D A N I E L B U C K W A L D DANIEL BUCKWALD 1209 Shrader Street | San Francisco, CA 94117 [email protected] | 415.517.9745 | www.danielbuckwald.com Experience Senior Graphic Designer | JCCSF | San Francisco, CA | 2008 – Present Member of a 13-person marketing team working with the organization’s twenty-plus brands and sub-brands to target a diverse range of audiences. The department is a fast-paced environment with a heavy, quickly-shifting workload, producing a wide range of creative materials to be implemented in a variety of media. While I have held this position, our department’s efforts have contributed significantly to record-high membership and event ticket sales for the center. This is an agile environment that demands a lot of personal initiative to be successful. Building, developing and maintaining the identity of the JCCSF is an integral part of my day-to-day role, marketing products through thematically unified designs where concept, copy, typography, and images work in harmony to communicate a story and create a positive experience for the user. Achievements in this position include: • Promoted after two years to senior design position on marketing team. • Received organizational award for unique series of educational posters and online interactive storytelling. • Collaborated with in-house web department to design and build new user interface to better showcase the organization’s wide variety of services and programs. • Created brochure, print and web advertisements, postcards, posters, flyers and displays promoting JCCSF membership, lectures and performances. • Created identities and publicity materials for teen and young adult programs, including innovative, age-appropriate illustrations for promotional brochures and postcards. • Produced all promotional materials for annual development campaign that raised $4.4 million, including display banners, online banners, posters and advertising. • Created several online campaigns using Google AdWords™ • Oversaw freelance graphic designers, photographers and illustrators on a variety of projects as art director. • Trained staff on appropriate use of organizational brand and corresponding templates. Freelance Designer | San Francisco, CA | 2004 – 2008 Successfully executed design projects for numerous individuals and organizations – from drawing up initial creative briefs, contracts and timelines to project completion on time and on budget. Created identities, websites, event branding, posters and print collateral. Volunteer Skills Education Exhibits Pro bono consultant at Taproot. Worked as part of a team to create a new website for the Women’s Initiative, an organization that fights poverty by building the entrepreneurial capacity of high-potential, low-income women. Computer: InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Flash, Premier, Edge Animate, Final Cut Pro, and Microsoft Office Suite Design: Illustration, corporate identity, logo design, layout, web design People: Trainer, manager, communicator, consensus builder, dedicated team member Art: Illustration, photography, painting, sketching, print (silk screening, wood cutting, etching) Language: English and Hebrew (fluent) Bachelor’s Degree in Design | Bezalel Academy of Art and Design | Jerusalem, Israel Major: Visual Communication, Emphasis: Graphic Design and Illustration Graphic Arts Workshop | San Francisco Gallery 24 | San Francisco Zephyr Real Estate | San Francisco Hottentot Gallery | Haifa The Kibbutz Gallery | Tel Aviv Portfolio: www.danielbuckwald.com LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/pub/daniel-buckwald/1b/770/2a References available upon request.