PUBLISHING
Scientific American Magazine
Creative Director
04/2010-10/2025
Department head responsible for management of art directors, graphics editors and photo editors, both online and print. Maintain design identity for international science publication consistent with overall online, newsstand, and subscriber strategies–including design (and redesign), photography, illustration, collateral material, and special publications. Work with staff to design magazine covers, pages, and online presentation. Make decisions on photographer and illustrator choices on a daily basis. Consult with other creative leads in world-wide science organizations on industry trends and presentations in all markets.
Architectural Record
Consulting Art Director
03/2009-03/2010
Consult on design and photo direction for monthly architectural magazine. Work with magazine staff
to bring monthly magazine to press.
Men's Journal
Interim Art Director 07/2006-09/2006
Design and photo direction for monthly men’s lifestyle magazine. Work with magazine staff to bring monthly magazine to press with tight time deadlines.
Let's Eat and Yogalife
Rodale Publishing
Consulting Art Director
06/2005-06/2006
Design and photo direction for new quarterly food
and lifestyle magazines. Work with Rodale's New Product Development group, a small staff of writers and editors, to bring the magazine to press with
short turnaround times.
Discover Magazine
Design Director
03/2000-04/2005
Department head responsible for art and photo direction. Develop and maintain branding, design, photography, illustration, collateral material, online presence and special publications. Oversee quality of printers with prepress color correction, press supervision, and post-mortem critiques
of printer.
Time Inc. Custom Publishing | Art Director
06/1997-03/2000
Design and art direction for various publication projects for individual clients. Including, lifestyle magazines like Joe–a quarterly magazine for Starbucks, focusing on popular culture. Harrah's World–a guide to Harrah's casino reward program. Investor magazines like, Fidelity Outlook–Fidelity Investments magazine for affluent customers and Bank One’s monthly investor magazine.
Brill’s Content Magazine | Associate Art Director
01/1997-06/1997
Responsible for overall design of the premier issue of a monthly media watchdog magazine. Supervise staff of freelance designers.
Money Magazine | Associate Art Director
09/1995-01/1997
Design and art direct features and department pages. Assign Illustration and photography assignments. Work closely with photo department and editors. Executed redesign in early 1998.
Esquire Magazine | Assistant Art Director
09/1993-09/1995
In charge of design for feature and department pages of monthly lifestyle magazine. Research and hire illustrators. Work closely with photo, editorial, and production teams to bring magazine to print.
Sports Afield Magazine | Assistant Art Director
08/1992-09/1993
Responsible for page layout, design, and photograph selection for monthly outdoor sporting magazine. Worked closely with art director and Editor-in-Chief on redesign of magazine.
ADVERTISING + MARKETING
American Express Custom Solutions | Consulting Art Director 12/2006-12/2008
Art direction consultant for the Verizon Wireless Business Brochure. Work with clients, editors and account supervisors to produce brochures for the Verizon retail stores. Work with other agencies to produce photography and other collateral for Verizon including, welcome guides and pitches for new products.
The Hobart Group | Consulting Art Director
01/2005-03/2009
Design of managed care launch playbooks, strategy guides, product announcements, and pull-through flyers for pharmaceutical brands like: Boniva Tablets and Injection, Clobex, Daypro, Arthrotec, Cytotec, and Crestor.
The American Hot Rod Foundation
Brajkovich [Rods and Kustoms]
Burton Silverman Studios
The Hobart Group
IEEE Spectrum
Institutional Investor
Richard Solomon Artist Representative
Roger Black Inc
JUDGE
American Illustration
Society of Illustrators
Society of Publication Designers
3x3
World Illustration Awards
RECOGNITION
Communication Arts
Society of Illustrators
Society of Publication Designers
Spectrum