Joseph Sapulich

Work History

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  Senior Art Director

  Creata

  January 2008 - March 2016

  Senior art director. Position includes project & team lead, client presentations, art direction, conceptual design & ideation, toy development, storyboards, character design, color keys, digital background art, animation, illustration and Adobe CC digital training. Partial client list; DreamWorks Animation, Pixar/Disney Studios, Warner Bros., Marvel, DC Comics, Skylanders Activision, Lucasfilm/ILM, Sony Pictures and Netflix original content—Spoofer Heroes & Beat Bugs (featuring The Beatles music library).

• Art Director/Senior Conceptual Designer

  The Walt Disney Studios, Enesco Group Inc.

  2004 - 2006

  Senior Conceptual Designer and Art Director supervising design teams for The Walt Disney Studios and The Enesco Group, Inc. product development. Included national and global client presentations, team management, retail process workflow analysis and review. Main duty was overseeing design teams in Chicago, L.A., Orlando, and China for the following brands; Disney Pooh and Friends, Disney Romance, Disney Traditions, Disney Foundations, The Walt Disney Collectors Society, Mickey and Me, Pooh's Heffalump Movie, The Incredibles, Toy Story (Pixar/Disney) and
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  Art Director/Senior Concept Artist

  DreamWorks Animation

  January 1994 - January 2004

  Additional consulting 2004-2006 Art Director Feature Film/Television Visual development, character design, digital color keys and background paintings for VeggieTales, 321 Penguins, video games and multi-media projects. Also supervisor of the concept group which included employee reviews, individual development and team training in analog and digital applications. Art directed feature film trailers and several television shows and music videos. Represented the company on television interviews and making of interviews for feature film DVD release.

• Creative Art Director, Art Director, Story Board Artist, Ill

  Advertising / Creative Director

  January 1982 - January 1994

  Freelance/Advertising
  1982 - 1994 (12 years)
  Worked as a creative director, senior art director, illustrator and storyboard artist for national and global print media campaigns and television commercials. Agencies include: Leo Burnett Worldwide, J. Walter Thompson Worldwide, Ogilvy & Mather, FCB Foote, Cone & Belding, BBDO, Y&R, Ketchum, and Burnson-Marsteller to name a few.