CV/Resume

TONY GAMINO

SKILLS
Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver),
Quark XPress, XHTML, CSS, Microsoft Office, K4 Publishing system

EXPERIENCE
Art Director, The New York Enterprise Report, NYC; December 2009 -
The New York Enterprise Report is a magazine and informational resource for small businesses located in the greater New York City area. Responsibilities of the Art Director include the direction and selection of photographs, retouching, the design of the covers, features and departments and the creation of infographics and supplemental marketing materials.

Art Director, Pharmaceutical Executive, NYC; November 2006 – October 2009
Pharmaceutical Executive is a Neal Award-winning monthly magazine published by Advanstar
Communications. It focuses on the business aspects of, and trends in, the pharmaceutical industry.
Overseeing a department of three, the Art Director position is a demanding job, functioning as the Photo Editor and Production Manager as well. Like Market Watch, responsibilities included every aspect of the
process from conceptualization through production. Extensive creation of charts and graphs and
assigning of photography and illustration is also required.

Senior Graphic Designer, Ziff Davis Media/Custom Solutions Group, NYC; May 2006 – November 2006
The Senior Designer position with Ziff Davis’ Custom Solutions Group responsibilities included producing custom publications including StateTech and EdTech magazines, as well as the production of white papers for such leading technology companies as Toshiba, IBM, Dell, CDW and Unisys. The creation of e-newsletters and maintenance of Web sites for the aforementioned corporations was also performed.

Art Director, Market Watch, NYC; July 2005 – May 2006
Market Watch is published 8 times a year by M. Shanken Communications, publisher of Wine Spectator, and covers the beer, wine and liquor trade industries. The Art Director position controls all aspects of magazine production, from conceptualization and assigning of photography and illustration, the direction of photo shoots and all layout and production of the book.

Assistant Art Director, Wine Spectator, NYC; June 2001 – July 2005
The job requirements of the Assistant Art Director position include the assignment and selection of
photography relating to feature and department content; art direction and styling of photo shoots, both on and off location; the design and layout of stories with attention paid to synergy, composition, balance and dynamism between editorial content and photography and illustration. I have extensive experience with the brainstorming and assigning of illustrations; font and type management.
Provided supervision, guidance and support on a number of departments outside of my responsibilities and was promoted to this position after only one year.

Graphic Designer, Wine Spectator, NYC; March 2000 – June 2001
Responsibilities included overseeing the layout and production of the Classifieds and UpFront news sections of the magazine in addition to editorial layouts and the online Wine Spectator Weekly.

EDUCATION

The City College of New York, New York, NY, BA, Literature, Communications and the Arts (Spring 2011)
Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, BFA Program, Graphic Design

AWARDS
Winner, 2009 Jesse H. Neal Award for best single article, Pharmaceutical Executive, “Fight Resistance”