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Mark has 20+ Years of Creative/Art Director and Art department management experience in a high volume, corporate environment. With excellent communication, presentation, negotiation and interpersonal skills.

I am a talented creative Art Director/Graphic Designer who is passionate about design solutions. This is not work to me. Its what I love to do. I am able to turn vision into reality. Consummate team player. Coordinate multiple projects. Collaborate with inside contributors and outside vendors. I am an expert on the Mac and Adobe suite, strong attention to detail and the ability to change and adjust to any situation.

Deigned Product Brand Logos and packaging for 4 new Product SKUs, as well as design new packaging for 4 existing SKUs, and expanding existing brands lines.

Developed Brand ID for 14 National Publications. Format and title logo design. Set up template files for features, columns, departments and developed style guide.

Designed 200+ magazine covers. Increased Newsstand sales 33% from 2004-2007 and circulation +9.2% from 2005-2007.

Designed 12 trade book covers. Including Business Weeks bestseller "Start Your Own Business" with over 200,000 copies sold

•Full Life Cycle Project Direction, from conception to launch.
•Broad range of revenue-generating design projects, for print and Web
•Budget & Work Flow Strategies.
•art direction, logo design, brand ID, brand style guides, book, brochure, design, editorial, graphic design, layout, magazine, marketing, photography, posters, print design, 4C, 5C, PMS, promotion, creative, typography, vector, raster, photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator, Quark, Acrobat, Web

Art Director of In-house Art & Design Department for Marketing.
Art Direct, schedule, coordinate, manage and design multiple projects on a daily basis. Projects include: Corporate and Product Brand Identities, Logos, Catalogs, Advertisements, Label and Packaging, Brochures, Trade Show Booths, and all other marketing/corporate communication materials.

• DESIGN: Logo design; Brand ID; Branding; Brand style guides; Publication; New magazine; Redesign magazine; Editorial; Layout; Typography; Supplements; Books; Directories; Catalogs; Posters; Newsletters; Advertisements; Brochures; Strong attention to detail; Web; Internet; Collateral; Print campaigns; Graphics; Marketing; Promotional; Prototype; Mock-ups; Concepts; Sketching; Vector Art; Raster Art; PPT presentations; 2 Color; 4 Color (CMYK); 5 Color; PMS Color; Foil Stamping; Embossing; Dye Cutting; POP—Point of Purchase; Clean but lively; Exquisite; Type fanatic.

• PRODUCTION: •	Extensive experience in prepress, print, online, digital and all phases of production, from inception to launch.

• COMPUTER: Proficient in Mac OSX; Adobe Creative Suite CS6 - Photoshop; Illustrator; InDesign; Acrobat Professional; Microsoft Office Suite - Word; Power Point; Excel. Intermediate knowledge of: Dreamweaver CS6; Flash CS6; HTML and Windows.

Designed corporate logo and print collateral. 

Designed 3 Web sites. Designed Title logos, bars, graphics, buttons, icons and all elements on  site. Set up color pallets and font guide.

Developed complete format and logo redesign for 3 National Magazines. Created look and identity. Determined creative vision and design directions. Set up template files for features, columns departments and style guide to maintain brand identity. 

Coordinated production cycle with editors and printer.

Designed booklets and brochures used for promotional needs by sales staff.

Creative Director

Creative Director for a broad range of revenue-generating design projects, including 11 national magazines from conception to launch, for print and Web. 

Cover designs increase newsstand sales 33% from '04-'07 & helped make Entrepreneur mag the top selling "business magazine" on the newsstand from 2005 - July 2008

Defined the brand ID for 11 national publications. Format and title logo design.

Helped set up Entrepreneur brand internationally. In Mexico, Philippines, Russia, China, South Africa, Middle East and India

200+ magazine covers. 12 book covers including Start Your Own Business which is on Business Weeks bestseller list with over 200,000 copies sold.

Established cost effective plans to always stay under budget reduce costs and still maintain the highest standards in quality

Increased productivity by implementing specific work flow strategies. Met every deadline.

Provided superior leadership, direction and guidance for a team of 9+ diverse employees, mentored several staff members to obtain promotions.

Create and develop course outlines, project guidelines, lectures and lecture materials and grade projects.
• GRAPHIC DESIGN 323A. Graphic design using Adobe Illustrator. Give lectures, assign and grade projects based on guidelines I set up for a class of about 40 students.
• GRAPHIC DESIGN 323B. Graphic design using Quark Xpress. Give lectures, assign and grade projects based on guidelines I set up for a class of about 40 students.

Instructor of Graphic Design

Find out detailed information about Mark Kozak, Art Director in Santa Ana, CA

Mark Kozak: Art Director in Santa Ana, CA

Mark Kozak

Union Supply Company

Freelance

SMB CONNECTS

Entrepreneur Media Inc.

Cal State Fullerton

California State University-Fullerton