I’m an award-winning 360º Senior Art Director with extensive experience and ability to design across a broad range of media. I’ve created, managed and produced integrated campaigns in numerous categories including travel/hospitality, retail, packaged goods, telecommunications, and healthcare. Creative, very hard-working, lightning-fast execution, inspirational, self-motivated, plays well with others, and also very funny. Beep-beep
Expert-level mastery of the Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, and Final Cut Pro. I am an early adopter of generative AI tools, strategically integrating them into my workflow (when applicable) to accelerate ideation and push the boundaries of visual prototyping.
I am looking for an opportunity to work with a team that appreciates and supports talented creative.
Publicis Groupe: Epsilon/ARC/Hawkeye/Razorfish/Digitas
Senior Art Director
Developed and executed social media, video, email, and website design for both direct-to-consumer (DTC) and healthcare professional (HCP) audiences for clients Horizon Therapeutics and Daiichi-Sankyo. This work included award-winning campaigns for brands such as KRYSTEXXA and Injectafer (as well as other healthcare brands). Developed and executed shopper retail, print, and B2B video creative for GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Pinnacle Vodka, and Kraft-Heinz. Creating creative marketing content for Walgreens since late 2024.
DRAFTFCB (Draft Worldwide, Draft Direct, Kobs & Draft)
Senior Art Director
Developed and executed award-wining creative in a broad range of media and disciplines; responsible for creating original interactive, print, TV, B2B, packaging, shopper retail, and collateral. Managed/inspired a team of art directors and writers and juggle multiple projects simultaneously.
EDUCATION
Commercial Art from Ferris State University, Big Rapids, MI
SIDE HUSTLES
I've worked in the comic book industry as an artist/animator (even working directly with Stan Lee...true). I've written and directed a feature film as well as comedy shorts. I still get fan letters from my first pro job which was illustrating a children's book named "My Magic Book".
David Riske Resume (pdf)
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