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John A. Branda

Creative Director at Medallion Retail

John A. Branda is currently full-time at Medallion Retail. Limited availability until 2018.

John A. Branda's Background

John A. Branda's Experience

Production Designer at SY/Partners

August 2015 - Present | New York, NY

Freelance On-Site Production Designer thru 2016.

Marketing Media Manager at Tarry Market

November 2010 - Present | Port Chester, NY

Offering customers in the Westchester community an European mostly Italian gourmet experience. Creating educational visuals throughout the market to communicate the history, origin, region, taste, age, style of flavor of all the rare gourmet products we offer, including weekly specials, new items and recipes to our customers. Weekly HTML Newsletters, tweets, updating our Facebook pages (Tarry Market & Tarry Wine), producing video demos and all things social media. Planning out the current store signage, including shelf tags, POP education. Updating database and POS system CounterpointSQL for Tarry Wine's E-Commerce. - Designed & Developed Tarry Wine Merchants E-Commerce Site. - Product Photography and Photo Retouching of 600+ images - Digital Asset Managing

Consultant at The Biondo Group

July 2011 - January 2012

The Biondo Group is a strategic design firm with a 50 year track record creating global brand identities and package design. Our clients include food, beverage, health & beauty and OTC companies. Visit www.biondogroup.com & see our latest work. Services include: - Brand Strategy & Shopper Optimization - Brand & Corporate Identity - Graphic & Structural Package Design - Brand & Variety Naming & Copywriting - New Product Concept Generation & Visualization - Graphic Standards Manuals & Sites - Shopper-Centric Point-of-Purchase Design, Sales & Collateral Materials

Operations at Alpha Marine, Inc.

February 2009 - July 2009

Providing commercial, bulk, cargo, oil tankers and car carriers with service and supplies throughout the Northeast coast. Technical hardware & software upgrading, logistics of vendor pick up and delivery. Digital Asset Management of files and financial billing to track ROI per product and customer history.

Senior Art Director & Studio Manager at Romann Group

November 2005 - November 2007 | New York, NY

Oversaw the studio post-production creative processes for a full-service media branding company. o Delivered $850K in revenue growth by partnering with the account executive teams and building all collateral presentations for a national non-profit association. o Realized $150K in new sales by producing a multi-media brand awareness campaign targeted at Long Island residents for a leading telecommunications firm.

Freelance Designer at Candid Litho Printing

June 2000 - September 2004

Enforce identity & guidelines to client brochures and ads. Pre-flight and make documents press-ready.

Sr. Art Director at White & Case

August 2003 - February 2004

o Generated 2MM impressions globally in 38 markets/ 52 languages by implementing the company's inaugural brand identity and marketing communications campaign launch. o Increased brand equity for newly-formed energy law division by managing a team of 4 direct reports to construct industry-specific print collateral for 250+ corporate symposium attendees.

Creative Lead at BlueStorm Studio, Inc.

March 2003

Entrepreneurial and innovative strategic and creative services consultant offering strong advertising and operations project leadership with a proven track record of executing cost-effective brand positioning and corporate communications strategies from conception to launch resulting in increased revenue and long-term brand equity growth. Characterized as a thoughtful implementation expert and collaborative team player.

John A. Branda's Education

School of Visual Arts

2004 – 2005

Con't Ed

Concentration: Digital Illustration, Adobe Flash, ActionScript2


Pratt Institute

2000 – 2001

Con't Ed

Concentration: New Media, Interactive, HTML/CSS, Advanced Adobe Dreamweaver


Fashion Institute of Technology

1996 – 2000

Con't Ed

Concentration: Marketing & Communication I & II, Adv. Photoshop & Typography, Studio Managing, Illustration


Christ the King RHS

1987 – 1991

HS Diploma

Concentration: Mechanical Drawing


John A. Branda's Interests & Activities

World History, Sailing, Scuba Diving, Coffee/Espresso and Cooking.

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