DAVID C. MICHAELS
Norwalk, CT
email: dcmichaels@hotmail.com

Professional Profile: A "hybrid" designer with a strong digital and print background.Capable of integrating new media technologies, aspects of social networking, and marketing insight into all of my work. Goals revolve around working in a team-orientated environment where I am consistently being challenged and my broad range of skills are fully utilized.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Rapp Collins Worldwide, New York, NY (2004-Present)
Senior Art Director

• Responsible for both online and offline deliverables
• Directed teams of designers on projects covering many forms of media
• Active in all phases of design, from concept to production
• Handled accounts for Merck, Johnson & Johnson, ESPN, and Capital One

Concentra Integrated Services, New York, NY (2003-2004)
Designer/Programmer

• Designed concepts and layouts while working with team to redesign firm's health care services web site
• Created logos and developed numerous branding concepts for company's revamped corporate identity
• Responsible for teaching and managing individuals in implementation and content development for company's Intranet
• Handled design, layout, and production of company's offline marketing materials
• Responsible for updating user interface for company's ClaimOps and ClaimSight client-based software

   Print Design

• Shared responsibility for design and production of 1to1 Magazine -- a customer relationship management publication with a subscription base of over 57,000
• Developed logos and branding concepts for firm's promotional materials and printed collateral
• Handled design, layout, and production of thought leadership White Papers for both internal and client-side deliverables
• Designed in-house advertisements for firm's printed publications

• Designed logos and developed overall identity for INSIDE 1to1 and it's sister e-newsletters
• Responsible for layout, coding, production, and testing of all e-newsletters
• Co-designed the firm's 1to1.com web site -- a personalized and interactive site with over 100,000 registered users
• Active in content publishing, quality assurance testing, and ongoing site maintenance for 1to1.com
• Responsible for the positioning and tracking of third-party ads on web site, as well as design of in-house ads

• Involved in intensive user-interface research for interactive media firm's numerous deliverables
• Conducted web site audits and evaluations for Kraft, JCPenney, 3Com, and CitiBank
• Developed analytic presentation of client's web site for JCPenney
• Processed incoming research and maintained office's main library

• Directed teams of designers on both online and television deliverables
• Established freelance designer experienced in maintaining both long and short-term projects involving all aspects of design
• Software applications: Photoshop, InDesign, ImageReady, Illustrator, Quark, Flash, and Final Cut Pro
• Programming languages: HTML, DHTML, CSS, and JavaScript
• Able to work seamlessly between PC and Apple operating systems
• Served six years in the Army National Guard receiving top honors as a Chemical Operations Specialist
• Owns a gorilla costume and makes use of it constantly. I'm serious.

School of Visual Arts, New York, NY (2001-2002)

• Post-graduate study in Graphic Design, Typography, and Print Production

• B.A. in Communication Sciences
• Secondary focus on Advertising, Marketing, and New Media Technologies

• Online portfolio: http://www.davidmichaelsdesign.com
• Personal and professional references available on request