Craig Brown

Art directed and designed for Current Events, a weekly four-color news magazine for high school students * Redesigned magazine, and expanded from four to eight pages, creating a fun, contemporary publication that increased in circulation * Produced large-format educational posters sent bimonthly to our subscribers * Supervised all work of production designer for Current Events and related collateral * Negotiated contracts with outside vendors and contractors * Commissioned and oversaw original illustration

Art directed and designed Current Health, a monthly four-color magazine covering health and safety * Redesigned magazine from two-color to four-color, creating a dynamic and contemporary publication * Commissioned and oversaw original illustration and photography that supports editorial content * Art directed photo shoots both in-studio and on location working with models and still photography * Purchased stock photography and illustration * Tracked art and photo expenses to stay within budgets

Art Direction and design for a variety of phamaceutical clients to produce ads, brochures, sell sheets and other collateral.

Art Direction and design for a variety of educational publishing clients to produce children's books, text books, work books, NCLB test prep materials, ads, brochures, sell sheets, CDs, and other collateral.

Art Directed for biweekly four-color magazine and custom supplements * Managed art department staff, hired freelance designers, illustrators and photographers * Art directed redesign of publication, increasing ad sales by over 15 percent * Designed covers, feature stories and departments * Produced custom supplements for retail jewelry and watch industry * Created promotional materials, logos and spot illustrations * Photographed for jewelry and watch industry events and awards * Traveled internationally to

Art directed for monthly four-color magazine and custom supplements * Promoted from Associate to Art Director within two years * Managed art department staff, hired freelance designers, illustrators and photographers * Designed covers, feature stories and departments * Produced custom supplements for Compaq, Digital, IBM, Oracle, Microsoft, Siemens and Sun Microsystems * Created cover illustrations for magazine and custom supplements * Designed promotional materials, logos and spot illustrations * Traveled

designed for biweekly four-color newspaper and monthly four-color magazine * Promoted from Assistant to Associate Art Director within two years * Hired freelance illustrators and mechanical artists * Researched and contracted with new suppliers and vendors to reduce production costs * Assisted in redesign of publication from tabloid to broadsheet * Designed department and news pages for both publications * Produced custom supplements for Inter Medical Communications

Graphic Design, Print Making, Welding