I have been teaching a variety of courses in the Graphics Technology Department at Valencia College in Orlando, Florida since 2012. Some of these courses include: • Advanced Graphic Design• Vector Illustration• Graphics Reproduction Processes• My specialty course is Fundamentals of Typography, which I have taught every semester since I started at Valencia.

I am a freelance graphic design, advertising art director and copywriter working under the auspices of my own company, P51 Design Group. If you are curious about where the name comes from, or if you have some work for me to do, drop me a line: kevin@p51design.com

I was vice president and creative director at Metropolis Advertising & Design in Orlando, Florida. Metropolis was a full-service marketing, design and advertising agency that has earned its excellent reputation by providing its clients with strategic, well-executed campaigns in a variety of print, electronic and interactive media. The company has recently closed. As Creative Director I am:• Experienced in managing a highly motivated and talented creative team.• Experienced with presentations to clients and organizations; including public speaking before large audiences. • Directly involved in all aspects of the agency's creative strategies and processes. • Experienced designing and writing award-winning campaigns for print, radio, television and multi-media advertising.• Accomplished at designing and writing detailed branding strategies and brand identity guidelines for a wide assortment of clients and industries.• Experienced in web and interactive design, including site architecture and SEO.• Skilled as a researcher and copywriter for creative campaigns and corporate communications.• Skilled at illustration—both digital and traditional—including storyboards.• Proficient as a photographer and onsite art director for both still photography and video productions. • Accomplished at print design, pre-press and production, including photo manipulation and color correction.• Extremely skilled in a variety of Adobe Creative Suite applications such as Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Premiere Pro, After Effects and Dreamweaver, to name a few.• Able to wear a necktie without choking.

Although it is now gone, for many years Frailey & Wilson was one of the venerable, big agencies in Orlando. I was not only a senior art director and designer but also a copywriter, illustrator, storyboard artist and even the first IT guy, as I brought the agency, kicking and screaming, into the computer age with the installation of its first Macintosh in the early '90s.