1998-2000

CMP Media, Creative Director for TechWeb: The IT Network

For the past year I have been responsible for building, managing and directing a creative web team to maintain and improve TechWeb: The IT Network.

TechWeb, the network, is comprised of nine editorial websites which cumulatively receives 1 million page impressions per day. Within CMPnet, TechWeb is the predominant network contributing to our status as being the 10th largest ad revenue generating site in the world.

To maintain and continually improve the network and its nine individual sites I spend most of my time recruiting and directing fulltime and freelance web talent who can help keep our sites exciting and useful for our users. This talent includes web designers, art directors, html production people, javascript experts and interns.

A typical day for me requires juggling 5 or 6 projects that are at various stages of development. In this context, the first way to maintain quality on all projects is to have excellent people to work with. These people are a key to our success and once I've established a working relationship with them, secondly I need to create an environment in which they can contribute their best and collectively our business can grow.

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1995-'98

CMP Media,Creative Director for Custom Online Publishing

In my previous role at CMP, for three years I was responsible for directing the design and production of custom websites. Custom websites are typically more sales driven than editorially driven.

In this case I worked in a small development team of six highly qualified and entrepreneurial thinking people, each of which represented different yet necessary disciplines. We worked closely with a Business Director and sales team to propose, sell and launch numerous sites. Each site was specially designed to achieve the business objectives of our clients.

Our clients included: IBM, Gateway, Sun, Compaq, Microsoft, Intel, Micron and more.
In total we designed proposals for 42 web sites. Launched 25 sites. Won 6 awards.
I was responsible for design, production, budgeting and some strategic planning.

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1990-'96

School of Visual Arts. Professor of Computer Illustration

For six years, during the evenings, I taught Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop to continuing education students.

I continually kept up-to-date with the applications and learnt to communicate with students in as many methods it took for them to understand how to use the software to their advantage. At the time, most of the students were recognizing that to stay viable in the job market they needed to aquire skills with the new digital tools.

My focus for this class was directed towards empowering these designers with the fundamental and specific knowledge they needed to be able to use the new tools for both getting immediate work in the marketplace and/or transferring their pure creativity to this digital environment.

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1994-'95

CMP Media, Art Director for InformationWeek Online

When Mosaic was first released InformationWeek not only covered the story but a couple of us immediately saw the fundamental potential that the "Browser" had for transforming the publishing business as well as all other industries.

A small team of us forged the way by launching InformationWeek Online. We also helped other CMP magazines to launch their brands online.

After launch, I was responsible for the design and production of the web site as well as sales tools to help enable our sales force to develop a new revenue stream from our advertisers.

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1989-'94

CMP Media, Associate Art Director for InformationWeek Magazine

I began my five year run with InformationWeek, the print magazine, as their Assistant Art Director. In that role I learnt about the design and production issues involved in pushing a weekly news magazine out the door each week. My major contribution was in creating computer generated charts & illustrations as well as leading the effort to move design & production work into a desktop publishing environment using Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and Quark Xpress.

I eventually became their Associate Art Director where my responsibilities included design and art direction for news stories, feature stories, special issues and covers.
Daily I collaborated with editors to determine possible illustrations, photoshoots and layout ideas. I then commissioned illustrators and photographers, designed the page layouts and made sure the pages reached the printing plant and printed with the best quality possible.

In addition I worked as the liason to "Roger Black's" design firm during redesigns.

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1985-'89

Museum of Modern Art, NYC., Special Projects Manager

My first real job outside of Art School was working with the Museum of Modern Art. During the four years I spent at MoMA I wore many hats, from organizing group visits for schools to managing building projects.

Towards the end of my four years I managed a staff of 23 porters and a $1 million budget. Our responsibilities included daily museum cleanings, demolition of exhibit areas and moving offices when needed.