Michael Dembicer Email & Phone Number

Hartford, Connecticut

Simsbury, Ct

Offer design and strategy services in print, signage, environmental graphics, brand development, photography, photo retouching, web/interactive, usability design, and presentations. Acquire new business, manage customer and vendor relations, establish budgets, project goals, timelines, and execute billing.

Avon, Ct

Manage school-wide graphic design, branding, advertising, marketing and production services. Provide hands-on support for ongoing graphic design of catalogs, postcards, posters, brochures, signs and website graphics. Responsible for inspiring, developing and delegating to four direct reports. Drive strategic thinking with Alumni & Development and Office of Admission in translating marketing goals into creative strategies, both online and offline. Create production calendars for print, photography, website content and social media in order to deliver on-time and within budget. Collaborate with all internal departments throughout the creative process and ensure brand guideline adherence. Create and retain relationships with outside vendors in relation to the promotion of the school’s goals. Develop and manage the communications budget, including expenses with outside print, advertising, and graphic design vendors.

Developed websites and interactive experiences for consumers and healthcare professionals. Worked with internal teams to develop concepts and presented to external clients. Determined project estimates, timelines and resourcing. Collaborated with Information Architect to develop sitemap, wireframes and functional specs. Determined art assets that would be required for build and in what format the product should be provided. Created checklist, spec sheet, and timing for delivering assets in-line with Project Management's expectations. Assisted and guided Brand Team with creating initial layout concepts and final production. Managed creative resources during Design phase (art buying, studio, DIG and freelancers) to ensure production-ready assets were delivered to the development team and the original creative vision was followed through. Developed and presented usability presentation to upper management and presented agency-wide.

Collaborated daily with project managers, sales, strategy, video, 3D and development. Created engaging rich media and user-friendly interactive experiences for professional medical education, training and promotional initiatives. Seamlessly integrated video and 3D animation. Played key role in establishing and applying principles for creating the best user experience. Converted concepts developed from senior management strategy to visual product and presented internally and to clients.

Played an integral role in establishing workflow and standard operating procedures for newly established design department. Collaborated with the design team and creative director to produce intuitive and engaging web user experiences. Created consumer and professional websites in the therapeutic categories of breast cancer, chelation therapy, and IV pain management. Served as lead designer for Ignite Health’s Novartis accounts: fostered and maintained relationships with the client; managed the freelance design team and assisted the creative director with new hires.