User:Mikebaumwoll

MICHAEL BAUMWOLL

Creative thinker with 12 years experience in marketing communications whose ideas have directly increased profitability.
Positions held: Creative Director, Art Director, Lead Designer, Graphic Design Project Manager, Intractive Producer

Other Skills: Creative Briefs, Style Guides, Wire Frames, Timelines, Budgets, Contracts and Strategic Planning Documents, and Vendor and client management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Full time positions:

CREATIVE DIRECTOR • February 2005 – December 2005 DISTANT LEARNING INC. – New York, NY NewDesign of product and marketing site landed high level clients (United Nations). Handled Vendor Relations. Re-Designed entire web based e-learning application and marketing website. Provided creative direction for email campaigns and all other promotional company material. Created interface for web conferencing application. www.ScribeStudio.com

ACCOUNT MANAGER/ DIRECTOR OF GUI DESIGN / SEO Production • April 2004 – July, 2004 CONNORS COMMUNICATIONS – New York, NY Managed Account. Direct Client Interfacing. Directed Jr. Designer and Copywriter. Created Gui for on line SearchApplication. Worked as production person for SEO reports.

CREATIVE DIRECTOR • January 1999 – January 2001 MMA Inc. – Bayridge, NY Responsibilities included hands on interactiveproduction, providing artistic direction for the company’sprint material and online websites, vendor relations, handling client relations, working with the marketing and sales department to unify the company’smarketing and sales strategies with our new media technologies. Managed a team of 3 programmers and two designers.

ASSISTANT TO CREATIVE DIRECTOR – INTERACTIVE PRODUCTION • December 1998 – January 1999 J. WALTER THOMPSON SPECIALIZED COMMUNICATIONS – New York, NY Responsibilities were to produce designs and html coding for banner ads, websites and jump pages for Bell Atlantic, Pepsi, Dell Computers, Merrill Lynch

Contract positions:

LEAD DESIGNER/PROJECT MANAGER • 2002 – Present THINKSMART INC. – New York, NY 50%Increase in email and website recipients in first year. Designed and coded website overhaul for the companies three websites. Created all promo material and provide weekly content and graphic updates to website. Project manage two programmers. Manage Vendors.

ART DIRECTOR • 2001 – 2004 VIDEOBANK – Northvale, NJ Designed Gui’s and corporate Identity for Videobank Digital. This included design of corporate website and client services sites, logo, signage, and sell sheets, Tradeshow Posters and Banners. In addition, creation of graphic user interface for non linear video editing software package.

FOUNDER • 1996 – Present www.NECRON99.net Established and manage all responsibilities for N99. The company provides graphic design and website design services to B2B and B2C Clients. Specifically in the areas of Image identity, website design, Logo design, Business cards, Posters, Animations.

EDUCATION: 2003 – 2005 Continuing Education online design program 1993 – 1995 - School of Visual Arts, Copy Writing, Basics of Graphic Design 1994 – Parsons School of Design, Computer animation, 3D computer graphics 1992 – Suny Purchase, BS in Political Science