WORK EXPERIENCE

Print and Web Designer, Illustrator
6/2005 - present - LazyDays RV | Seffner, FL

Illustrator and Designer for Lazydays RV Showcase magazine, produced every other month with a circulation of 250,000. My duties have included Art Directing photo shoots, as well as concepting the shots, hiring models, etc. Cover design, as well as creating a custom illustration for each and every issue. Quality control of the entire magazine, as well as the art direction of the magazine’s production artist. I also was tasked with the original design of the look and feel of the publication. As for Lazydays itself, I designed Lazydays.com’s look and feel and built each and every page on the entire site, as well as maintain it’s content on a regular basis. I've also been tasked with designing and implementing ALL of Lazyday's multiple websites company and brand-wide. Brochures, flyers, massive outdoor campaigns, and much much more. I also, as I’ve done countless times for other art departments throughout my career, have been given the tasks of designing and implementing Art Department procedures and standards for the dept to follow, in order to streamline production as well as make sure the dept runs like a well-oiled machine. From digital file structure systems for projects, to traffic systems, to archiving and searching systems for completed projects.

Illustrator, Designer, Web Designer
1/1994 - present - Chodakowski / Wood Publications | Tampa, Hillsborough, FL

Various design, illustration, & web design projects. Hand illustrated pieces for published books, "Living On A ShoeString (The Tightwad Twins)" (Bantam/Double-Day Press.), "Moms Saving Money", & "101 Ways to Stretch Your Dollars". Web site design.

Senior Marketing Art Director
9/2004 - 6/2005 - The Tampa Tribune | Tampa, Hillsborough, FL

Brand, Brand, Brand.....and then a little more Brand! Part of a 3-person strong marketing department responsible for every aspect of The Tampa Tribune's public face in the community. From black and white Forward Story Promotion ads in the paper itself, to high end, 4-color, powerfully designed Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2005 Collectors' Players cards. (samples on www.natevaughn.com)

Creative Director (plus many other hats!)
6/2003 - 9/2004 - fullCircle Creative Solutions | Tampa, Hillsborough, FL

Creative Direction, Client Vision Communication, Illustration, Design & Project Management; most all of that in the first hour of every morning. A wonderfully challenging position where my unique philosophy of creative design through production diciplines push myself and my design team each and every day. Creative Direction & design on projects such as interactive CDs, interactive, high-end web, print and production projects. (samples on www.natevaughn.com)

Freelance Artist
11/2002 - 6/2003 - Vaughn Imagination, Inc. | Brandon, FL

Creative Direction, Design, Web Mastering, & Illustration for a variety of clients. Examples include Home Encounters, Hickman Design, Furniture Rescue, Reel Genius & Atlas Inc. (samples on www.natevaughn.com)

Art Director & Jr. Creative Director
4/2002 - 11/2002 - Emphatic! Marketing | Clearwater, FL

Responsible for creation of all graphic advertising & marketing materials, writing of creative campaign ideas/plans. Creative team concepting to develop brand awareness for agency clients.

Creative Director/Web Designer
3/2001 - 1/2002 - Franklin Packaging, Inc. | Brandon, FL

Responsible for the design, creation, & implementation of company web site, and web management. (Designed & created all graphics, built all aspects of site, and update/troubleshoot problems relating to site.) Also responsible for all other Franklin Packaging responsibilities listed previously above.

Designer, Illustrator, & Marketing Team Leader
7/2000 - 3/2001 - Gardner Asphalt Co. | Tampa, FL

Intregal part of a design team responsible for creation of all product packaging, advertising literature, promotional posters, and product creative development. "Concept to finish" illustrations, 4-color process printing, color correcting, package design, and advertising plan implementation under extreme deadlines.

Art Director & Production Artist
1/1999 - 7/2000 - Franklin Packaging, Inc. | Tampa, FL

Responsible for all digital artwork creation & distribution for promotional products, printed & stamped in a large variety of factories & countries. Also responsible for the management of all computers, digital equipment, supplies, plate ordering, & web site creation & implementation.

Production Artist
8/1996 - 12/1998 - Bic Graphic USA (Bic Pen Corp) | Largo, FL

Built and recreated art, type, and layout in fast-paced production environment for product imprinting. Learned extremely valuable technical and speed related skills pertaining to working under deadlines.

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EDUCATION
Associate Degree, 6/1996
Tampa Technical Institute | Tampa, Hillsborough, FL
Associate in Applied Sciences, Commercial Art

High School or equivalent, 6/1994
Providence High | Brandon, FL
HS Diploma