Rob Barnickel
Art Director / Creative Director
Summary
I relocated to Jacksonville, FL in 2014 after working in NYC's design industry for 13 years. I have worked with a range of clients as a freelance art director from start-ups to large agencies in Manhattan. I've taught and lectured at Shillington school in Manhattan and ran my own design agency in NYC for 6 years before taking a full-time AD position in Jacksonville.
Experience
Senior Art Director
RFR Creative / Jacksonville, FL
Responsible for concept, design and execution of national and regional advertising campaigns including full roll-out of digital and print. Have worked on everything from re-branding Community Hospice to writing 30 second television scripts for VyStar and producing digital campaigns for Wounded Warrior Project.
Owner / Creative Director
Barnickel Design / Brooklyn, NY
Over the course of 6 years I worked directly with clients as well as on a freelance basis for a wide range of companies from small boutiques to corporate clients and marketing and ad agencies. Work has included branding and various printed and digital collateral including packaging design, presentation design, info- graphics, digital ads, social media, custom apps, desktop and mobile websites.
Art Director
What Goes Around Comes Around / New York, NY
Responsible for re-branding of boutique, archive and clothing collection. Art direction and graphic design of interactive, marketing, advertising and print design.
Art Director
@radical.media / New York, NY
Responsible for conception, art direction, graphic design and production supervision of various projects including Mayor Bloomberg’s 2005 reelection campaign graphics.
Greige MFG CO.
Art Director / New York, NY
Responsible for conception, art direction and design of branding campaign, print, interactive and marketing materials including look books, graphic T-shirts, etc.
Graphic Designer
Fairway Printing and Design / New York, NY
Handled all aspects of client jobs including identity design, photo retouching, layout design and printing / production.
Design Intern
@radical.media / New York, NY
Worked under the direction of the design department to assist with designing websites for Nike, creating a logofor The Innocence Project (still in use) and designing ski suits for the Winter Olympics. This experience would essentially get me hooked on design and set the tone for my entire career.
Education
Messiah College
BA in Graphic Design, Graphic Design
Messiah College
BA in Graphic Design
September 1999 - May 2002
Grantham, Pennsylvania, United States
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