An artist who became a graphic designer/art director with a practical streak. I streamline systems, thrive on a team, and serve clients well.As Production/Art Director for The Ithaca Times, Marshall Hopkins has streamlined the paper’s production process, designed thousands of ads for clients and hundreds of covers, and earned the publication numerous statewide design awards.His design and illustration clients have included Cornell University, Bowdoin College, Frontline Media, Scholastic Inc., Symantec, Martha Stewart, The New York Times, Weiden+Kennedy, Duke University, and current Democratic congressional candidate Tracy Mitrano.Marshall is a RISD painting grad with an understated sense of humor and a practical streak: he likes to solve problems and support teams. He’s worked as an artist apprentice and a gold-leaf gilder in Sarasota, FL, an assistant cartoon editor at The New Yorker magazine with Bob Mankoff, a production artist in NYC, background animator for the Emmy-nominated Pale Force with Paul Noth and Jim Gaffigan, and as a popular adjunct professor of design at two local colleges. He lives with his wife and daughter in upstate New York.