Frank Webster Email & Phone Number

United States

115 E 23Rd St. New York, Ny 10010

Art Director of Photo District News (PDN) and Design Director of the PDN Photoplus Expo Gear Guide and WPPI NYC Expo Guide, and Art Director of the PDN PhotoSource Guides: The PDN PhotoSource Equipment Guide, The PDN PhotoSource Focus On Weddings, The PDN PhotoSource Focus On Portraits, The PDN PhotoSource Studio Guide and The PDN PhotoSource Video Guide. Also, Art Director for Custom Media and Events for the Nielsen Photo Group, designing contest call for entries, advertorials, house ads, sell sheets, web banners, logos, subscription and marketing materials for: PDN magazine, IPNStock, PhotoSource and PhotoServe, PDN Edu magazine, Emerge: the Emerging Photographer magazine, the ASMP Bulletin and Rangefinder magazine. In this position I have executed custom advertorials and ads for clients such as Adobe, Black River Imaging, Bogen, Canon, Canson, Epson, Finao, Milk Studios, Nikon, Olympus, Sandisk, Sony, Tamron, and White House Custom Color, among others. PDN is the award-winning magazine for the photography industry. It is the leader in its category.

Freelance Graphic Designer for Limited Design Services, Victoria Secret and Pink. Worked on various projects including 3D graphic design layout of merchandising display for the holiday program and print & pattern graphic design for holiday apparel.

Group Art Director Sporting Goods Business (SGB), and its supplements Outdoor Business (OB) and Footwear Business (FB). Designed magazine, directed all fashion photo shoots and commissioned all illustration and freelance designers. Redesigned and repackaged the magazine in a clean and contemporary style for ease of understanding with an intelligent use of photography and ample space to address content. Stood out from other trade publications in terms of originality and relevance.

New York, New York

Freelance Art Director, Graphic Designer and Illustrator for award-winning start-up media criticism magazine.

New York, New York

Freelance Art Director, Graphic Designer and Illustrator for various Fairchild magazines including W, WWD, DNR, HFN, SS, SN, and FN.

New York, New York

Freelance Art Director, Graphic Designer and Illustrator for leading apparel brand. Designed apparel graphics, signage and labels, did in-house illustration, and produced seasonal presentations of new lines and designs to national convention of vendors. This involved creation of elaborate installations as environments for new apparel.

New York, New York

Art directed and designed magazine layouts. Conceptualized and styled all studio photography, did frequent in-house illustrations as well as assigned freelance photographers and illustrators for specific features. Art directed various supplements as well as magazine features.

Master Of Fine Arts (Mfa), Fine/Studio Arts, General

Bfa, Fine And Studio Arts

Bacholors, Fine/Studio Arts, General