ALEX VITALE
CREATIVE DIRECTION 6 4TH STREET STAMFORD, CT 06905
201.919.4468 VITALE.ALEX ANDRA@GMAIL.COM
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DESIGN EXPERIENCE
TRACYLOCKE ART DIRECTOR Wilton, CT June 2013 — Present
JERK MAGAZINE CREATIVE DIRECTOR Syracuse, NY August 2012 — December 2012
Works with client on problem solving across all media. Helps define the Pepsi brand by executing creative ideas and concepts to meet client needs. Currently designing in-store and at-shelf for Pepsi within national grocery stores.
Supervised the design content of Jerk Magazine. Responsibilities included collaboration between editorial departments and design, managing designers, directing ideation of storytelling, and adhering to deadlines.
INDELIBLE DESIGNER New York, NY May 2012 — August 2012
ONONDAGA CREEKWALK
Designed the Cosmetic Executive Woman’s Annual Awards Journal, assisted designers and animators on projects for clients such as Paul Mitchell, and developed a storyboard for a PSA for Cyndi Lauper’s 40 to None Project . FREELANCE
EVENTS / DOCUMENTATION
Syracuse, NY January 2012 — April 2012 Branded Syracuse’s Onondaga Creekwalk to raise awareness through the Communications Design program in collaboration with the Event Planning and Documentation groups.
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY’S ENACTUS DESIGNER Syracuse, NY November 2012 — April 2013
DRYSPELL PRODUCTIONS
Co-designed a presentation for the Enactus organization to promote it’s start-up business plan.
Created a storyboard for a documentary on a tattoo artist.
STORYBOARD ARTIST
Brooklyn, NY December 2012
AWARDS AND ACTIVITIES
Chancellor’s Award for Public Engagement and Scholarship for the Onondaga Creekwalk Project 2013 ember of the Chi Chapter of M Kappa Alpha Theta Fraternity 2011 — 2013 SKILLS AND PROFICIENCIES Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator Illustration: Traditional and Digital 3-D Hand Modeling Microsoft Office Keynote
EDUC ATION
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY B.F. A. IN COMMMUNICATIONS DESIGN
May 2013 Dean’s List 2010 — 2013
References available upon request.