Art Director for Sale.

ralf zeigermann, art director

I am a freelance art director, but looking for a permanent position. Although I am based in London, I am looking for employment worldwide. Being in the business for more than 20 years, I have worked in consumer advertising, healthcare and global branding. Please take the time to read through my resume.

2000 - present:
Freelance Art Director/Creative Director
Packaging Design for Mac Baren tobacco, Denmark
Print, electronic DM and Banner Design for Brightview ISP, London.
Poster campaign (in-store and outdoor) for Virgin Megastores.
Book illustrations for ‘One Stop Short of Barking’ by Mecca Ibrahim.
Print and TV campaign for Eastpak Rucksacks.

FCB Global Healthcare, Brussels: Senior Art Director
Yamanouchi Urology (Global): Vesicare. Pitch win. Concepts, branding, logo and symbol design, print campaign, design of branding guidelines.
PharmaMar Oncology (Global): Yondelis. Pitch win. Concepts, branding, logo and symbol design, print campaign. Also corporate branding - modification of existing logotype. Typography. Applying branding to all materials.
Roche Oncology (Global): Viracept, Fortovase and Mabthera. Logo and symbol development. Campaigning of symbol. Concepts. Styling. Branding of several exhibitions. Print campaign.
Novartis (Global): Cox 189. Logo and symbol development. Campaigning of symbol. Concepts. Styling.
Bayer (Global): Avelox Antibiotic. Logo design, branding guidelines, harmonisation.

1997 - 2000
Bates Healthworld, London: Senior Art Director
Responsible for concepts, pitch win, creative output, design, typography, branding,
packaging design.
Novartis (HRT; Estraderm, Climesse (Haag Silver Award; Illustrations by the fabulous Arnal Ballester))
Abbott Laboratories (Urology, Hytrin BPH - with Brian Towell (Global Award))
Boehringer Ingelheim Global (Viramune HIV)
Biogen Global (Avonex; Multiple Sklerosis)
Whitehall (Traxam; Topical NSAID)

1994 - 1997
David Porter and Associates, Cambridge: Senior Art Director
Newsprint campaign, annual reports, brochures for Cambridge Building Society.

Cambridge University Press: Book Designer
Complete design of schoolbooks, language courses, teacher’s handbooks, math books, reference titles. Also cover design for a wider range of titles.

1991 - 1994
Creative Consultant/Freelance Creative Director
Corporate Design and Publications for Göttinger Gruppe (Insurance), Darboven Coffee,
Messmer Tea, The Campaign against Racism (together with Arnfried Weiss).

1990 - 1991
Lintas Hamburg: Senior Art Director
Birdseye (Cpt. Birdseye, Fish Cuisine - International TV-Concepts and Packaging Design), German Telecom TV-Campaign, brochures, posters.

1987 - 1990
FCB Hamburg: Senior Art Director
Colgate-Palmolive (Dentagard, Ultrabrite, Palmolive, Ajax, Cleopatra), Sunkist, Hitachi, NDR, New Business.

1985 - 1987
Scholz & Friends, Hamburg: Art Director
Reemtsma (Cigarette Brands Peter Stuyvesant & West, Corporate Design),
Effem (kitekat), BMW.

Illustrations for James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake.
Publication of two books: “The diary of Peter Ludwig Fall”, written & illustrated by Ralf Zeigermann and “Die Randomisiermaschine”, Cartoons & Illustrations; also Book Cover-Design for Greno.

1982 - 1985
GGK Düsseldorf: Designer, later on Art Director
Ruhrgas Campaign (Silver Award Art Directors Club Germany (with Jürgen Heymen, Photographer Peter Knaup)), Wasa, Poly Haircolours, Chemical Industry.

1981
Diploma as a Graphic Designer.

1960
Born in Dortmund, Germany.