Art & Design Logistics

Art In Motion - Worldwide Shippers

Logistics and project management for Fine Art, Interior Design & Museum Projects

Manager - Decorative Arts DepartmentRestructured underperforming Decorative Arts Department with immediate positive results. The department reached its annual revenue goal in first 2 quarters.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Responsible for all aspects of managing the Decorative Arts Department.• Business development, budgets, P&L, invoicing, project estimating.• Storage contracts, operations, storage facilities, inventory accuracy, insurance, permits.• Client relations, employee hiring & training.Special Challenge: The department was disenfranchised from the parent company.• Successfully addressed through a cross-department employee mentoring program.Regional Manager------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Launched the first proactive sales & marketing department in the companies 30 year history.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Goal 1: Increase storage revenues at the Hamptons, NY fine art storage facility.• Through targeted pro-active sales, the Hamptons facility reached 95% of capacity.Goal 2: Grow brand awareness among NYC/Hamptons Interior Designers, Architects and Builders.• Achieved goal through sales calls, sponsorships, event hosting and industry networking.• Forged a successful relationship as Lead Sponsor of Guild Hall.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I joined the Dot Com boom of the late 1990's by founding CIRCA New Media, an interactive media design company focused on utilizing new technologies to enhance corporate communications, marketing and business development. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• Mission: Develop, deploy and maintain corporate websites, intranets, extranets and B2B portals.• Strengths: Custom CRM applications, streaming media, digital conversion of corporate libraries.• Akamai Alliance Partner for streaming media solutions.• Sample Project: Premier Corning, Inc. Optical Fiber website with custom CRM backend.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Eager for new challenges, I teamed with Judson Art Warehouse to launch a new service for top tierclients, The Department of Installations & Collection Care. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• Conceived, launched and managed department specializing in solutions for large-scale fine art installations, transportation, rigging and maintenance.• Responsible for pro-active sales, marketing, contract negotiations, employee hiring, training, operations, logistics, insurance, permits, quality standards, client relations, safety and budgets.• Sample Project: Emergency Response – 1993 Bombing of World Trade Center Towers -Contracted with The Port Authority of NY & NJ, Deloitte & Touche and Windows On The World for immediate removal and remediation of corporate art collections in WTC Towers 1 & 2.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Represented Artists: Cindy Sherman, Robert Longo, Louise Lawler, Mike Kelly, Gretchen Bender------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• Worked closely with highly acclaimed artists on installation of solo and group shows.• Managed inventory, packing, crating, shipping, exhibition fabricating and installations.• Assisted with private viewings and gallery openings.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Managed fine art installation projects throughout the New York City metropolitan area.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• Crew Chief at the IBM Gallery of Science and Art on Madison Ave. Provided leadership to assure the safe, prompt and professional installation of 18 large-scale international traveling exhibitions.• Maintained large pool of independent expert art handlers.• Specialized in difficult installations where rigging, scale and location presented challenges.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The Walker Art Center sets a very high standard for handling art.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• Performed art handling, rigging, crating, installation, condition reports and maintenance duties for a wide variety of artist installations and traveling exhibitions.• Carried out fabrication responsibilities for building display cases, plinths, vitrines, museum crates, slat crates, T-frames, exhibition walls, mounts and custom hanging hardware.