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, Infographics, Image Editing, PowerPoint, Print Design.
SOFT SKILLS:
Accuracy, Dependability, Enthusiasm, Friendliness, Perseverance, On-Time Delivery
EDUCATION:
Apprenticed for 6+ years under:
• Theresa Manns, Illustration, Art Institute of Chicago.
• Ray Lockhart, Design, J. Walter Thompson.
• Bob Wakeman, Typography, Ogilvy & Mather