Christina Casey

Experience

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  Southward & Associates

  Jan 1988 - Jan 1989

  Assistant studio artist
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  Susan Loren Associates

  Jan 1994 - Jan 1998

  Art Director

  Dealt directly with clients. Designed collateral such as Annual Reports for Fortune 500 companies (Loews Corporation, Tiffany's, Interpublic Group of Companies, etc.) Also designed Real Estate ads, brochures, flyers for S.L. Green, Tishman Speyer, and Solow Management, The Sunshine Group, The Georgetown Group. Pro Bono work included invitations for the National MS Society, logo design for CityMeals on Wheels, as well as several print ads for these companies.

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  Saatchi & Saatchi (Publicis Groupe)

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2008

  Computer Artist

  I was hired in 1998 at Saatchi & Saatchi as a full-time print production artist. Through the years, I have Freelanced with Saatchi and have come and gone and come back again...always enjoying the people I worked with there, especially my Supervisor, Joe Scala. He ran a very organized (one of the best managers in this city!), well-run Studio.

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  Grey Direct

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2006

  Computer Artist

  Print production / light art direction. Produced Direct Mail pieces, brochures, self-mailers, ads. Created digital comps for presentation purposes. Worked closely with Creative Directors in building collateral for clients such as Liberty Mutual, BMW, Adobe, GlaxoSmithKline and McNeil Consumer Products Company.

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  Della Femina Rothschild Jeary & Partners

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2004

  Freelance Production Artist
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  Saatchi & Saatchi

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2009

  Print Production / light art direction for the Procter and Gamble brands.As a branding company, we instilled brand guidelines and it was part of my job to ensure that the guidelines were met and adhered to. New Business pitches, comping photos/imagery for presentations.

  • Graphic Designer/artist

    Jan 2005 - Jan 2009

  • Production artist/designer

    Jan 2005 - Jan 2009
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  Publicis--Mundocom

  Oct 2008 - May 2009

  Graphic Artist

  Print Production: Building Mechanicals for print ads, Quality Control-- checking for anything editors may have missed (and very often finding things!), double checking studio quality, releasing Mechanicals to PrintRetouching: Creating art for Pillsbury TV boards, Cheerios Print ads & TV boards, Olay Print ads & TV boards. Colorizing, manipulating images, blending various imagery to come up with a final, beautifully integrated piece. Design and Retouching: hi end digital retouching and image manipulation-- Creative projects for New Business pitchesVoiceover - recorded vocals for a Cheerios tv spot Show less

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  Freelance / Self-Employed

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2009

  Graphic Designer
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  Rapp

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2009

  Art Director/Freelance
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  New York International Ballet Competition

  Jun 2009 - Jun 2009

  Graphic Designer

  Created a 28-page Souvenir Program for The New York International Ballet Competition, working directly with Director, Richard Chen See. Ongoing - Freelancing for clients such as Ian James, aka William Electric Black, an Emmy-Award-winning writer for Sesame Street. WEB is one of the most prolific writers/innovators that I've met! I have created graphics for his many brilliant Off-Broadway Musical productions, such as Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet Tribal, Frankenstein: The Rock Musical, Driving on the Left Side, and Betty and the Belrays. I also designed posters and video/dvd cover art for some of his films he's produced, including All Fall Down and Fitness Fighters: Fighting For Fitness, an animated TV series.Bob Spiel, owner and president of Robert E. Spiel & Associates--Art Theft Investigators. I created a corporate identity for Bob's company and designed a complete stationery set for Bob, including business cards. Show less

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  Art Director/Freelance

  Dec 2009 - Oct 2010

  Art Director

  Created logos and complete corporate letterhead packages for Fortune 500 New York-based clientele. Art Directed Print ads, Media kits, annual reports, marketing kits, OOH such as billboards, phone kiosk ads, complete subway ad campaigns. Designed presentations and signage for booths at events.

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  RAPP (OMNICOM)

  Dec 2009 - Apr 2010

  Freelance designer
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  Addison

  Mar 2010 - Apr 2010

  Freelance Print Production

  Produced Annual Reports for Goldman Sachs, Loews Corporation and American Express. Also created forms and fillables for Wells Fargo.

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  MAC Cosmetics

  May 2010 - May 2010

  Freelance Print Production

  Worked closely with the creative directors on posters, ads, online digital media, flash videos, and packaging. Flowed in copy and made it fit beautifully, keeping the original design in tact. Created re-sizes of ads and posters. Created additional pieces that kept with the campaign style and look.

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  RAPP

  Oct 2010 - Aug 2014

  I held a unique hybrid position at Rapp. My duties involved digital art direction: social media posts, web pages, facebook pages, twitter pages, youtube pages, email blasts, mobile sites (touching on UX), banners and rich media. Art direction for printed collateral including print ads, multi-page brochures, and Direct Mail initiatives. Print Production duties include preparing complex mechanicals for print, i.e., prepress, checking files, problem-solving, etc. Storyboard layout and designing for TV spots, as well as Direct Mail experience. High attention to detail was imperative. Strong ability to design within Brand Guidelines; maintaining the look and feel of existing pieces of a campaignClients include: Time Warner Cable, Coty, Lifescan, Nestle, Pfizer, Merck, Humana, Brita, Hewlett-Packard, among others Show less

  • Art Director/Studio Artist

    Jun 2010 - Aug 2014

  • Art Director/Production Artist

    Oct 2010 - Jan 2011
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  Freelance

  Aug 2014 - Sept 2014

  Art Director

  Designed posters and collateral for off Broadway plays and musicals. Including dvd covers, post cards, programmes, as well as Digital ads, email blasts and social media posts. Specialized in Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn posts.Created eye catching make-believe worlds using the composite features of photoshop and blending in images from different sources.

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  ION Media Networks

  Sept 2014 - Mar 2015

  Multimedia Designer (Freelance)

  Designed dynamic game apps, complex media kits and print ads, Digital banners, digital ads, banners and websites. OOH such as subway billboards and complex truck skins. Worked in a fast-paced, deadline-driven capacity.

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  Visual Alchemy / Medical Knowledge Group

  Mar 2015 - Apr 2015

  Freelance Graphic Designer

  Art direction for Print and Digital Pharma marketing collateral. Utilizing my Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Powerpoint expertise.Major pharma clientele. Designed touch screen videos and large event posters/signage for presentation booths.

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  PRECISIONvalue

  Apr 2015 - May 2022

  Lead Creative for Novartis brands Multimedia designer: Creating complex Print and Digital layouts as well as designing dynamic Powerpoint presentations. Web design, email blasts, Social Media ads, print ads, toolkits and binders. Major Pharma clientele. International exposure. Mentoring a graphic designer. Ownership (Lead Art Director) of several specific clients.Fast paced environment, very tight deadlines...adept at juggling many tasks and overseeing other designers' work.

  • Senior Art Director

    May 2021 - May 2022

  • Art Director

    Jan 2018 - May 2021

  • Senior Graphic Designer

    Apr 2015 - Jan 2018
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  Havas Gemini, LLC

  May 2022 - now

  Senior Art Director

  Designing print and digital collateral for Market Access, with a focus on making data easy to understand. Helping people get the treatment they need, at an affordable price.