RICK STARK      DESIGN DIRECTION

email: rick.stark@verizon.net      portfolio: rickstarkdesign.com


Professional Experience:

FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGN
APR 2001 - PRESENT

Art Direction of online and print marketing materials for Subaru, Wendy's, Universal Pictures, and 
AOL Time Warner, among others.


SENIOR ART DIRECTOR,  INTEROCITY DEVELOPMENT CORP. / CHYRON DIGITAL MEDIA,  NYC.
DEC 1999 - APR 2001

Direct website user-interface and new-media graphics development for clients ranging from 
major financial institutions to dotcom startups. Key member of Project Management / Design 
Development / Sitebuilding team with considerable client contact throughout process. 
Specialized in logo and identity development for startup clients. Supervised efforts of junior 
staff. Production environments included Flash, Javascript, DHTML and SMIL.


ART DIRECTOR,  SCHOLASTIC MARKETING PARTNERS;  SCHOLASTIC INC.,  NYC. 
JUL 1998 - DEC 1999

Direct design operations for custom publishing division of preeminent educational-media company.
Oversaw creation of original print and online classroom materials for grades K-12 in partnership 
with corporate sponsors including AT&T, Kellogg's, GM, Major League Baseball, Hewlett Packard, 
and Honda; as well as with numerous U.S. Government agencies. Responsible for creative 
direction, implementation, and management in agency-like structure.


DESIGN DIRECTOR,  SIMON & SCHUSTER INTERACTIVE;  VIACOM, INC.,  NYC.  [Full-time consulting position]
APR 1997 - NOV 1997 

Manage graphic design and print production of all retail packaging, sales promotion, and consumer
advertising for international CD-ROM publisher. Products for all age groups cover a spectrum of 
entertainment, edutainment, and educational subjects. Significant experience with brand 
extension and licensed entertainment properties. 


PROMOTIONS ART DIRECTOR,  THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE,  NYC.  [Full-time consulting position]
FEB 1996 - JUL 1996

Direct design staff and advise workgroups responsible for corporate graphics, ad-promotion, 
advertorials, marketing, and events support. Collaborate with highest levels of management on 
creative and technical issues.


DIRECTOR, DESIGN AND ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING,  GAMES PUBLISHING GROUP,  NYC.
Aug 1989 - JAN 1996

CREATIVE DIRECTOR, GAMES MAGAZINE; ZIGZAG MAGAZINE; GAMES TRADE PAPERBACKS:  Directed 
all graphics for highly visual, award-winning consumer magazines and trade-books. Significant role 
in editorial development and crafting of diverse material into coherent attention-getting 
publications. Coordinated efforts of editors, designers, and imaging staff. Creative direction of 
custom publishing projects and custom advertising. Co-Director of startup team creating 
interactive consumer magazine for 8-13 year-olds. Developed positioning and creative plans; 
integrated workflow and production processes into ongoing publishing operations. 

MANAGEMENT OF ALL PRINT PRODUCTION  AND MACINTOSH DESKTOP PREPRESS SYSTEMS:  Pioneered 
techniques for 4/c desktop prepress in 1990 (profiled by Folio and Publish magazines). 
Developed in-house imaging center and managed all procedural and quality aspects of electronic 
image and page production. Responsible for all hardware and software purchasing.


PUBLICATION DESIGN CONSULTANT
1985 - 1989

Specialist in magazine start-up and redesign. Developed logos, formats, documentation; trained 
personnel in implementation and efficiencies. Publications consultant to CUNY Law School 
(1981-1990). Freelance art direction on-site at sales-promotion studios, ad agencies, book 
publishers, consumer and trade magazines. 


ART DIRECTOR,  FAMILY WEEKLY MAGAZINE;  CBS MAGAZINES,  NYC.
1983 - 1985

Direction of covers and all editorial graphics for national Sunday supplement with circulation 13 
million.


SENIOR DESIGNER / STYLIST,  JIM WILSON, ETC.,  NYC.
1981 - 1983

Creation of sets, props, and models for photography, films, and TVC's; packaging of 
trade-paperback books.


JUNK FOOD,  CO-EDITOR & ART DIRECTOR of cult-classic humor / literary anthology.
1979 - 1980


DESIGNER,  SCHOLASTIC INC.,  NYC.
1976 - 1979
Art direction of magazines for elementary and high school students; textbook design.


NUMEROUS AWARDS FROM: SPD, SOCIETY OF ILLUSTRATORS, CA, GRAPHIS, NYADC, EDPRESS, & 
others.


BFA, 1976,  SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS, NYC