skladany design, llc

About

steve@skladany.net

973 714 1177
Hoboken, NJ

I broke my arm snowboarding. At first, I thought I was bleeding to death. Then I took photos of the sled ride down.
Problems arise. Murphy's law always applies. When something has to get solved, it's best to relax, not freak out, and concentrate relentlessly. It's an approach I've been using for 8+ years…be it in design, web, or production work.

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Experience

reitdesign

New York NY
2009–Current
Graphic Designer
Branding refresh of local New York chain restaurant.
Implementation of Wordpress-driven company website
Design and layout of biannual college magazine

Skladany Design, LLC

Hoboken NJ
2005–Current
Freelance Graphic Designer
Self-run solo design and production practice working on a broad range of print and web projects
Recent clients and projects include Suzanne Opton/ Soldiersface.com, South Pointe Hoboken brochure & website and John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

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Creative Resources

Branchburg NJ
2005–Current
Freelance Page Designer
Layout of the Branchburg News and Readington News newspapers

Tenazas Design

Montclair NJ
2006–2007, 2008
Freelance Graphic Designer
Assisting Lucille Tenazas on the design of various books, including her forthcoming monograph

Moet Hennessy/ Chopin Vodka

New York NY
2007
Freelance Graphic Designer
Responsible for upholding and applying the established brand standards of Chopin Vodka across a wide range of materials such as gift boxes, packaging and a mobile bar

Harry N Abrams

New York NY
2006–2007
Freelance Graphic Designer
Collaboration with marketing art director to produce book catalogs, update website, and produce email newsletters for the illustrated book publisher

Goldman Media

Westwood NJ
2005
Freelance Graphic Designer
Implementation, using HTML/CSS, of Metro.us, the online presence of the commuter newspaper of the same name

The Mediacenter Inc

Weehawken NJ
2000–2005
Graphic Designer
Design and layout of monthly sales development material
Creation of special marketing pieces and PowerPoint presentations
Development of collateral material ranging from bag design to direct marketing postcards and flyers for use at industry conventions
Direction of freelance designers and outside printers

Education

School of Visual Arts

New York NY
Summer 2006
Studied Intermediate Design under Skip Sorvino

Rutgers University

New Brunswick NJ
May 2003
Bachelor of Arts—Visual Arts
Bachelor of Science—Computer Science

North Carolina State University

Raleigh NC
Summer 2001
Studied Art & Design in Prague, Czech Republic

Skills

Applications: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere, After Effects, Dreamweaver, Flash, QuarkXpress, PowerPoint
Programming: XHTML, CSS, PHP, C/C++, Java