Barbara Warnke
Creative Director, Art Director, Graphic Designer, Web Designer
917-868-8784
graycatgraphicdesign.com
Work Experience
Gray Cat Graphic Design
Creative Director
Sole proprietor of a graphic design studio focusing on Marketing Materials, Editorial Publishing and Identity Design. Current work includes identity and web design for local businesses and non-profits, event materials for weddings and business events and catalog design for the Avon mark. brand.
2012
- Present
New Hampshire, United States
Conde Nast
Senior Art Director
Designed and art directed projects for Condé Nast brands across all platforms. Mentored junior designers and interns. Responsible for all visual aspects of the Condé Nast Style Society website. Hired and supervised photographers, video production companies, illustrators, and stylists. Directed photo shoots featuring still life, models and celebrities. Projects included special sections, iPad publications, web design, branding and advertisements.
2009
- 2012
New York, United States
Lucky Magazine
Associate Art Director – Marketing
Designed and art directed projects from concept to production, reporting directly to the Creative Director. Produced, booked and directed still life and model photo shoots. Responsible for a wide variety of projects including sales materials, trade ad campaigns, videos, premiums, invitations, storyboards, and web pages.
2006
- 2009
New York, New York, United States
Family Circle Magazine
Promotion Art Director
Head of marketing art department, reporting to the Marketing Director. Supervised staff and freelance designers. Responsible for design of media kits, sales presentations, and event signage and collateral. Responsible for art direction of the Family Circle Cup tennis tournament and VIP experience. Directed photography for the tournament and design of all brochures, ads, posters, VIP invitation, media kit and business materials. Acted as creative director for the tournament program.
2002
- 2006
New York, New York, United States
Self Employed
Freelance Designer & Illustrator
DESIGN: Created magazine layouts, media kits, special advertising sections, mailers, invitations, packaging and t-shirt designs. Capabilities include web design, multimedia design and animation.
ILLUSTRATION: Created icons for the VH-1 television shows “Pop-Up Video” and “Pop-Up Video UK”, as well as assignments for Time Magazine and Architectural Digest.
ILLUSTRATION: Created icons for the VH-1 television shows “Pop-Up Video” and “Pop-Up Video UK”, as well as assignments for Time Magazine and Architectural Digest.
1997
- 2002
New York, New York, United States
Bloomingdales
Graphic Design Coordinator
Responsible for establishing aesthetic standards and coordinating the look of all printed materials distributed by Visual Merchandising Department. Created Visual Merchandising Standards Manual to be used by the entire organization. Illustrated all department directives. Designed display materials for all Bloomingdale’s stores. Supervised consultants and vendors.
1993
- 1997
New York, United States
Education
Parsons The New School For Design
Bachelor of Fine Arts
My courses included Graphic Design, Illustration, Painting, Photography, Computer Arts.
1985
- 1988
New York, New York, United States
Philadelphia College Of Art
Presidential Scholarship Award
1984
- 1985
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
School Of Visual Arts (SVA)
Continuing education courses including Animation, Graphic Design and Oil Painting.
1988
- 1993
New York, New York, United States
Pratt Institute
Continuing education courses in Multimedia Programming and Design.
1999
- 2000
New York, New York, United States
Skills
Adobe Creative Suite,
Adobe Illustrator,
Adobe Indesign,
Adobe Photoshop,
After Effects,
Powerpoint,
WordPress,