. E X P E R I E N C E Freelance Art Director August 2006 - Present Clients have included People.com, CosmoGirl!, ArtNews, Weider Publications' FitnessOnline.com and NaturalHealth.com, American Express Custom Solutions, and OK! magazine. Riot Media April 2002 - August 2006 Creative Director for startup multi-platform tween lifestyle brand Design of identity and Riot magazine as well as Riot branded products including posters, stickers, and a collectible card game. Also art directed several websites, a comic and apparel designs from licensees. Also produced a prototype tween magazine for TVGuide. Hachette Custom Publishing January 2004 - October 2004 Senior Art Director for Unlimited, a men's outdoor adventure quarterly Design of feature stories and redesign of both the back- and front-of-the-book sections. Freelance Art Director March 2001 - January 2004 Clients included Real Simple, Worth, Teen People, Deutsche Bank, Hachette Custom Publishing, Riot Media and website design for DressBarn.com, BorderBazaar.com and Nanomagnetics. Roger Black Consulting November 1999 - March 2001 Art Director for a leading magazine consultancy Redesign projects I led include National Geographic World, Red Herring, PCWeek (relaunched as eWeek), and the National Examiner. Saveur January 1999 - November 1999 Associate Art Director / Acting Art Director of award-winning culinary magazine Saveur won the 1999 National Magazine Award for General Excellence. I received a Quill and Trowel Award for design in Saveur's sister publication Garden Design. Freelance Art Director January 1998 - January 1999 Clients included Saveur, Details, Premiere, Roger Black Consulting, The New York Times Sophisticated Traveler, Golf &Travel, and a full redesign of The Met Magazine (see below). Total TV / The Cable Guide September 1995 - January 1998 Art Director of two national television magazines After one year as Associate, I was promoted to Art Director of both magazines. With an eight person staff, we published a weekly, a monthly and various specials. The Met Magazine April 1994 - September 1995 Art Director for a startup Dallas alternative weekly The launch of this successful weekly required designing all business materials, distribution boxes, promotions, hiring and managing a staff, and attending weekly press checks. Dallas Observer September 1990 - January 1993 Layout Editor for alternative weekly devoted to local arts and politics I assisted the art director in design and mechanical pasteup. The design and production of The Observer's sister publication, the San Antonio Current, was my twice-monthly project. . E D U C A T I O N University of North Texas, Denton, TX Communication Design studies, 1990 - 1995