John Hall in Boston, MA | Fitchburg State College

John Hall

Male

Senior-level creative with more than years of experience in the concept, design, creative direction, and project management of publications, marketing communication materials, and digital media. In over ten years of managing my own design business, I have worked closely with editorial, marketing, and development teams in a wide-variety of industries to create books, magazines, newsletters, catalogs, annual reports, websites, and a wide variety of marketing collateral materials. My clients have included colleges and universities, arts and research organizations, financial services companies, publishers, and many other types of businesses and industries. Previously, I held senior art and design director roles on both the editorial and advertising side of a variety of publishers, marketing agencies, and digital media companies. In addition to my design background, I have strong written communications skills, a passion for technology, and a keen interest in journalism and social media. With this diverse set of skills and interests, I am able to make creative decisions with a deep understanding into the perspective of the various stakeholders within an organization, as well as different elements of the audience. I enjoy being involved in projects on both a macro and micro levelleading the creative and concept decisions andor delving into the details of production, and even coding. I have strong hands-on skills in all the relevant print design software packages including InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator, as well as a working knowledge of HTML, CSS, various content management systems, and SEO best-practices. read more ...