A highly talented Award Winning Senior Creative Director with 25 years of experience in design & the following industries: From Print Media, Web/Online Marketing, Social Media to Digital Commercial Media. Cosmetics/ Fragrances, Beauty, Fashion, Advertising, Retail, Packaging, Marketing, Promotions, Direct mail, Entertainment, P.O.P/Exhibit Display, Visual Merchandising, Kiosk, Seasonal Props, Interior design, Publishing, B2B, Retail, Health care & Pharmaceutical. Able to build and lead creative teams to produce high quality products at or below budget. Professional 25 years of experience from design, marketing, concept development to finish production including Print Design from Packaging, Web marketing, Brand marketing... (Presently my design packaging is the highest selling product in the following Retail stores: CVS, Costco, Sam’s Club, Ulta & many brand stores), P.O.P, direct mail marketing, branding, Trade-Shows, writing a branding guideline, writing creative copy, people management, hands on project (Managed 12 to 15 Graphic Designers), web, e-commerce, multimedia (HSN, QVC) and so on. I also have a large network of media resources (Locally & internationally such as Canada, China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Bangladesh) and know exactly where to go for the best quality at the most reasonable prices.

Professional 12 years of Digital Media Experience: UI experiences in across all multiple media. Banner, Web design & development, email blast, Web direction, Web Branding, e-commerce, shopping cart, Print vs. Web, e-catalogue, S.E.O, Seo Analysis & Compliance Reports, Social Media, Social media Management, (Facebook, LinkedIn, twitter, Pinterest, You tube & Google plus, Google AD Words, Google Business, Google Plus Marketing Strategies) Social Media Strategy, Pay per Click management, Blog, Organic search, Smart devices application development, manage web team, web branding Guideline, HTML, Web Site design Methodology & Technology, Internet Business Foundations sourcing and many more.

• 2008 Design Award Achievements: Communicator Award • 2008 Graphic Design Packaging Design Award. • 2009 Design Award of Excellence: Communicator Award • 2009 Graphic Design Award: Corporate Identity Campaign Award.• 2009 American Graphic Design Award: Direct Marketing/Print Campaign Award.• 2012 Linkedin® - The Top Most Viewed LinkedIn profiles for 2012.• Also received several Outstanding Design Awards, Reviews in many magazines & newspapers: U.S.A & Internationally.

• Don Design Studio C & IT, NY - Creative Director (Advertising, Print, Packaging, Branding, Franchise,Web) | 1998 – Present• International Leisure Products, Inc, NY - Creative Director (Products for Pool & Sport ) | 2016 - 2017• Atlantic Coast Media Group, NJ - Director of Creative Services (Cosmetics, Skincare, Hair Care products) | 2012- 2016• 1-800-flowers.com, Carle Place, New York – (Senior Designer & Art Director) www.1800flowers.com | 2004 - 2009• Art Merchandising Inc - New York, NY - Creative Director (Advertising, Print, Packaging, Branding, Web) | 1996 – 2000• Vector Image Graphics, Yonkers, NY - Art Director (Advertising, Print, Packaging, Branding, Web) | 1992 – 1996• Cherrylane Music Company, Port Chester, NY - Graphic Artist (Publishing, Mangazine, Music) | 1990 – 1992

• Toys-R-US (FAO, Babies-R-US), Wayne, NJ- Manager (Packaging Design Manager-Consultant) | 2010-1/2011 (Advertising, Print, Packaging, Branding, P.O.P, Web & Digital Strategy) http://www.toysrus.com• Estée Lauder & EL International, NY- (On call Freelance) http://www.esteelauder.com/ | 1998- 2012 (Advertising, Print, Packaging, Branding, Web & Digital Strategy) Senior Designer • The Children’s Place, Secaucus, NJ - (Design Manager) (Advertising, Print, Packaging, Branding, Web) | 1/2005 – 11/2005 • Kiss Cosmetic Products, Inc., http://kissnewyorkusa.com Long Island, New York - (Full-time Consultant) | 1999 – 2000 • Ryan Partnership, WestPort, CT - (Full-time Consultant) http://www.epsilon.com | 2/1998 – 02/1999 Art Director and Senior Designer - (Sales marketing, packaging & advertising) • Radio City Music Hall, http://www.radiocity.com New York, NY - (Full-time freelance) | 03/1997 – 03/1998 Creative Designer - (Visual Merchandising, Entertainments, Promotion & Direct mail)

• B.F.A in Graphic Design, Computer Art & Advertising | School of Visual Arts, New York, | 1995

• A.A.S in Graphics Arts and Advertising Technology, Rockland Community College (S.U.N.Y.), Suffern, NY. | 1991 (Dean’s Honor Roll all semesters. Phi Sigma Omicron for outstanding academic achievement.)• Certificate In Entrepreneurship: Baruch Zicklin Business College, New York | 2010

• Certification: Professional Web Designer Certificate: (Queens College - C.U.N.Y) New York. | 2008

• Certification: 3M Scotchprint™, DCS Format Full Color Electronic Graphics, St. Paul, MN | 1997

• LICENSE: New York State Registered Full Teaching License # 45578396. | Expire on 06/ 2018

DON CHOWDHURY

Award Winning Creative Director

Full-time Employee

Consultant and Freelance

don@dondesignstudio.com dondesignstudio@gmail.com

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Cell: 347•242•0099 Phone: 718•224•1217Fax: 718•224•1218skype: donchowdhury

Adobe Creative Cloud PackagesPhoto Shop, Illustrator, InDesign + More

Microsoft Office PackageWord, PowerPoint, Excel, Access + More

Printing & Scanner ProcessPre-press production, Publishing + More

Internet, Interactive, Multimedia,Social Media. UI/UX experiences in across all multiple media.

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48-27 Francis Lewis Blvd Bayside, NY-11364