Senior Art Director

Title: Senior Art Director
Role in Company: Design
Years in the Industry: 14

Relevant Experience: Margaret Curran is an accomplished
Art Director and Illustrator with more than 14 years of industry experience. Margaret brings extensive knowledge of DaVinci's
fundraising accounts, and is one of the premier Art Directors in
this field, earning several awards for creative excellence, including
New England Direct Marketing Association Awards, DMA ECHO
Awards, Massachusetts Interactive Media Council, Channel Seven
Web Awards and the National Calendar Awards.

Margaret is the leader of the design team in our Plymouth, MA,
headquarters, and is equally adept at print, web and direct mail
media.   Not only does Margaret provide excellence in her original
designs, she also manages and directs a large stable of highly
skilled freelance artists,  designers and interns who provide
DaVinci Direct with the capacity to handle a large and diverse
group of clients.

On occasion, Margaret will use her skills as an illustrator to
enhance client programs, and she is expertly skilled at Adobe
InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop, often creating unique and
effective imagery in mixed media.

Prior to DaVinci, Margaret spent three years in fundraising
at another large national agency and ten years as Associate
Creative Director at CPS Direct in Woburn, MA, where she was
lead Art Director for Dell Computer, Hyperion Software, Citizens
Bank, EBay, AAA and BJ’s Wholesale. Her work at CPS spans
the range from direct mail, branding and print to integrated
and web marketing.

Margaret’s love of design also blossomed at several design
studios where she worked for many clients including Forest Hills,
Omni Parker House and Perkins School for the Blind.

Margaret is meticulous at her job, and her pursuit of excellence
and attention to detail will guarantee that the Art Direction of
your program is in good hands.

Margaret earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the
Philadelphia University of the Arts.