THE PORTFOLIO OF GABRIELLA MURPHY: ART DIRECTION & DESIGN
CLCK HERETO RETURN TO THE PORTFOLIO
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GABRIELLA MURPHY
gmurphy.art@gmail.com

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Fine Art with a concentration in Graphic Design, May 2004, Purchase College, Purchase, NY

 

Relevant Experience

Art Director: Agency 212, New York, NY, June 2009 - current

• Designed and created ads which appeared in a wide range of venues from the New York Times and Time
magazine, to Facebook, the iphone and NY City phone booths. Also designed websites including the current
agency website. Designed logos, packaging and directed a few tv commercials for publishing clients.
• Coordinated shoots with photographers & stylist and collaborated with printers.

 

Art Director: WKP-Spier Advertising agency, New York, NY, December 2007 - June 2009

• Came up with concepts and designs for new business pitches for high end retail and travel accounts.
• Designed and created a wide range of print, web, tv, and outdoor ads for several publishing venues.
• Helped update the company website.
• Trained new employees.

 

Studio Production Artist: WKP-Spier , New York, NY. May 2007 - December 2007

• Collaborated with Account Executives, Art Directors and Traffic team to ensure deadlines and quality
were met in the producing of ads in all forms of media
• Color corrected, retouched, resized, edited and quality checked all ads that went through the agency.
• Other studio responsibilities include archiving and retrieving jobs, printing and mocking up jobs,
inventory, and training several associates.

 

In-house Graphic Designer: Manhattan Beer llc., Harriman, NY. April 2005 - May 2007

• Designed and printed posters, menus, table tents, banners and billboards for various food and beverage clients.
• Responsible for inventory and maintaining equipment.
• Met with clients to ensure their advertising needs were being met.

Studio Manager / photographer: PCA National, Secaucus, NJ. May 2004 - April 2005

• Portrait photographer which entailed the creativity of an artist along with the technical knowledge of the equipment
• Managed a team of 5 other photographers
• Handled customer service for the studio

 

Skills

• Proficient in CS3 Photoshop, Illustrator, Quark Express ,In-design, Flash, Dreamweaver, Acrobat, the entire Office suite,
Font servers, basic knowledge of coding and overall computer skills on Mac and PC.
• Skilled in the fine arts including illustration, painting, printmaking, and photography with three upcoming exhibits.