Kevin DeBernardi

Analog Lifestyle

Brooklyn, NY, USA

Work Experience

Analog Lifestyle

Principal

Design websites and pages including a custom-built CMS based on the Zend Framework and Dojo Toolkit which includes features such as automated image scaling, custom image slide show, large file uploads, and an integrated audio player. Implemented open source based projects using packages such as WordPress, SilverStripe, Magento, and MailChimp.
January 2008 - Present Brooklyn, New York, United States

South Brooklyn Bottle Shop

Co-Founder

Organize and produce successful and efficient public and private events. Develop and create related material including tasting books and invitations. Increased attendance by over 100% to ticketed tastings through various distribution channels including email campaigns and Eventbrite ticketing pages.
April 2011 - Present Brooklyn, New York, United States

Museum Of The City Of New York

Senior Graphic Designer

Manage, execute, and deliver a large quantity of projects per year, including complex invitations, email campaigns, exhibition proposals, websites, and periodical material. Significantly improving internal project management and tracking in continuous, high-volume, and concurrent project environment.
October 2010 - August 2013 New York, New York, United States

New York Vintners

Creative Director

Revised and updated store and class collateral to a contemporary, editable format. Attended weekly, in-store tastings of inventory in order to create marketing material and modify inventory.
April 2010 - September 2010 New York, New York, United States

Wax Poetics, Inc.

Owner/Creative Director

Built the company from an undeveloped concept into a functioning, respected entity. Established, maintained, and refined the visual style of the company and its flagship publication, Wax Poetics, as well as other products such as books, record releases, and company websites. Advanced the publication from a loosely-structured quarterly to a strict bimonthly release schedule, expanded circulation and distribution, explored new business opportunities, and maintained the daily operation of the staff and office.
January 2001 - December 2007 Brooklyn, New York, United States

DZP Marketing Communications

Art Director

Participated in winning new business through concept development, storyboarding, prototyping, and client presentations. Maintained clients, such as Major League Soccer, Comedy Central, UNICEF, Fox College Sports, Register.com, and Comcast, by producing ads, collateral, websites, logos, booklets, and premiums.
October 2003 - August 2005 New York, New York, United States

Morris Creative

Intern

Prepared presentation material, participated in concepting, completed design/production work for clients such as Mattel Girls Promotion, Upper Deck, and the University of California at San Diego.
December 2002 - February 2003 San Diego, California, United States

Miresball

Intern

Researched, scanned, and retouched comp images for clients such as Sega and Intel, and organized and produced marketing materials for the company itself.
August 2002 - November 2002 San Diego, California, United States

Innovatv

Content Designer

Encoded and edited video, performed web research, produced graphics for online “interactive” video magazines, worked on a redesign of the corporate website, the creation and production of an e-learning solution for General Electric Financial Assurance, and the production of various collateral material.
November 1999 - April 2002 San Diego, California, United States