Adam Lazar
Graphic Design and Art Direction
Evanston, IL, USAWork Experience
CJE SeniorLife
Creative Services Manager
Design and produce quarterly magazine; provide art direction to photographers and videographers; create invitation and supporting collateral for annual fund-raising event; script, record and edit video interviews, virtual tours and digital ads; write and edit ad copy; write articles for quarterly magazine; provide guidance to program managers regarding marketing needs; design flyers, posters and advertisements; maintain corporate identity; create assets for website and social media
April 2015
- Present
Illinois, United States
Lazar's Juvenile Furniture
Graphic Designer & Marketing Manager
Created corporate identity; designed and maintained web site; promoted company through social media, email, direct mail, print ads; created customer experience through showroom display and in-store signage; supervise 10-person sales staff; developed employee sales tools
January 2005
- April 2015
Illinois, United States
North American Company For Life And Health Insurance
Graphic Designer
Developed and maintained corporate identity, created trade ads, posters, trade show booths, wearables, hired and directed photographer and developed stock photography library, conducted press checks
April 2001
- January 2005
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Capstone Press
Assistant Art Director, Graphic Designer
Created and developed the LifeMatters brand by designing and producing book covers and book interior layouts; designed packaging and posters; conducted press checks; hired and directed photographers and production assistants; developed stock photography library
December 1998
- April 2001
Minnesota, United States
Buzz Co
Graphic Designer
Design and production projects for clients of Buzz Co, a creative talent placement firm
May 1998
- September 1998
Illinois, United States
Crate & Barrel
Design Trainee
Created customer experience and maintained corporate image through in-store displays
August 1997
- December 1998
Chicago, Illinois, United States
J Halcomb Associates Advertising
Intern
Created large and small format ads for automobile dealerships
May 1995
- September 1995
Illinois, United States
Sayles Graphic Design
Assistant Director of Client Services, Office Intern
Managed client projects; wrote press releases; coordinated design competition entries; maintained and developed client mailing list; coordinated employee retreats
September 1991
- February 1994
Iowa, United States
Education
Ray College Of Design
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Visual Communications
June 1995
- June 1997
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Drake University
Bachelor of Arts, Journalism and Mass Communications
August 1991
- May 1993
Des Moines, Iowa, United States