Theresa Venezia

Clients include: Scholastic, Dennis Publishing, Sesame Workshop, Wunderman Cato Johnson, Time, Kirchoff/Wohlberg, Cousteau Society, Clarion Publishers, Mason Crest Publishers, Latina Magazine, Clearvision, Albert Whitman, HarperCollins Publishers, Abrams, Random House, Schwartz & Wade, Alzheimer's Disease Resource Center

• Concept and design of children’s books and novelties
• Art direction of illustrators and designers
• Project, budget, and team management
• Concepting/enacting a more efficient workflow
• Retouching and re-creating art when necessary

• Simultaneous design and management of projects such as magazines, flyers, presentations, banner ads, etc.
• Responsible for all details of designing and producing a bi-monthly magazine from concept to finish
• Art direction of illustration/photo shoots
• Creation of new, innovative, and cost-effective methods to improve workflow and reduce costs and production time
• Managing an inter-departmental team of co-workers while budgeting time and resources

• Concept, development and design of Sesame Street & Kid City magazines
• Budget, workflow, and team management
• Illustration and manipulation of art
• Research, hiring, and art direction of models, artists and photographers

• Art Director of Convene Magazine, responsible for all details of design and production of a monthly trade magazine, from concept to finish
• Inception and design of packaging, style guides, corporate identity, product
identity, branding (logos, collateral, toys, etc.), books, magazines, banner ads and websites for various clients
• Book design, package design, product identity
• Trained and managed of a team of designers and freelancers

• Teaching digital design and advanced software classes at the undergraduate and graduate levels
• Syllabus includes Mac Basics, Creative Suite, Quark Xpress

• Magazine layout for Sesame Street & Kid City
• Image manipulation and retouch
• Assisted in casting and art direction of photo shoots
• Scanning and color correction
• Working with illustrators to perfect art involving licensed muppet characters

• Children’s Educational and Textbook Design

• Consulted on the “Americanization” of the magazine
• Responsible for all aspects of production from concept through design and print production
• Photo retouch and re-creation
• Creation of templates, style sheets, libraries, and system of storage to increase speed and efficiency of workflow

• Calypso Log Magazine Design/Layout (for Cousteau Society)
• Management of Cousteau photo selection
• Catalog design
• Newspaper ad design
• Web page design