PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Creative Consulting 2009-2010
Ongoing design projects for following clients:
Interview Magazine
Star Magazine
Austin Latino Theatre Alliance
Lupe Arte
Rainforest Partnership

Details
Freelance Art Director
Mar-Oct 2008
Managed art department, which included designer and interns for busy marketing department. Directed and designed various promotional collateral including in-book advertorial sections and luxury brochures. Duties included photo research, photo shoots and press checks.

Bon Appetit
Freelance Senior Designer
Nov 2007-Mar 2008
Collaborated with other senior designers and worked independently to create branding campaigns that included invitations, signage, logos, menus, name cards and brochures for various fine food events in NYC.

Glamour
Freelance Designer
Jun-Oct 2006
Designed wide range of sales support collateral including logos, advertorial inserts and PPT presentations for busy marketing department of beauty magazine.

Cargo
Freelance Designer
Sep 2003-Mar 2006
Assisted setting up new department, trained designers in procedures, methods and software. Collaborated with Creative Director to establish branding materials of new startup magazine department that included initial PPT presentation decks, advertorial inserts, invitations, holiday cards, comps and sales sheets for the sales force.

C2 Media
Art Director 2000-2001
Managed and directed creative team of four. Designed brochures, posters, direct mail pieces, manuals, catalogs, postcards, invites and signage for new design department at an established printing company.

Bennett Communication
Art Director 1999-2000
Designed brochures, posters, direct mail pieces and book catalogs at small design firm specializing in branding.

CCH Legal Information Services
Art Director 1994-1996
Managed branding, oversaw designers and print production at a corporation. Designed and executed wide range of collateral such as logos, manuals, brochures, posters, direct mail pieces, signage and invitations.

OTHER FREELANCE CLIENTS
Mens Vogue
Town and Country
GQ
O The Oprah Magazine
Esquire Magazine
Robert A. Becker
KA Design, Beijing
Cline, Davis & Mann
Neuberger & Berman
Hibernia Magazine
Hunter College
Creative Black Book
Estee Lauder/Prescriptives
The Rockefeller University
Ilana Goor, Inc.
Deplano Design
USA Weekend

EDUCATION
Fuzhou University
Chinese Language, Fuzhou, China 2002

Tsinghua Hua University
Chinese Language, Beijing, China 2001

Pratt Institute
BFA with honors, Graphic Design 1990

H.S. for the Performing and Visual Arts
Houston, Texas 1986

LANGUAGE
Native English, Fluent Mandarin and Spanish

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