A versatile and strategic brand designer / art director with a quick grasp of concept and an eye for innovation.
I’ve worked with all types of clients from energetic start-ups to idealistic non-profits to large corporations. My objective is always to use my experience and creativity to frame and achieve the goals of the client.
Biography
As an independent freelancer, I’m comfortable managing multiple projects and long-term client relationships. I’ve been interim Creative Director for Foreign Policy Magazine and interim Creative Director for the Center for Reproductive Rights. Prior to becoming independent, I was an Art Director for a design firm with clients like Honeywell, Bank of New York, and Blackrock. Most recent, I worked as a Senior Designer for Earnezt Agency, a London-based design and marketing firm and led their new New York design office.
I received a master's degree from Pratt’s Communication Design graduate program and a Certificate in Web Production from NYU. I graduated with a B.A. from Vassar College.
I am also an illustrator and an editorial cartoonist for which I once won a Press Association prize.
Get in touch at curtiss@ccalleo.com