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David Willson
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Jupiter, FL
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Put my talent to your purpose.
My most recent illustration: The Encore cover, Palm Beach Daily News
David Willson's Photos
Recent Works
Added January 28, 2009 at 12:52pm
Editorial Cartoons
Added August 7, 2008 at 12:52pm
Illustrations
Added June 11, 2008 at 10:26am
Cartoons for business and trade magazines
Added June 11, 2008 at 10:21am
ValueRich magazine
Added June 9, 2008 at 9:04pm
Profile Information
- Title:
- Designer, Writer, Illustrator, Cartoonist
- Company:
- David Willson Design
- Company Website:
- http://homepage.mac.com/dwillson
- Media Type:
- Publishing, Newspaper
- Media Realm:
- Consumer Media, Business Media, Associations, City & Regional, Niche/Enthusiast, Creative Agency
- Home Region:
- South
- Past Companies & Brands
- American Media Inc.
Soap Opera Magazine
Country Weekly Magazine
Weekly World News
Startling Detective
Detective Cases
NewsMax.com
ValueRich magazine
The Corporate Real Estate Executive
Perspectives
- I'm Looking For:
- Networking, Business Partners, Jobs, Inspiration
- Professional Background: (Resume)
- • Editor/Writer: Senior editor and writer with specialties in publications launch and redesign
• Creative Director: Advertising campaigns and corporate identity design, art direction, graphic design, photo retouching, illustration (traditional or computer) and editorial cartooning.
• Expert in: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, InDesign (CS3), Quark, Painter, Microsoft Word. I illustrate and retouch using a WACOM tablet stylus.
• Management: Mac technology, project and staff leadership, photo direction, prepress, press check.
• Additional skills: public speaking and presentation.
Work Experience
9/2003 to 1/2008: ValueRich Magazine - West Palm Beach, Florida
I launched, and was editor-in-chief of a nationally distributed Wall Street financial magazine.
9/2000 - 7/2001: NewsMax - West Palm Beach, Florida
Hired under contract to redesign the newsletter of a political website as a news magazine for general distribution and rack sales.
2/2000 - 7/2000: American Media Inc. – Boca Raton, FL
Art Director for six crime magazine titles acquired in the purchase of Globe Communications.
9/1993 - 2/2000: NACORE International - West Palm Beach
Creative Director for the International Association of Corporate Real Estate Executives (NACORE). Art director of the Corporate Real Estate Executive magazine. Creative director of association web site; collateral and marketing design for tradeshows, brochures, advertisements and signage.
3/1992 – Present: Palm Beach Daily News - Palm Beach, Florida
Editorial cartoonist for the Palm Beach Daily News. I have received three annual “Excellence in Editorial Cartooning” awards from the Florida Press Club.
8/1991 - 9/1993: American Media Inc. (AMI) - Lantana, FL
Design editor for weekly fan magazines including Soap Opera Magazine and Country Weekly. Part of the start-up team that developed a prototype all-digital production path that was later implemented throughout all AMI owned operations.
6/1985 - 8/1991: David Willson's Artmasters, Inc. - Jupiter, FL
Founder, President and Creative Director of a full-service advertising design studio.
Prior to 1985
Various positions as creative director, agency art director, technical illustrator, photo technician, textile design artist, freelance designer and illustrator.
Awards and Career Highlights
• My design work for NACORE International's Executive magazine received recognition and awards from these organizations:
- American Society of Business Press Editors, Excellence - Publication Redesign
- American Society of Association Executives
- Association Trends
- Florida Magazine Association, Charlie Awards
- Communication Concepts, APEX Award for Excellence
- Publishing & Production Executive and Printing Impressions, Gold Ink Awards
- Printing Industries of America, excellence in 4-color magazine
• Author of articles on the early history of the Palm Beaches for local books and newspapers.
• City of West Palm Beach Centennial Celebration logo design, 1993
• Currator: exhibition of historical photographs and illustrations from the 1880's for the West Palm Beach Centennial, 1993.
• Numerous Addy Awards in both Palm Beach and Broward County competitions
• Two Bronze Awards for Newspaper and Magazine Advertisement, 28th Annual International Hotel Sales & Marketing Association's Advertising Awards.
Community
• Twice past-president Rotary Club of West Palm Beach — Sunrise
• Twice past-president The Lake Worth Pioneers’ Association
• Public speaker on historical Palm Beach County
- Personal Interests
- Books, music, fine art, illustration, Web, design, writing, guitar, cartooning, opinion
- Education:
- East Carolina University, Commercial art major with a minor in painting. Managing editor of The Fountainhead student news and Vice President of Sigma Chi Delta fraternity.
- Other Web Profile or Personal Web Site
- http://homepage.mac.com/dwillson
- My LinkedIn
- My Facebook
- Other Web Profile URL or Personal Web Site
- http://synonumb.blogspot.com/
- Relationship Status:
- Married
David Willson's Blog
All got for Christmas was this boring stock image
There was recently a discussion on another professional social networking site that I haunt about stock photography — an invitation to those in the stock industry to form a group, “to help each other in this difficult business. With such a lot of images available it is hard to find t… Continue
Posted on December 18, 2008 at 1:30pm — 2 Comments
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