Dennis Ventrello

Creative Director / Designer

Howell, NJ, USA
Creative Director, Design Manager and Visual Designer with 17 years of industry experience.

A passionate designer and creative storyteller, with a great attitude and a drive to produce industry leading work.

Adept at capturing the design requirements of business stakeholders and positively shaping the creative process in a non-creative environment.

A team player with a proven aptitude for creative thinking and an acute attention to detail.

Work Experience

Jesel Inc.

Creative Manager

Lead creative strategy, development and execution.

Establish new visual standards, guidelines, and brand initiatives.

Develop and design innovative concepts while maintaining project scope: strategic positioning, business requirements, time lines, and budgets.

Source, evaluate and oversee all creative estimates and ensure high quality execution of all deliverables.

Manage agency relationships, creative services and coordinate communication between internal cross function teams.

Provide forward thinking creative leadership and inspire creative collaboration.
August 2005 - Present New Jersey, United States

Monmouth University

Design & Brand Lead - Freelance

Develop, design and assist with the launch of Athletic Department logos, brands and apparel.

Sole creative responsible for the recent redesign of all primary, secondary and department marks.
New Jersey, United States

Target / Sapient Nitro

Senior UI/UX Designer - Contract

Facilitate meetings with members of the SapientNitro, Target and agile dev. teams to discuss project progress, goals and timelines.

Accountable for complete deck assembly, wireframing and creation of design assets for an augmented reality mobile app to assist in-store Target guests in quickly identifying products of interest and their associated details.
New Jersey, United States

Amazon / Quidsi

Senior Visual Designer - Freelance

Tasked with the editing of both creative and copy for the wholly owned Amazon company, Quidsi. Project range includes direct marketing campaigns, shipping inserts and magazine advertisements.
New Jersey, United States

Chewy.com

Brand Lead - Freelance

Created logos and packaging mock-ups for the initial release of two new in-house brands.
United States

Reviewed.com

Design Lead - Freelance

Redesigned the ‘Best of’ logo system utilized by the Technology Section of the USA Today and the Reviewed.com network.
United States

IIP

Art Director / Sr. Designer

Responsible for design, management and execution of all marketing materials.

Worked closely with internal departments to manage and meet all artistic and production needs.

Guided expectations to create a quality on brand and on time product solution.

Key point of contact for client satisfaction.
2003 - 2005 New Jersey, United States

Education

Richard Stockton College Of New Jersey

Bachelor of Arts in Computer & Graphic Design

New Jersey, United States

Brookdale Community College

Associate Arts in Computer & Graphic Design

New Jersey, United States

Applications

Expert level knowledge of Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator as well as extensive experience with the entire Adobe Creative Cloud.

Understanding of HTML, CSS, PHP and current UI/UX
best practices.