RICK PARKER

Home: 770.949.7776
Cell: 770.815.8258
Email: rick@galleryparker.com

 

WORK HISTORY

The Portfolio Center, Atlanta

Director of Art Direction

October 2011 to present

Head of Art Direction program. Teaching and mentoring students in a post-graduate environment. Writing curriculum, career counseling, and managing program direction.

 

The Creative Group, Atlanta

Contract/Freelance Art Direction and Design

April 2011 to present

Clients: Definition 6, Wolfe Design, Moxie Interactive, Southern Company, AutoTrader.com, Douglas County Department of Communications

 

Fitzgerald+CO/McCann Erickson, Atlanta
Vice President, Associate Creative Director
March 1994 to March 2011
Primary accounts: Coca-Cola; DeWalt; TVA; Atlanta Convention and Visitor's Bureau; Six Flags

Endres, Parker & Eng, Nashville
Vice President, Creative Director - Partner
May 1993 to March 1994
Primary accounts: Baptist Book Stores; Comdata Corp.; ProDiesel; Tennessee DOT

Ericson Marketing, Nashville
Senior Art Director
July 1992 to May 1993
Primary accounts: Opryland Hotel; Murray, Inc.; Ruby Tuesday's; Fairlane Town Center, Detroit

The Buntin Group, Nashville
Senior Art Director
March 1990 to July 1992
Primary accounts: Duck Head Apparel; Comdata Corp.; First American Bank

Young & Rubicam/Sive, Cincinnati
Senior Art Director
June 1988 to March 1990
Primary Accounts: Kings Island Theme Park; Borden; Compuserve

Tepe, Hensler & Westerkamp, Cincinnati
Assoc. Creative Director
Feb. 1987 to June 1988
Primary accounts: Cincom Systems; Coney Island Amusement Park; Cincinnati Art Museum

Smith, Burke & Azzam, Baltimore
Art Director
Sept. 1986 to Feb. 1987
Primary accounts: Trump Plaza; Baltimore Orioles; Bank of Baltimore

Tucker Wayne, Atlanta
Art Director
Sept. 1985 to Sept. 1986
Primary accounts: CSX Corporation; American Cyanamid; Citrus World, Inc.

Lawler Ballard, Norfolk, VA
Art Director
Dec. 1983 to Aug. 1985
Primary accounts: Sovran Bank; General Electric; Norfolk General Hospital

Related Experience
Instructor - Portfolio Center, Atlanta in 1986 and 1994
InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Final Cut, Dreamweaver, Flash, CSS and HTML
Art Dept. Manager - Flash Graphic, Atlanta - Sept. 1981 to Sept. 1982

AWARDS
Over 37 ADDY Awards, New York Art Director's Show, Print Regional Magazine,
Print CLIO, multiple TELLY Awards, EFFIE Awards, ShowSouth, Art Direction Magazine, Best in Show: Portfolio Center Alumni Awards

EDUCATION
Graduated from Portfolio Center, Atlanta - 1983
Interned - Evans, Atlanta - Oct. 1979 - Jan. 1980
Interned - Gordon Bailey Assoc. - Sept. 1982 - Sept. 1983

University of the South School of Theology
Education for Ministry - Graduated 1999

 

REFERENCES
Over a dozen very good references available upon request.
Please email me for them or any other questions.

Home: 770.949.7776
Cell: 770.815.8258
Email: rick@galleryparker.com

 

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