Paul McShea

Art Director

PaulMcShea

San Francisco, CA

Senior Art Director with extensive experience in both print and web design. I have had the privilege of working for and with many distinguished clients over the years and thusly find myself always seeking out new career opportunities to evolve as a designer.

I am highly specialized in luxury print design, ie large format, high resolution presentations. I am equally well versed in both magazine and newspaper design, layout and specifications.

My work ethic is one very much attuned to deadline/detail. I take great pride in exceeding client expectations and establishing open lines of communication for the duration of the project. The majority of my business has been garnered via personal referrals, which is always a great honor.


323.482.5830 mobile
(415) 236-3805 office

Experience

  • Art Director
    San Francisco, CA
    Jun 2000 - Present
    delux multimedia

    • Clients include: Monarchy Collection, Ed Hardy/Christian Audigier, Hardball Productions, Immediate Music, TEC Smart Homes, amongst others (full list provided upon request)
    • Digital manipulation in Photoshop (retouching, compositing, color correction)
    • Print advertisement designs featured in Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, DNR, etc.
    • Branding/logo conceptualization and design from business suite to online presentations
    • Digitally enhanced/color corrected Desperate Housewives and Lost one-sheet campaigns
    • Designed Madagascar and Cinderella limited edition DVD standee display layouts
    • Converted art/text based files into high resolution, printer-ready PDFs for delivery

  • Graphic Designer
    Los Angeles, CA
    Sep 2004 - Apr 2005
    Variety (Reed Business Information)

    • Designed Variety magazine's 'Specials Reports' section in Quark
    • Photo editing: selected key art from film studios, publicists and stock photography sources
    • Conceptualized and designed "Women in Showbiz" stand-alone issue cover art
    • Created highly detailed photo illustrations with Photoshop and/or Illustrator
    • Prepared and uploaded printer-ready PDF files for both Los Angeles and Gotham

  • Graphic Designer
    Los Angeles, CA
    Jul 2004 - Sep 23004
    Melendrez Design Partners

    • Created 150 page full-color report for the Griffith Park Master Plan with InDesign
    • Manipulated all imagery with Photoshop- up rez, color correction, retouching, etc.
    • Created sophisticated style sheets for an exceptionally format-heavy presentation
    • Created/modified highly detailed topographical maps in Illustrator
    • Prepared and delivered printer ready PDFs in Acrobat with spot colors

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  • Recommendation

    “We hired Paul at Delux Multimedia to do a redesign of our old logo and we also hired him to design our business cards, our memo notes and change of address post cards. Not only did he completely breathe new life into our logo, but he completely changed it to reflect the nature of our company and he did such a fantastic job that we received endless compliments and everyone wanted to know who did our business cards! Paul is a wonderful artist who is passionate about his work and takes the extra time to get to know his clients. He got to know us and therefore, he was able to turn around a logo with our exact concept in mind. He's fast and affordable. I highly recommend Delux Multimedia for any and all artwork needs.”


    -Emily Weber for Immediate Music
    March 10, 2009