Alex Holt-Cohan
Art Director/Graphic Designer
Chatham, NJ, USA
201.572.1796
www.alexholtcohan.com
The essence of great graphic design is the communication of ideas through visuals. My goal is to use my skills and knowledge by creating visual identities for brands that gets their messages to their target markets across all platforms.
Work Experience
Bridal Guide Magazine
Interactive Designer
My responsibilities include the UI/UX Design of bridalguide.com as well as all digital visual components
February 2015
- February 2015
New York, United States
Publicis
Freelance Production Designer
Responsible for updating and creating new and existing visual assets for Cadillac's Dare Greatly campaign.
March 2015
- April 2015
New York, United States
The Cement Bloc
Freelance Designer/Production Designer
Designed Twitter campaign. Corrected multiple projects from apps to webpages.
February 2015
- February 2015
New York, New York, United States
The Cement Bloc
Freelance Art Director
Designed and art directed a typographic motion graphic for internal use by client.
November 2014
- November 2014
New York, New York, United States
Century 21 Department Stores
Freelance Production Designer
Created, coded, and corrected daily email blasts.
November 2014
- Present
New York, New York, United States
Macy's
Freelance Production/Graphic Designer
I work on high volume and detail oriented production design projects in the Visual Merchandising department. I also work on POP and POS in-store visuals.
May 2014
-
New York, New York, United States
Easypurl.com
Graphic Designer
Manage branding and create branded collateral for use in house as well clients for easypurl and Experiture. Art Direct web based design with programming division based in India.
August 2013
- May 2014
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Cartright Creative
Interactive Digital Publishing Designer
Four month special project developing iPad apps for the beauty industry.
March 2013
- July 2013
New York, New York, United States
Alex Holt-Cohan Design
Freelance Graphic Designer
Freelance designer with clients in both traditional and digital print and web. I have worked as part of both on-site and virtual teams.
Partial Client List: American Kidney Fund, The Art Directors Club NYC, Performance Foundation Leaf Magazine, Park Lane Photo Labs
Partial Client List: American Kidney Fund, The Art Directors Club NYC, Performance Foundation Leaf Magazine, Park Lane Photo Labs
Chatham, New Jersey, United States
8 Of 9 Consulting
Graphic Designer - Internship
Worked as on site freelance designer for 8 of 9 Consulting as a creative design intern for their client DEOS. I created both external packaging inserts and product introduction mailers as well as internal sales presentations. I also designed internal corporate collateral for 8 of 9 including presentation outlines and internal logos
March 2012
- May 2012
New York, New York, United States
L Form Design
Web Design Assistant
Utilized PhotoShop in a MAC environment to create preliminary print and homepage designs, Worked with head designer and programmer on client websites •Created labels for a private label perfume company.
May 2009
- August 2009
Montclair, New Jersey, United States
Education
School Of Visual Arts (SVA)
I have taken a variety of courses at SVA including Visual Branding, Animation and Cartooning since I was in High School. I continue to take classes in their Continuing Education Program to add to my designer's toolbox.
February 2008
- April 2011
United States
Delaware College Of Art And Design
Associate of Fine Arts
Graphic Design major
Delaware, United States
Skills
Adobe Illustrator,
Adobe InDesign,
Adobe Photoshop,
Adobe After Effects,
Adobe Digital Publishing Suite,
Adobe Muse,
Apple Keynote ,
Autodesk Inventor Fusion,
Excel,
Final Cut Pro,
Gliphs,
Google Sketchup,
Hype,
Live Brush,
Microsoft Powerpoint,
Microsoft Word,
Sketchbook Pro,