Qualifications:
Educated majoring in advertising and marketing concepts with a minor in cartoon illustration.
Proven ability to understand client concerns and meet deadlines. Accomplished at interacting
with clients
and production Personnel. Expert at integrating design, production, sales, and remain
within budget. Practicing professional
illustrator and cartoonist for advertising and editorial use.
Professional Experience:
Art Director - Senior Art Director, VP for Several High
ranking Hartford area Ad agencies from 1974 until 1993. Owner of Giarnella design and Illustration and stockartready.com
until present.
Partial list of clients
as head of
My own Design and Illustration studio:
The Aetna Insurance Co., Hartford, CT
Assignments
included illustrating, designing
brochures, pamphlets, posters, direct mail
logos and print ads
The Cigna Insurance Co., Windsor, CT
Mascot
development and cartoon illustration
The Hartford Insurance Group,
Hartford, CT
Illustration, poster and ad design.
Hartford Steam Boiler
Insurance Co.
Cartoon illustrations for direct mail campaigns.
Mintz
& Hoke Marketing and Advertising
Simsbury, CT
Layout, design and illustrations
Stanley Tools, New Britain, CT
Catalog design, photo art direction
and photo retouching.
The Travelers Insurance Co., Hartford, CT
Brochure, poster, pamphlet,
logo and ad
design. Hiring of models photographers
location research for print ad photo shoots
and television
commercials. Art directing print
ad campaigns and television commercials.
Partial List of clients that I’ve art directed
for during my advertising agency career:
Colt Firearms
Beecham Research
Connecticut
State Lottery
Eastern States Exposition (The Big E)
Gerber Scientific
General Dynamics
Heublin Corp.
Konica Copiers
The Lego Corp.
The Loctite Corp.
Northeast Utilities
Remington Firearms
AT&T
Taylor Rental
United Technologies
Partial list of over 500
domestic and
International Stock illustrations
clients:
Abril PC Magazine, Mexico
Acualidad Economica Magazine, Spain
Ad
Age/Crain Communications, USA
AIC, Portugal
Allied Signal,USA
Amana, Japan
American
Journalism Review/ University of Maryland, USA
Bozell Worldwide, USA
Business Journals,
USA
Cahners Publishing, USA
Clinicians Group, USA
CPA Journal, USA
CMP Publicatins,
USA
Communications Magazine, USA
Convene Magazine, USA
CTS, Japan
Dabenhams Corp., London England
Daiwa Securities Editorials Ebebe,
Spain
DMW Worldwide, USA
Editiones Jaques,
France-Book
Editorial Edebe/Int., Spain-Book
Farm Journal Media, USA
First Marketing, USA-Book
Fujiwa Co., Japan
General Learning Corp., U.S.A.
Graco Corp., USA
Hartford Courant Newspaper, CT USA
Health Care Communication
Inc., USA
Health Risk Management, USA
Industry Week Magazine,USA
Il Messaggero Newspaper, Italy
Il Mondo, Italy
Infinitee Inc., USA
International Medical News Group, USA
Intertec Publishing, USA
Journal de Famille,
France
JWT Specialized Communications, USA
La Cinquieme, Limondo Magazine, Italy
Mark Oliver Inc.,
USA
Marketing Specifics Magazine, USA
McCann
Erickson LA USA
Meridith Corporation,
USA
Miramar Communications,USA
Misawa Real Estate Magazine, USA
Mortgage Banking Magazine, USA
Nathan Editions, USA-Book
Nicols Designs, USA-Annual
Reports
Penton Media, Inc.,
USA
Oregonian Magazine, USA
Physicians
Financial News, USA
Physicians Money Digest, USA
Picture Press, Germany
Post
Newsweek - Tech Media Group, USA
Redstone Communications, USA
Riza Magazine, Italy
Security Data Publishing, USA
Shinkin Visa Magazine,
USA
Sigs Publications, USA
Snarl,
France
TCP Direct, Canada
Temas Magazine, Spain
The Kamber Group,
USA
The National Post
The Oregonian Magazine, USA
Tokyu Livabel, Japan-Direct mail
Towers Perrin, USA
United food and Commercial Workers, USA
Walk Through
the Bible, USA
Wyse Advertising, USA
ZEFA-Germany Magazine
Advertising
and Illustration
Awards garnered at the:
Advertising Club of Greater Hartford
The Advertising
Club of Western, Mass.
The Boston Editorial Humor Magazine, Mass
Business Professional Associates of America, Mass
The
New York Clio Awards- TV
Connecticut Art Directors Club, CT
The National Academy of Arts and Science, Mass.
The awards aquired are Included in the following categories:
Cartoons in Advertising
Cartoon Panels
Catalogs
Collateral Advertising
Direct
Mail
Illustrations
Internal Communications
Logo & Corporate ID
Newspaper
Advertising
Outdoor Advertising
Packaging
Print advertising
Promotional Campaigns
Small Space Advertising
Television Advertising
Fine Art awards:
Society of Connecticut Sculptors- Peoples choice award 2003
New Haven Paint
& Clay Club- Sculpture Award 2006
Guilford Art League- 3 pieces accepted
(two sculptures and one oil painting
setting all time precedence) 2005
New Haven
Paint & Clay Club- Sculpture & Oil
Painting accepted to juried show, 2006
Education:
New Britain High Graduated 1966
Received a High
School Art Scholarship to the University of Hartford 1966
Paier College of Art,
Hamden CT
Major Advertising / Minor Cartooning 1966-69
Central Connecticut State
University
New Britain, CT, Television Production 1978
School of Visual Arts, New
York, NY
Concept courses, 1982-84