Dennis Ventrello
Creative Director / Designer
Howell, NJ, USACreative 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Understanding of HTML, CSS, PHP and current UI/UX
best practices.