Scott Albrecht

ScottAlbrecht

New York, NY


908.246.8762 mobile

Skills


  • Platform: Mac and PC (Mac preferred)

    Software: Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Flash, QuarkXPress, Adobe Streamline, Adobe Acrobat Distiller, Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Powerpoint, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, ATM, Extensis Suitcase, Linotype, FontLab ScanFont, FontLab TypeTool

    Printing: Screen Printing, Offset Printing, Plate-making

    Other: Illustration, Photography, Writing

Experience

  • Inhouse Freelance Designer
    New York, NY
    Jul 2008 - Present
    VIACOM (Mtv/ Vh1/ MTV2)

    CLIENTELE:
    • MTV
    • VH1
    • MTV2

  • Senior Designer
    New York, NY
    Dec 2008 - Mar 2009
    Code & Theory

    CLIENTELE:
    • The Daily Beast
    • Dr Pepper
    • Club Monaco
    • Weleda
    • Mott's

    Although after being just brought on a few months prior, I was let go due to the economic down turn and their need to restructure.

  • Senior Designer
    New York, NY
    Feb 2007 - Jun 2008
    HEAVY

    CLIENTELE:
    • Heavy
    • Husky Media
    • Burly Sports (no longer live)

    Heavy unfortunately went through a series of layoffs throughout '08 laying off close 50% of the company including all of design.

  • Managing Designer
    Hoboken, NJ
    Feb 2006 - Feb 2007
    Propeller

    CLIENTELE:
    • Princeton Tec
    • Franklin Sports
    • True

  • Junior Designer / Intern
    Somerset, NJ
    Jun 2004 - Feb 2006
    JK Design

    CLIENTELE:
    • Philips Lighting
    • LG Electronics
    • Zenith
    • Heraeus

  • Assistant Art Director / Designer
    Philadelphia, PA
    Jul 2004 - Dec 2005
    Wonka Vision Magazine

    CLIENTELE:
    Self-producing

  • Graphic Design Intern
    Philadelphia, PA
    Apr 2004 - Aug 2004
    Quirk Books

    CLIENTELE:
    Self-producing, subsidary of Chronicle Books.

    Despite what they tell you, Mr. Pringles is not real.

  • Graphic Designer
    Asbury, NJ
    Jan 1997
    Albrecht Illustration & Design

    CLIENTELE:
    • Johnson & Johnson
    • Ortho Biotech
    • Ortho McNeil

  • Publisher, Designer, Writer, Editor, Photographer, etc.

    The Uptown Beat

    This was essentially my first introduction to Graphic Design. Started my freshman year of highschool and lasting through my college career, the Uptown Beat was a self published music magazine that I produced. Towards the later issues the magazine was funded entirely by advertising from bands and record labels.

  • FREELANCE

    • TNT / Turner Networks - 2008-2009, Various logo designs for television shows and internal groups.

    • Free Association (aka Coolbirth) - 2008, Various projects for MTV, Mint Car Service, and Kids Off The Couch.

    • Chris Bickert - 2006, Book design for a Chris' tour journals during 90's and 00's.

    •Grid Games - 2004, Conceptual devolpment for companies trademark product.

    • Perfectserve - 2004, Postcard design

    • Miscellaneous Band and Record Label work - 2002-2005, The Explosion, The Bouncing Souls, Chunksaah Records, Avoid One Thing, Fall Out Boy, Kitty Kat Dirt Nap, Static Radio.

Education

  • Associates Degree for Graphic Design
    Philadelphia, PA
    Oct 2001 - Sep 2003
    The Art Institute of Philadelphia

    GPA: 3.5
    Notes:
    • Graduated with Honors
    • "Best of Quarter" nomination five times.

  • Annandale, NJ
    Sep 2000 - Jun 2001
    Hunterdon County Polytech

    GPA: 4.0
    Notes:
    • Completed both Graphic Arts I & II within one year.
    • Achieved National Vocational-Technical Honor Society

Additional Notes & Awards


  • • Independently creatively activate. Created PROCESS with a friend to have a creative outlet outside of a normal work environment. Our projects have been featured throughout the U.S. and various countries and have appeared in several publications and online sites (Juxtapoz, Behance, Fecal Face, Wooster Collective, Peel Magazine, and also interviewed by Print Magazine for the Mixtape Sticker).

    • In addition to Process, we also have a resident column in Overspray Magazine, where we interview other artists on their process and how they work.

    • Received an “Award of Excellence” from Graphic Design USA for the Princeton Tec Switchback packaging.

    • Head judge/coordinator for Vocational Design competition (2005).

    • Independent tutor for QuarkXPress, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign.

    • Received the Young Persons Entrepreneur Award for publishing the Uptown Beat, presented by the New Jersey’s Hunterdon County Chamber of Commerce.

    • PIA Certified.