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David Parmeter
189 Devoe St. 3rd fl
Brooklyn, New York 11211
USA
917.379.9048
david@afexdesign.com


Objective I intend to work as an Art Director to further develop my design, front-end development skills, and creative process. I'm interested in working in an environment that encourages thoughtful design, creative consistency, and values above all, high design standards.
 
Experience Art Director
  SEP 2007 - PRESENT Hachette Filipacchi Media New York, NY, USA
 
  • Front-end development on CarandDriver.com
  • Special features design and front-end development on CarandDriver.com
  • Responsibilities included site architecture, site design, for company wide site redesign projects (in progress).
  • Created designs and HTML/CSS code for special features across all HFMUS brands.
  • Design in-house ads for HFMUS brands.
 
  APR 2006 - SEP 2007 ForbesTraveler.com New York, NY, USA
 
  • Designed ForbesTraveler.com, a forbes.com luxury travel site.
  • Responsibilities included site architecture, site design, build, project and product management and template layout.
  • Implemented JSP pages for dynamic display of XML data.
  • Created HTML/CSS code standard for production efficiency and consistency for design/production team.
  • Created and maintain Design Collateral Database for all brand related artwork.
  • Design in-house ads for ForbesTraveler brand.
  • Manage and direct Photo Editor and Production Staff
 
  Lead Designer
  FEB 2000 - PRESENT VNU eMedia New York, NY, USA
 
  • Lead Designer on several high profile Business to Business sites, including Billboard.com, EditorandPublisher.com, Photo District News (pdnonline.com), Backstage.com.
  • Responsibilities included site architecture, site design, build, project and product management and template layout.
  • Implemented JSP pages and XSL Style Sheets for dynamic display of XML data.
  • Created HTML/CSS code standard for production efficiency and consistency for design/production team.
  • Created and maintain Design Collateral Database for all brand related artwork.
  • Design “in-house” ads for VNU brands.
 
  Photo Librarian and Research Assistant
  JUN 1999 - FEB 2000 The Stock Market Photo Agency (Corbis) New York, NY, USA
 
  • maintaining the image library
  • Assisting Photo Researchers with image research
 
  Photo Editor Assistant
  JAN 1999 - MAR 1999 Mirabella Magazine New York, NY, USA
 
  • initial approval of photographer's invoices
  • Ordering and returning stock photography from stock agencies
  • photoshoot location scouting
  • Photo prop sourcing
  • Reviewing photographer's portfolios
 
Education Bachelor of Arts - BFA Fine Arts/Visual Design
  University of Oregon JUN 1998
 
 
  Vocational - Web Design
  Parsons Design School  
 
Additional Info Example sites:
Portfolio Site
www.afexdesign.com
 
Awards
  • 2006 Forbes.com Presidents Award
  • 2005 Folio Magazine Ozzie Awards Gold Award for best web site design, kbbonline.com
  • The Web Marketing Association 2005 Webaward for outstanding achievement in website development, PDNonline.com
  • 2004 Folio Magazine Ozzie Awards Silver Award for best web site design, Archlighting.com
  • 2003 VNU Business Media President's Award winner of Innovation and Creativity Category, Editorandpublisher.com
 
References Available upon request