Donald Capone

Over 25 years experience as a graphic designer. Currently, I design packaging, marketing materials, and catalogs for a medical supply manufacturer. Previous to this, I designed children's allergy awareness products and the corresponding packaging and marketing material.

I was in children's book publishing for 11 years, responsible for the book's cover, interior, novelty and packaging, hiring of illustrators, scheduling, managing projects, creating final mechanicals, and checking proofs. Licenses included Sesame Street, NASCAR, Nickelodeon, Hasbro/Tonka, and Disney/Pixar.

Senior Graphic Designer - Dynarex Corp. - Montvale, NJ

(2015-03)

• Design packaging, marketing material, and trade show material; train new employees; check proofs from factories; creation and upkeep of style guides. Experience with drug facts and ingredients.

Senior Graphic Designer - AllerMates - Nanuet, NY

(2013-04 - 2015-02)

• Product design for children's allergy and heath awareness products (wristbands, lunch bags, medicine cases) and the corresponding marketing material, POP displays, package design, animated banners, and email blasts.

Designer - Riverstone Yoga - Tarrytown, NY

(2013-05 - 2022-12)

Freelance

• Design marketing material such as flyers, postcards, posters, yard signs, and email blasts. Update website using Wordpress.

Designer - Reader's Digest Children's Publishing - White Plains, NY

(2000-12 - 2011-12)

Managed assigned projects from initial design through final mechanical. This entailed working with editorial to develop the concepts, scheduling, sketching book layouts, designing book's novelty, typography, hiring and directing illustrators, preparing final digital files, and reviewing proofs and any components.

• Created comps of new ideas.
• Designed slipcases and packaging for books.
• Licenses worked on included Sesame Street, Nickelodeon, Hasbro/Tonka, NASCAR, Marvel, Transformers, Scooby-Doo, Disney/Pixar, and Little Tikes, adhering to their style guides.

Assistant Art Director - Wendy Tittel Graphic Design - Briarcliff, NY

(1997-03 - 2000-12)

• Magazine layout; logo, brochure, direct mail, media kit, calendar, newsletters and web page design.
• Responsible for the design and production of the monthly Public Works magazine and annual Public Works Manual; also responsible for the design of media kits and direct mail pieces, stationery, etc.
• Ad design for Fabrics & Furnishings International magazine.

Center for the Media Arts New York, NY

SUNY Purchase Purchase, NY

Media Bistro New York, NY

Bronxville Adult Education Bronxville, NY