• Design catalogs, advertisements, brochures and sell sheet concepts for Rubie’s and it’s many divisions.
• Develop conceptual and stylistic direction and execute same for a wide variety of advertising and marketing projects
• Design and illustrate original advertising and/or artwork based on licenser’s guidelines for use on costumes, home décor and accessories. Licenses included: Marvel, Warner Bros., DC Comics, Disney, Nickelodeon, Star Wars,
• Designing and development of all packaging and inserts for various lines
• Direct the designs and development of a staff of illustrators, designers and production artists in executing the entire vision of all projects.
• Created several generic lines of kids and adult costumes and accessories
• High end photo-retouching of model and product shots

Key Achievements
• Worked closely with the Marketing Director to create original graphic content for the company’s advertising, e-mail blasts, website, social media pages and other marketing materials
• Communicate with senior management to develop an aesthetic and brand that reflects the company’s and its divisions’ core values and ideals
• Review graphic materials to assess their validity and appropriateness for our brand
• Maintain graphic consistency across all deliverables
• Created branding and entire line of ClausPlay; (Christmas costumes influenced by combining Santa Con and Cosplay)
• Created a line of fiber-optic costumes that were very popular in all Party City stores
• Collaborated with Hasbro and Warner Bros. on the package design for the Batman movie “The Dark Knight”

• illustrated a variety of licensed characters in different styles and techniques based on art direction or reference.
• Illustration of licensed characters and graphics including Friday the 13th, Halloween, Nightmare on Elm Street and many more.
• Prepare artwork for color separation

Conceptualize, Illustrate and design original images for toys, costumes, t-shirts, logos, print publications, cartoons, story boards and the Web. I combine traditional art skills; drawing and painting with digital media. I have a strong sense of layout and the ability to adapt to different styles. I am fluent in Illustrator and Photoshop.