilvy & Mather
Mentored for 7+ years by:
Robert Wakeman, Typography, Ogilvy & Mather