Scott W. Valenzano
Lincroft, NJ 07738
Cell: 732-221-0388
Email: swvmediadesign@comcast.net
Web: www.creativehotlist.com/svalenzano
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/scottwvalenzano
The moment I saw my first issue of Famous Monsters of Filmland as a young child, and the amazing cover illustrations of Basil Gogos, I knew I was hooked on glossys.
There was always one area in which I gravitated towards in school, and that was Art Class. My art teacher, Mrs. Elvenger, was my earliest influence and inspiration into the art field.
Later on in life, I stumbled upon Macs and then QuarkXpress. I realized right then and there, what my future beholds!!!
Fast forward a year or so and I was hired as a graphic designer at a print shop. Like Kramer says about a vet, “They gotta be able to cure a lizard, a chicken, a pig, a frog, all on the same day.” That’s what my job was, anything and everything that walked off the street into the shop, I had to some way create…
In 1997, I was then hired as a graphic designer for a Reed Business Information. With drive and ambition, I moved around quite a few times through out the company working my way up to an Art Directors title. I landed my first magazine gig in 2001, as the Art Director for Travel Counselor. In 2002 we completed a successful redesign, and relaunched Travel Professional (formerly Travel Counselor). Please visit my portfolio for compartive samples
With my first successful redesign under my belt, I was then hired as the new Art Director for Investment Advisor magazine in 2004.
2006 saw the redesign and rebranding of IA (please visit my portfolio for compartive samples). Another success!!!
The rest as they say, is history…
