Experience
The Estée Lauder Companies
Director, Corporate Design Group, Global Communications
2015-2017
Stakeholder communications for this $11B global luxury beauty leader
Decker Design, Inc.
Design Director
2011-2015
Responsible for maintaining client relationships, inspiring staff, and designing effective multi-channel campaigns—hands-on. Clients include BlackRock, AIGA, Dechert, Lenox Advisors, and Mutual of America
Ross Culbert & Lavery, Inc.
Art Director
2003–2011
Print and interactive design for educational institutions, nonprofits and especially law firms including Cahill, Simpson Thacher, Debevoise and Milbank
Calfo Aron Inc.
Partner
1993–2003
Design and advertising for clients including McGraw-Hill, PwC, NY Philharmonic, and NYU School of Law
Education
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
BFA
Professors included the legendary Massimo Vignelli, Seymour Chwast, Milton Glaser, Herb Lubalin and Henry Wolf
Graphic Arts Technical Foundation
Scholarship to attend an intensive commercial printing workshop
Syracuse University
Advertising and Design Undergraduate Program
Academy of Fine Art & Design
Belgium
AFS Exchange Student; all coursework in Flemish
Continuing Education
HTML5 & CSS3 Best Practices, Service Design, Mobile First, Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro, Adobe After Effects, and Responsive Web Development
Skills
Pitch, present, estimate, lead, inspire, collaborate, conceptualize, strategize, create, wireframe, supervise, budget, shoot, direct, write, proof, print, code, invoice
Advanced knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite and WordPress
Expert experience with typography, paper, printing and finishing
Ability to direct and motivate front-end designers and back-end programmers to produce user-friendly online experiences featuring the latest technologies
Related
Contributor
Design Career: Practical Knowledge for Beginning Graphic Designers; Designing with Illustration; Logo, Font & Lettering Bible; Typography Essentials; Sourcebook for Visual Ideas
Lecturer
City College, New York University, The Cooper Union
Educator
Parsons School of Design