Graphic Design/Art Direction

My recipe for exceptional design involves paying close attention to the clients’ goals, being true to their brand promise, and blending those qualities with a fresh, unique sense of style. Whether it is a small project or a complex design challenge.

PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE

MUMFORD DESIGN, Middletown, NJ
Art Director, Graphic Designer  //  May 1993–Present

Founder and proprietor of independent, award-winning, full-service design studio serving a varied clientele and specializing in customized graphic arts packages to meet each client’s individual needs, from branding, print advertising, web advertising, brochures, catalogs/booklets, and annual reports to book covers, and Website design—from initial conception to finished product. Servicing both corporate/commercial/not-for-profit accounts and small businesses/individual clients.

Art Director/Senior Designer  // September 1988–April 1993
McCANN-CORBRAN, Fair Haven, NJ

Responsible for supervising and working within budgetary constraints for all projects—often 30+ simultaneously—for this long-established graphic design company that primarily served corporate customers, including Jersey Shore Medical Center and Monmouth Medical Center. Managed graphic designers and production personnel and oversaw the progress of all current jobs, from inception to final printed piece. 

Assistant Art Director  // Summer 1986–August 1988
NEW DAWN PRODUCTIONS, Matawan, NJ

Assisted art direction and development for three largest accounts of this advertising agency: Merrill Lynch, Sport Craft, and a Shamano Reels. Focused on product packaging and design. 

SPECIALIZED SKILLS 

Expertise in all basic and design-specific software programs: Quark Express, CS4 Photoshop, Illustrator, and In Design, Microsoft office, iworks, Photo shoot supervision, Overseeing press checks and Client relations

ASSOCIATIONS/ACTIVITIES/HONORS

•  Numerous Art Directors Club of New Jersey Awards (Gold, Silver & Bronze)
•  Jasper Awards (Gold & Silver) 
•  Monmouth County Arts Council board member & volunteer
•  NJAWBO (NJ Association of Women Business Owners) member
•  Women’s and Minority Businesses Enterprises 
•  Centennial Committee of Jersey Shore University Medical Center volunteer 
•  Freedom Film Society member and volunteer

•  Pro bono/volunteer art projects for a variety of clients, including: 
    •  The AIDS Foundationof Jersey Shore University Medical Center
    •  The Junior League 
    •  The YMCA 
    •  Monmouth County Arts Council

MUMFORD DESIGN SAMPLE CLIENT LIST 

•  AP International (marketing company)
•  AmerX Laser Center (Freehold, NJ) 
•  Ann May Center for Nursing
•  Arcadia Nursing & Rehabilitation Center (Hamilton Square, NJ)
•  Architectural Accents (Long Branch, NJ)
•  AT&T
•  Bayshore Community Hospital 
•  Bookmarker Editorial Services (Manalapan, NJ)
•  Boynton & Boynton (insurance company, Fair Haven, NJ)
•  Caslon Business Development, Inc. (Philadelphia, PA)
•  Cedar Creek Custom Case Shoppe
•  Children’s Specialized Hospital (headquartered in Mountainside, NJ)
•  DermaSwim
•  First Montauk Financial Corp. (headquartered in Red Bank, NJ)
•  The Floor Source (Plano, TX)
•  Floyd Rose International (guitar parts manufacturer)
•  Georgian Court University (Lakewood, NJ)
•  The Grove (shopping center; Shrewsbury, NJ)
•  Haven Homes (modular construction manufacturer)
•  Hillman Rollers
•  Humanities Press International (scholarly book publisher)
•  Jersey Shore University Medical Center (Neptune, NJ)
•  Krell Technologies (fiber optics company; Manalapan, NJ)
•  Lamplighter (cinematography services; Dickson, TN)
•  Meridian At Home
•  Meridian Health (headquartered in Wall, NJ)
•  Meridian Quality Care
•  Monmouth County Arts Council
•  Monmouth University
•  Monteforte Construction Co. (Long Branch, NJ)
•  Mumford’s Culinary Center (Tinton Falls, NJ)
•  Mumford’s Restaurant (Long Branch, NJ)
•  National Down Syndrome Society
•  National Lacrosse League
•  NJ Association of Colleges & Employers
•  Ocean Medical Center (Brick, NJ)
•  Pasta Fresca (shop & café; Shrewsbury, NJ)
•  Prima’s Home & Café (Red Bank, NJ)
•  Princeton University Medical Center
•  Province HealthTech (Monmouth Beach, NJ)
•  Ranney School
•  Red Bank Film Festival
•  Riverview Medical Center (Red Bank, NJ)
•  Rutgers University
•  Salvation Army
•  Somerset Medical Center
•  SRI (System Resources, Inc., Red Bank, NJ)
•  The Store on River Road (furniture store; Fair Haven, NJ)
•  TKL Products Corp. (musical instrument cases manufacturer; Oilville, VA)
•  WHY Magazine
•  X-It Magazine

EDUCATION/TRAINING

Shore Regional High School, Graduated 1976 
Monmouth College, Major: Fine Arts; Minor: Education, 1976–1979
How Magazine Seminars, 1990–Present (semiannual attendance)
School of Visual Arts & New York University, Continuing Education Program, 
New York, 1990–Present:
Various courses, including:
•  Illustration
•  Layout & Design
•  Color Theory
•  Photoshop, Illustrator

REFERENCES &
WORK SAMPLESAvailable Upon Request