Steve Morris
sjm@harvestergraphics.com
www.harvestergraphics.com

PROFILE
Print and on-line Art Director/Designer with experience publishing multiple B2B magazines including expertise in all levels of print production.

SOFTWARE
Adobe ( Go Live Studio, Image Ready, Photoshop, Illustrator, Streamline, After Effects, and Dimensions), QuarkXPress, HTML, MS (Word, Power Point, Excel), 3-D Applications (Strata Vision 3-D, Strata Studio Pro, KPT Bryce, Poser), Macromedia (Dreamweaver, Fireworks).

EXPERIENCE

Weblogs– an AOL company (2005–present) — Los Angeles, CA
Freelance Designer
•Designing for various weblog properties including: logos, business cards and blog interface design

Private Lifestyle Management (2005–present) — Florham Park, NJ
Freelance Designer
• Developing PLM’s corporate identity including: logo, business cards, stationary, brochure, advertisements and web design.

Island Outpost (2005-present–present) — New York, NY
Freelance Designer
• Design of print ads for Island Outpost's various resort properties.
• Design of signage and folders.

Key Negotiators (2005–present) — Tampa, Fl
Freelance Designer
• Developing of Key Negotiator’s corporate identity including: logo, business cards, stationary, and advertising.

Palm Entertainment Brands (2004–2005) — New York, NY
Freelance Designer
• Redesign of Palm Pictures logo for their Palm Entertainment Brands division
• Letterhead and business card design..
• Design of Palm’s sponsorship marketing booklet as well as the reapplication of
the design into a Power Point presentation.

indieWIRE (2003-2005) — New York, NY
Freelance Design/Production
• Design and production of indieWIRE’s independent film guide.
• Redesign and production of indieWIRE’s monthly newsletter and collateral ad materials.

RES (2003-present) — New York, NY
Freelance Design/Production
• Convert all digital advertiser files to high resolution PDFs, for print.
• Redesigns of the RES Magazine media kits 2004, 2005.
• Design/production for RESFEST, including; program guide, all display signage,
and creation of collateral print ads for U.S. and foreign markets.

Deal Flow Media (2003-present) — New York, NY
Freelance Design/Production
• Created simple one page web site.
• Design/production of The PIPEs Conference 2003, 2004, and 2005 PDF program guides as well as the web site for The PIPEs Conference 2004 and 2005 websites.
• Logo design.

IFC Rant Magazine (2003) — New York, NY
Freelance Designer
• Design/production on the independent film magazine Rant’s May/June issue.
Feildstone (Oct-March 2003) — New York, NY
Freelance Design/Production
• Design/production of monthly financial PDF newsletter.

Rising Tide Studios (Silicon Alley Reporter, Digital Coast
Reporter and Venture Reporter magazines—1996-1997 and 1999-2003) — New York, NY
Art Director
• Overall creative vision for the printed media of RTS magazines and conferences.
• Design/production of magazine editorial and covers.
• Management of production team and handling the day-to-day work flow of magazines,
conferences, ads and web materials.
• Collaborated with editorial department on editorial edits, content placement and
shipping schedules.
• Budgeted and hired freelance photographers and illustrators, as well as
having negotiated and purchased stock photos and illustrations.
• Main office contact for printer with duties including the creation and coordination
of the production schedule.
• Hired and Negotiated prices with vendors for the printing of signage, badges and banners
for display purposes at conferences.

Wechlser Ross & Partners Inc. (1998-99) — New York, NY
Freelance Designer
• Web design and construction for such clients as: Standard and Poor’s, Pfizer Inc.,
McKinsey and Company, Signature-mail, and FireMark.
• Design consulting and creation of the interactive CD-ROM demo for
Travelex’s global payment software.

Digital Evolution (Nov 97 - Apr 98) — New York, NY
Production Artist
• Created several multimedia web cartoons (2-3 min.) using DE’s software, Media Conveyor.
Duties included : scripting story lines, creating art for characters, breaking down art for sprites,
and performing all animation and lip synching.
• Created ten-minute multi-media, Director demo for the BreakTime with J. Pollock and Associates. BreakTime includes an animated character, which explains the cause of RSI (Repetitive Stress Disorder) and demonstrates RTS exercises.

Rising Tide Studios (1996-1997) — New York, NY
Art Director
• Design/production of Silicon Alley Reporter magazine.
• Add trafficking of film and digital ad files.
• Main office contact for printer with duties including the creation and
coordinate of the production schedule.

Digital Evolution (1996-1997) — New York, NY
Freelance Design
• Web design for McDonald’s Nascar race sight.
• 2-D Animation and character development for a screen saver app.
in association with Microsoft.
• 3-D animation as well as touch screens for Andersen Consulting.

Cybersurfer Studios (Dec 95 - Aug 96) — New York, NY
Art Director
• In charge of the art production team.
• Development of the virtual environments Restaurant City and Web Towers, built in
association with GNN, an AOL company.
• Creating digital images for use as environments in the virtual properties.
• Coordinating with programmers to develop environmental navigation as well as
a dynamic and editable user environment.

HONORS/MISC

• Winner of the Richild Von Holtzbrink Award at The National Arts Club 18th Annual Student Exhibition, 1994.
• Exhibition of my portraiture and photography at the Visual Arts Gallery in Soho 1994.
• Finalist for painting in the National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts contest, 1989.
• Received the Governor's Awards in Arts Education Medallion, 1990.

EDUCATION
The School of Visual Arts, NY
BFA (Fine Arts), 1994

 

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