WORK HISTORY


Freelance Creative Director
Design & Copy for Print & Web
August 2005 to present

Summit Marketing (S. R. Hoeft Direct)
Managing Art Director
Supervisor — Scott Calame, SVP & Creative Director
December 1994 — August 2005

Consolidated Graphics (Spangler X-Press)
Graphic Communications Technician
Supervisor — Robin Willers-Morrissey, Co-Manager
August 1992 — December 1994

Hoerst Marion Roussel (Marion Merrell Dow Advertising)
Advertising/Design Intern
Supervisors — Rick Nigus & Francie Bradley, Art Directors
July 1991 — December 1991

ACCOUNTS


AutoNation
Bank One
Brown Smith & Wallace
Busch Entertainment
CCA Global
Carpetland
Charter Communications
Conseco
CPI, Inc.
Flooring America
GCO Outlet
Gerber Life Insurance
GMAC Insurance
Great American Insurance
Harcourt Health Sciences
Interactive Educational Videos
Jordan Lawrence
Khechoyan’s Carving Tools
Rug Decor
Spillar Studios
Stone Mountain
Swanstone Corporation

Agencies


Allmail USA
Artworks Design
Calame DMC
Carpé DM
Egan McManus
Impressions Direct
Kazzaz & Associates
Loft 73
Raising The Standard
Strategic eCommerce Solutions
Weintraub Advertising

ORGANIZATIONS


AIGA
American Red Cross
Direct Marketing Association
Lindbergh School District
Rebuilding Together – St. Louis
USA Football

EDUCATION


Kansas City Art Institute, B.A. in Graphic Design
December 1991
Selectee for Greiman Hall Chair Workshop, 1990
Dean ’s List, 1990


Peru State College, B.S. in Fine Art
May 1986
Alpha Chi National Honor Society, 1984–1986
Who’s Who Among American Colleges & Universities, 1985

AWARDS


International Echo — 2000, Silver Award
St. Louis DMA — Many, 1999 through 2004
BMA TAM — 2000, Gold Award

TECH


Comprehensive experience in the following:
QuarkXPress, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, Adobe CS2,
Microsoft Office, Retrospect, FileMaker Pro

Intermediate experience with the following:
Adobe GoLive, Dreamweaver & Flash, CSS & XHTML

SUMMARY



Fifteen years in creative concepting, art direction, layout & design
Fifteen years in desktop publishing & print
Fifteen years in computer illustration
Nine years in development of marketing & advertising campaigns
Seven years in mid–level management — people, workflow, & desktops
Three years in web design, banner ads, & motion graphics

Verne Michael Henzel   All rights reserved 2007    7653 General Grant Court    St. Louis, MO 63123   314-898-7345    vernehenzel@yahoo.com