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JUPITER , FL 334779619

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DAVID WILLSON

Precise, Dynamic, Results-oriented Concepts

David Willson offers consulting services that include brand campaigns, logo design, advertising design, illustration and soup to nuts launching of new publications; fulfilling the roles of art director, editor-in-chief, section and page editor and feature writer.

He is an experienced senior level advertising agency creative director and art director.

Services include managing groups of creative professionals, recruiting talent, managing processes such as executing bids and overseeing printing contracts, supervising production, researching and purchasing new technology and conducting client development and relations.

David Willson is a classically trained artist who can illustrate in a wide variety of styles, manually or on the computer. His editorial cartoons have won multiple journalism awards.

• 18 years specialization in publications launch and redesign
• Brainstorming and ideation for advertising campaigns, brand and corporate identity design and art direction of studio and location photography
• Writing for marketing, advertising, Web and feature magazine
• Editorial management, rewrite editing and publication editing
• Photo retouching, image optimization for press and Web and photomontage
• Creative division formation and management, bids and purchasing contracts, senior level employee leadership and production management
• Proficient in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, InDesign, Quark and Painter. Illustration and retouching using a WACOM tablet stylus.
• Pre-press management, press check, Mac technology.
• Public speaking and presentation.

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Recent Posts (7)

  • Jan 12, 2010

    openforum

    Creative Pro

    As a cartoonist, I would love to be able to submit an image :-)

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  • Nov 13, 2009

    Are you using Twitter effectively? Do you care?

    Creative Pro

    I remember reading an article in the mid-80s where a computer expert opined that the idea of personal computing was ludicrous because computers were nothing more than a glorified calculators and only useful for accounting and storing records. Needless to say, the author was wrong. As an artist, I…

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  • Nov 10, 2009

    Help to improve OPEN Forum : Brief Survey

    Creative Pro

    The survey is closed. My suggestion would be to eliminate or significantly increase the time limit on inactivity that has an auto log off window popping up all the time. At best it is an annoyance, at worst you can lose your entry into a discussion dialog field if you happen to take a phone call or…

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