NAVILLUS DESIGN

As the Art Director of Union Square & Co, a publishing imprint of Barnes and Nobles, my days are dedicated to designing the imprint’s jackets, directing freelancers, managing a team of six, overseeing production of printed effects, and maintaining all creative for the imprint in general. Prior to that I was the Art Director of Simon Element, and Tiller Press, both at Simon & Schuster. Before returning to my first love of publishing, I was the Creative Director for The Araca Group, one of the leading music merchandising companies world wide. As the firm's Creative Director, I envisioned and designed branding, apparel, collateral, and content for clients ranging from Beyonce to Ozzy Osbourne. I've been a featured designer for Vulture.com, and a published author and illustrator by Clarkson Potter. I can deliver excellent design, print, web, fashion, art direction, and illustration. Please contact me if you are interested in working together. I look forward to hearing from you.

PROFICIENCY 

ADOBE SUITE  / Illustrator / InDesign / Photoshop / 

Book Jacket Design, Art Direction, Typography, Illustration, Layout Design

REFERENCES 

JACKIE SEOW / [email protected] /

RICHARD RHORER / [email protected] /

THERESA DIMASSI / 917-526-3517 /

ALYSSA TOBIAS / 914 522-6107 /

EDUCATION

BFA - THE COOPER UNION (FINE ART)

Class of ‘12

EXPERIENCE

UNION SQUARE & CO / Art Director / April 20214- Present

I oversee the design and production for the adult list at Barnes & Nobles own publishing imprint, Union Square & Co, publishing Fiction, non Fiction, and gift.

SIMON & SCHUSTER  / Art Director of Simon Element / May 2021 - April 2024

I conceive and design the majority of jackets, oversee the production of our list, manage a network of in house designers and outside freelancers, and maintain creative imprint wide.

SIMON & SCHUSTER  / Art Director of Tiller Press / April 2019 - May 2021

Managing a team of 2, I design all the jackets, and oversee all creative for Tiller Press, a new imprint of Simon & Schuster publishing.

THE ARACA GROUP  / Creative Director / Feb 2018 - April 2019

The Araca Group is one of New York's leading entertainment merchandising and production companies, with operations focusing on the music industry, broadway, and around the globe. As the Creative Director at The Araca Group, I envision identities and brands for our clients, as well as any design, illustration, typography, or print work required. I forecast trends, strategize with clients, and manage a team of designers. Most of our clientele are stars of the music industry of every genre. Creating Graphics for tee shirts, posters, packaging, and fashion pieces for those artists constitute the bulk of my responsibilities.

THE ARACA GROUP  / Associate Art Director / March 2017 - Feb 2018

THE ARACA GROUP  / Senior Designer / April 2013 - March 2017

IMAGEMME  / Junior Designer / December 2012 - March 2013

Imagemme is brand innovation lab located in New York City. They specialize in brand strategy, branding & identity design, product development and website design. As a Junior Designer there, I was responsible for packaging design, product design, and some web design along with some advertising materials.

VULTURE.COM  / Design Contributer / December 2012 - March 2013

I proposed and created well designed sharable content for the pop-culture wing of New York Mag, Vulture.com. From posters, to masks, I made fun downloadable
exclusives for their site.

PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE  / Intern / December 2010 - December 2011

I designed, spines, mechanicals, typography and the occasional cover for novels mostly under the Knopf and Vintage imprints.

GIRL APPROVED  / Intern / March 2009 - September 2009

I supplied web and ad campaign design for a firm dedicated to elevating the way companies advertise to the female demographic.