JOHN P. FOGARTY 33 Maplewood Ave., Gloucester, MA 01930 781.254.2178 • john@jfogartydesign.com QUALIFICATIONS PROFILE Highly creative and multitalented Designer and Art Director with extensive experience in multimedia, print and magazine design. Exceptional editing and collaborative skills. Experienced in print management, sourcing and bidding. Accustomed to performing in deadline-driven environments while maintaining, and exceeding, quality standards. Outstanding communication skills with team members, clients and vendors. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE [SENIOR DESIGNER | PRODUCTION Conception and design of eye-catching magazine pages that accurately convey the image of the magazine and the editorial content. Choose typography, photography and illustrations. Create photo illustrations as needed. Develop advanced typography styles, layout grids, style sheets, department headers, special section tabs and Calendar sections. Work directly with editors to implement edits for entire issue. Assist with sentence and paragraph structure. Choose pull-quotes. Write headers, sub-heads and cut-lines. Proofread for spelling, grammar, consistency and template accuracy. Stage photo shoots to obtain inspired photographs that support the editorial content and maintain the quality standards of the magazine and it’s clients. Convert and modify photography. Paginate and lay out magazines from editorial map. Convert and place ads. Modify map as needed for effective editorial flow. Create press-quality PDF files and upload them to the assigned FTP. [ART DIRECTOR] Clear Channel Entertainment Southwest Division Phoenix, AZ 2002—2005 Designed for billboard, marquee, magazine, newspaper, Web, POP, merchandise and other assorted print and digital media for events in Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico, in a deadline-driven, high-volume environment. Worked directly with marketing teams and sponsors to fulfill and maintain corporate and event branding. [LEAD PRINT DESIGNER] Rocket Science Creative | theFurious Phoenix, AZ 2001—2002 Created innovative and contemporary designs for corporate and brand identity, magazine, menu and Web. [ART DIRECTOR | PRODUCTION EDITOR] Autobody Media International Scottsdale, AZ 1999—2001 - Designed and copy edited 75 full-color ads per two-week cycle for nationally distributed monthly catalogs. Reviewed, edited and signed off on blueline proof. Administered press checks. [FREELANCE DESIGNER | PRINT MANAGEMENT] Various Locations 1994—Present Design for corporate and brand identity, logo, packaging, apparel, brochure, catalog, print advertisement, poster, POP, sell sheet, direct mail postcard, interactive email blast and Web. Clients include Creative With Direction, Hostelling International, EO Boston, Bonne Bouche Caterers and Premium Cigars International. Print management for a variety of high-end clients. Specification, sourcing, multiple-bidding and traffic. Obtain quotes, create budgets and oversee postal specifications for bulk and direct mailings. Clients include Servigraphics and Residential Mortgage Group. EDUCATION B.S. Fine Art, Arizona State University, 1994 SOFTWARE Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Flash, Dreamweaver, Acrobat), QuarkXpress, MS Office. Proficient in both MAC OS and Windows XP environments.