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- Title:
- Art Director
- Company:
- The Week magazine
- Company Website:
- http://www.theweek.com
- Media Type:
- Publishing
- Media Realm:
- Consumer Media
- Home Region:
- Mid Atlantic
- Past Companies & Brands
- Wiley-Blackwell (Custom Ventures)
Gannett (The Journal News, White Plains, N.Y.; Florida Today, Melbourne, Fla.)
Newhouse (The Jersey Journal)
- I'm Looking For:
- Networking, Business Partners, Jobs, Inspiration
- Professional Background: (Resume)
- GEOFFREY GIORDANO
40 Woodlawn Terrace
Cedar Grove, NJ 07009
973.890.2326 {h}
201.401.9282 {c}
geoffgio@verizon.net {e}
Expert journalist, editor, designer, supervisor and project manager
Current Position: Art director, The Week magazine
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
July 2008-present | Art director, The Week magazine, New York, N.Y. (550,000 nationwide circulation). Oversee page design, templates, styles. Help supervise two illustrators, photo editor and two copy editors. Play key role in integrating magazine’s global content manage system.
2007-present | Writer, In Tune Monthly magazine. Contribute profiles of notable working musicians to national magazine tailored to young learning musicians. Interviews have included players associated with the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Joe Jackson and “American Idol.”
April 2007-present | Editor, Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, N.J. As editor of monthly news magazine The Hospitalist, assigned and edited stories tracking developments in hospital medicine, the fastest-growing medical specialty. Supervised more than a dozen free-lance writers and one designer. Managed print and online editorial initiatives and editorial budget. Helped edit, evaluate other publications in new Custom Ventures department. Helped launch group’s first high-profile blog, “Wachter’s World.” Supervised group’s editorial assistant.
July 2006-April 2007 | Group editor, Dental Tribune America, New York City. Supervised editorial operations for weekly industry newspaper and four monthly specialty newspapers. Managed staff of five managing editors and a dozen-plus regular contributors. Edited, executed and redesigned weekly publication for general practitioners, coordinating with production staff in Leipzig, Germany. Managed editorial projects including on-site daily newspapers at industry events.
November 2005-June 2006 | Free-lance medical editor. Performed various editing duties for New Jersey firms Medco, Bradley Pharmaceuticals and Emron.
February 1995-October 2005 | AME/News, The Journal News, White Plains, N.Y. (150,000 daily/170,000 Sunday). Helped supervise 30-person night news operation. Edited and designed front-page and wire news through five editions (and 13 editions prior to consolidation of Westchester County titles). Evaluated, mentored and scheduled design and editing staff. Worked with metro editors, reporters, photo and art staff to establish excellence in breaking news and enterprise packages.
October 1993-February 1995 | Front-page editor, The Jersey Journal, Jersey City, N.J. (60,000 daily). Chose content for, edited and designed three-zone front page and inside pages.
April 1990-September 1993 | Copy/wire editor and page designer, Florida Today, Melbourne, Fla. (70,000 daily/90,000 Sunday). Edited and designed wire and local news pages and special section fronts.
NEWS & EDITORIAL EXPERTISE
• 20 years’ experience as AME of news, senior front-page editor, project editor, copy editor and designer.
• Helped run 30-person night news desk; did schedules, evaluations, mentoring.
• Superb news judgment and accuracy under intense deadlines.
• Equally adept at assigning, content edits, and rim, slot and shop edits.
• Coordinate staff in all departments to produce in-depth news packages.
• Expert at creating and coordinating high-volume copy and page flow.
VISUALS & DESIGN EXPERTISE
• Master in creating styles from classic and elegant to bold and contemporary.
• Spearheaded numerous redesigns and wrote visual style guides.
• Function as art and photo director on live news packages and special news and feature projects.
• Employ contemporary visual strategies to improve reader satisfaction and comprehension.
• Coordinate print, online visuals.
• Able to tailor content and visuals to a variety of specialties and formats.
• Superior skills in typography, palette, page architecture, packaging, style sheets and image editing.
ONLINE & WEB EXPERTISE
• Conceive content and presentation for new e-publications and brand extensions.
• Research, analyze and report on key Web trends and user/traffic data.
• Manage phased implementation of and maintain reports on new Web initiatives and improvements.
MEDICAL EDITORIAL EXPERTISE
• Help conceive and edit highly clinical departments on research, treatments, billing and coding, pharmaceuticals.
• Experienced with AMA style.
• Produced on-site daily newspapers for industry shows.
• Assign, write, edit, photograph and design content for industry events.
• Select and direct free-lance contributors.
• Highly skilled in directing and advising physician editors.
AWARDS
2008 | Bronze award, “Best Custom
Publication,” The Hospitalist, American
Society of Healthcare Publication Editors.
2005 | Distinguished page design/presentation, “Making Sense of Hurricane
Katrina” special section, New York
Newspaper Publisher’s Association.
2004 | First place, design of Iraq war pages, New York Newspaper Publisher’ s Association.
2003 | First place, design of 9/11 anniversary section, Journal News Mighty Pen.
2002 | Staff first place, 9/11 coverage
“A New Day of Infamy,” Deadline Club
(New York chapter of SPJ).
EDUCATION
B.A., journalism, University of Central Florida, Orlando, magna cum laude; SND annual workshops, 1997, 1998, 2003; Poynter Institute’s “High-Performance Management for Mid-Level Editors”; American Press Institute’s “News Editors & Copy Desk Chiefs: Inspiring the Team, Sharpening the Package”; Wiley-Blackwell’s “Influence Without Authority”; MIN Webinar “How to Build & Monetize Community Online & Measure Audience Engagement.”
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
Quark/QPS, InDesign/InCopy, Woodwing Smart Connection, Photoshop, Illustrator,
Dreamweaver, Flash, Microsoft Office (Excel, Powerpoint, Word), Mac OS X, Windows XP, Harris, SII, AP style, AMA style, Garageband.
LINKS
• Portfolio at newspagedesigner.com.
• Online articles describing my concepts for newcomers’ guides and a double-truck op-ed page:
• www.newspagedesigner.com/newcomers.html and
• www.newspagedesigner.com/views.html
• Profile at www.linkedin.com/in/geoffgiordano.
REFERENCES
Available upon request.
- Personal Interests
- Music/guitar, chess, travel, food & wine, aviation/war history, football.
- Education:
- B.A. in journalism from the University of Central Florida
- Other Web Profile or Personal Web Site
- http://www.newspagedesigner.com/portfolios/portfolio1.php?UserID=925
- My LinkedIn
- Other Web Profile URL or Personal Web Site
- http://geoffgiordano.carbonmade.com/
- Relationship Status:
- Married
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