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Updated: 9.8.2008

SCOTT MAGOON

Experience

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Art Director, Children’s Books, Boston, MA March 2006 –Present Design and direct the look of high-quality picture books, novelty books and young adult fiction jackets and interiors. Work closely with world-class illustrators, authors and editors to create 20-25 titles per year. Oversee staff designers, spearhead the Curious George franchise and created server-based workflow system, saving time and money. Work honored as Best of by Bookbuilders of Boston, Society of Illustrators.

Candlewick Press Book Designer; Cambridge, MA January 2003 –March 2006 Design high-quality picture books, novelty books and young adult fiction jackets and interiors. Work closely with world-class illustrators, authors and editors to create 15-20 titles per year. Designed New York Times #1 bestselling Encyclopedia Prehistorica: Dinosaurs and its sequels with Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart. Co-designed critically acclaimed Jazz A•B•Z by Wynton Marsalis. Create collateral to support marketing and sales efforts. Work honored as Best of Category by Bookbuilders of Boston.

Freelance Illustration Freelance Illustrator and Designer; Reading, MA June 1999 –Present Operate freelance illustration and design business. Create a variety of diverse print and online projects from inception to completion. Currently under contract to illustrate picture books for Houghton Mifflin and Harcourt Trade Publishers. Illustrated three board books for brand-new foreign language series by Berlitz Publishing available in five languages. Produced iconography for Martha Stewart television project. Designed original spot illustrations and animation for Hewlett -Packard intranet. Developed and illustrated animations for Pearson Education, Fablevision Studios and The Creative Group.

Terra Lycos Inc. Senior Graphic Designer; LycosZone Waltham, MA January 2001 –May 2001 Solely created new interface for LycosZone, the Lycos kids’ website. Awarded WebAward Standard of Excellence for LycosZone redesign. Mastered Photoshop, Flash and Illustrator to illustrate games, characters, environments and navigational elements for this popular, high-traffic web site. Increased web traffic. Developed marketing collateral and mini-site co-brand for Dannon kids’ site. Designed conceptual mock-ups for LycosZone co-brand designs with Coca-Cola, General Mills, and Ralston Purina.

Quickdot.com Senior Graphic Designer; Waltham, MA March 2000 –January 2001 Designed corporate site, product interface and ancillary marketing collateral for browser-based instant messaging service with over seven million members. Increased web traffic. Illustrated characters and site elements using Photoshop. Coded HTML pages, worked closely with software development team.

Iconomy.com Graphic Designer; Cambridge, MA January 1999 –March 2000 Designed e-commerce web sites for LA Times, American Greetings, eGreetings, Excite@Home, Blue Mountain Arts and more. Created compelling Flash ads. Illustrated icons, animations.

International Data Group (IDG) Design Editor; Boston, MA October 1995 –January 1999 Created, designed and maintained Lotus Domino Intranet for global 24-hour news organization. Oversaw small art department. Wrote breaking news stories as needed. Met challenging deadlines.

Education

Northeastern University Bachelor of Arts, English; Boston, MA September 1990 – June 1995 Dean’s List. Illustrated and wrote popular weekly comic strip, Duct Tape Man, for two years.

Affiliations

American Institue of Graphic Arts (AIGA) Member; Boston, MA 2004 –Present Active member of national association of professional artists.