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ABOUT

Richard sharpened his design and illustration skills in New York City at one of the world's largest publishers of educational materials.

He worked with such well-known brands as British Telecom, Fujitsu, GM, HP, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Home Depot, KPMG and Yum!

As an award-winning designer, he thrives on challenging work that utilizes cross-discipline design skills and project management experience.

HIGHLIGHTS: 

  • Visual thinker with over 25 years' experience in high­-end corporate environments

  • Creative problem-solver for Fortune 50 and Fortune 500 companies

  • Global thinker, experienced in designing for multilingual publications

  • Created a time calculation tool for Home Depot execs to project milestones for new product rollouts

  • Redesigned iconography and Home Depot private trade dress for Veranda product, resulting in 10% sales increase over the first year

  • Recognized by management for innovative thinking and consistently high-quality graphic design


SPECIALTIES: 

Branding/Identity, High-End Image Editing, Iconography, Infographics, Marketing Collateral, Technical Illustration, and Web Graphics

 

HARD SKILLS: 

Art Direction, Branding, CPG, Digital Illustration, Iconography, Image Editing, Infographics, Presentations, Print Design 

 

SOFT SKILLS:

Accuracy, Dependability, Enthusiasm, Friendliness, Perseverance, On-Time Delivery

EDUCATION

Illustration Apprenticeship

Trained for 4+ years under:

Theresa Manns, Senior Illustrator, Art Institute of Chicago

Graphic Design / Art Direction
Apprenticeship

Typography Apprenticeship

Interned for 5+ years with:

Ray Lockhart, Graphic Designer / Art Director, J Walter Thompson

Mentored for 7+ years by:

Robert Wakeman, Type Director, Ogilvy & Mather

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