Neal is a business-minded creative thinker & has led internal design teams for tech, luxury, & b2b brands. He is an experienced design manager, art director, & graphic designer.
Areas of Expertise
Graphic Design & Art Direction
Leading design projects, creative exploration, refinement, presentation, & execution
Art direction, photography & video direction
Branding, including brand guidelines creation & enforcement
Digital design: advertising, social media graphics, landing pages, websites, email
Motion design & animation
Video editing
Print design: reports, brochures, large format printing, direct mail), overseeing press checks to ensure print quality & color accuracy
Management
Mentoring design teams, inspiring creativity, leading design projects and enabling designers to grow and be successful
Managing internal design teams
Managing external creative partners (agencies, freelancers, contractors)
Managing vendors (printers, event companies)
Managing global teams throughout the US, UK, EU, & Asia
Project management (experience setting up & using Monday.com, Trello, and Basecamp)
Managing budgets
Software & Hardware
Adobe Creative Cloud 2025: Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Premiere, After Effects, Dimensions
Figma
Midjourney
ChatGPT
HubSpot
Drupal
Canva
The Brief / Creatopy (digital advertising app)
Project management: Monday.com, Trello, Basecamp
Microsoft Office: Word, PowerPoint
Mac and PC
Recommendations
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"Neal possesses innate creativity and an impressive eye for detail, which has been evident in every project he has undertaken."
Taranjeet De Lisio, Brand Director, Vistra
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"Neal is a highly skilled & creative art director who always looks for ways to make designs better or more unique, but never forgets about timelines, budgets & processes. What makes him unique and a great partner is his solid understanding of business needs on one and creative aspects on the other hand."
Oliver Bootman, Brand Manager, Cross Pens
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"Neal brings a fury of ideas. Plus he can get them done on time & on budget."
Josh Silverman, Creative Director, Schwadesign