Irit Blumenthal
IBdesign
Art Director
Designer Owner		 NYC Tel/Fax: 212-684-5451

irit@ibdesign.net
www.ibdesign.net/ 
Qualifications
  • Highly pro-active, with strong conceptual design skills. 
  • 12 years of art direction and print design experience. 
  • 6 years of web design, development and implementation.
  • Management of web design teams
  • Complete internet solutions including marketing and site architecture design. 
  • Effective in organizing large projects and coordinating outside vendors. 
  • Strong fine arts skills. 
  • Strong knowledge in advertising and marketing.
  • Experience applying interface design skills within a Web-based development environment.
  • Experience in pre-print from design the the final printing project.
Computer
skills
  • Graphics: Photoshop 7, FreeHand 10, Illustrator 8, Quark 4, Painter, Powerpoint. 
  • Internet graphics: Dreamweaver XE, Flash XE, Imageready 5, Front-page, Macromedia Director, & more.
  • Internet control: HTML, Javascript, Fetch, Bbedit
  • Office: MS Word, MS Project, MS Excel, Quatro-pro,.and more.
Web Design
(1995-2003)
Print
Experience
(1991-2003)
  • Designed and directed magazines, brochures, catalogs, ads and direct mail for Cotton Incorporated, WWD Incorporated, Lisa Jenks Limited, Linen Incorporated, PLMA Private Label Association, United Nations, Jeunesse Cosmetics, Gasoline Stop, Margrill Associates, Two's Company, Ad-Lib advertising, Tower Air and AY&A Association.
  • Designed and directed cosmetic and private labels packaging for PLMA, Kellogg's cereals, Jeunesse Cosmetics, Two's Company, Bachner+Company, and AY&A Association.
  • Handled package design for software products
    cigar products, and inflatable chair packages.
  • Designed textile patterns & presentation boards for Chams-North American Mills Inc.
  • Designed video covers, sell sheets and posters for Fox Lorber and WNET (Channel Thirteen) .
  • Designed book covers for Simon & Schuster Publishing, Ecco Publishing, MacMurray & Beck Publishing, Habad and Behrman House Publishing. 
  • Designed CD covers for Stash Records, and the Silos.
  • Designed & produced CD ROMs for Arc Studios. 
  • Designed menus for La Casalinga Restaurant, French Roast Cafe, and Sidewalk Cafe. 
  • Designed logos for WNET (Channel Thirteen), Fox Lorber, United Nations, Jeunesse Cosmetics, Gasoline Stop, Margrill Associates, Two's Company, Ad-Lib advertising, and Stash records. 
  • Designed and produced enamel and sand-blasted art work for hotels and restaurants.



Work
Experience
(By years)
  • 1996-Present - Designer / Owner Ibdesign Inc. Working on varios freelance and in house projects as outlined.
  • Dec. 2001-Sep. 2002 Freelance Creative director for The Coastal Group designing children's packaging
  • Oct. 2000- Sep. 2001 - Creative director in David Malchior's studio (Hi tech company). Designing web sites, print materials and presentations.
  • June. 2000- Sep. 2000 - Creative director in Nevil Brody's studio,London. Designing the largest e-commerce web site in Israel as a web site manager and designer. (part of team member in a design team)
  • 1997-1998 - Fox Lorber- Foreign film/video distribution - Art Director
    • Directed and designed web sites and all promotional print campaigns (video covers, DVD covers, sell sheets, posters, and ads)
  • 1996-1997 - Woman's Wear Daily (WWD)
    Fashion magazine- Freelance Art Director
    • Designed and directed advertising supplement magazines.
  • 1991-1996 Working as a freelancer for advertising firms in NYC.
  • 1990-1991 Nipper Group Inc, New York, NY.
    Designed products, brochures, catalogs, signs, environmental graphics and packaging. 

Education