MAX HERGENROTHER
RESUME
EDUCATION
2005 MFA Illustration as Visual Essay, School of Visual Arts, NYC, NY
2003 Bachelor of Fine Arts/Philosophy Minor, St. John’s University, NY, summa cum laude
COMMERCIAL PROJECTS AND COMMISSIONS
Graphic Design:
Freelance Graphic Designer: Working as an independent contractor in print, video and web media providing logo design, corporate branding, photo retouching, color correction, web design, and DVD interface design. (2006 - present)
Lead Designer: Provided design, layout, and illustrations for Wading River Books. (2007 - 2009)
Design Consultant: Provided extensive layout design and illustration for multiple psychological studies. Elizabeth Brondolo, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, St. John’s University, NY, funded by National Institute of Mental Health. (2001 – 2004)
Photo-Retouching:
Associate Creative Director: Providing image reconstruction, color correction, retouching, and design collaboration for fine art, print publication, video post-production, and gallery exhibitions for Henry Chalfant, winner of the 1983 Sundance Film Festival Award. (2004 - present)
Retouching and Color Correction: Worked for major commercial industries providing photo retouching and color correction in the areas of technology, fashion, cosmetics, furniture, food, pop culture, and music. (2006).
Digital Illustration:
Working with art directors producing illustrations for print publications using Adobe Photoshop as a primary medium. Clients include: Macmillan; Farrar, Straus and Giroux; Penguin Putnam; Reed Business; Library Journal; NetConnect Magazine; Batsford Publishing; Annova Books; Wading River Books; and Rapid River Media. (2005 – present)
Books
The New Path of Little Bear, by Joel Anthony, Illustrated by Max Hergenrother, Published through Apple iBooks, Amazon Kindle (Spring 2011).
The Hypochondriacs: Nine Tormented Lives, By Brian Dillon, Cover Illustration by Max Hergenrother, Published by FSG, (2010).
The Big Book of Contemporary Illustration, by Martin Dawber, featured illustrations by Max Hergenrother, Batsford Publishing (2009).
Subway Art: 25th Anniversary Edition, by Henry Chalfant and Martha Cooper, Image retouching and color correction by Max Hergenrother, Chronicle Books (2009).
Songs of the Wildfields, by Ruth Rothermel, Cover Design and layout by Max Hergenrother (2008).
Tomorrow Is the First Day of School, by Maureen McDowell, Illustrated by Max Hergenrother, Wading River Books (2007).
Burners, by Henry Chalfant, Image retouching and color correction by Max Hergenrother, Published by GRAFF IT Productions & Speerstra Gallery (2006).
Illustration, Multimedia, Design Advertising
The Big Subway Archive, interactive DVD box set. Package design, menu navigation, image retouching, and video postproduction by Max Hergenrother (Spring 2011).
Classic Car Illustrations, an ongoing series of illustrations of classic automobiles used in an advertising campaign commissioned by Kastner and Partners (2010 - Present).
Partners Program, Logo Design (2010).
CirQlar LLC, Logo Design (2010).
BillRonalds.com, web design, development (2010).
MSTYT.com, web design, development (2009).
Invelox Micro, Logo Design (2008).
Rapid House Books, Logo design (2008).
United Church of Jesus Christ Apostolic, Logo Design (2007).
Netconnect Magazine, Cover and spot illustrations (2007).
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Assistant Adjunct Professor: Studio Art Professor for the Department of Fine Arts at St. John’s University teaching Graphic Design, Digital Illustration, Color theory, 3-D Design, Foundation Drawing, Cartooning, and Aqueous Media. (2005 - present)
Art Instructor: Independent contractor for the Nassau county Museum of Arts. Courses include: Studio Techniques in Watercolor and Cartooning & Comics. (2009-present)
Mentor: St. John’s University Mentoring Program. (2006-present)
Art Instructor: Independent contractor for the Division of Continuing Education, St. John’s University and Nassau county Museum of Arts. Courses include: Color Theory, Water Color and Acrylic Painting, and Foundation Drawing. (2001-2002)
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Freelance Mac Specialist: Provided technical support to commercial and private clients including: Networking Solutions, Data Migration, Backup Solutions, Hardware Setup and Modification, Software Installation, Application and OS Training, Printer and Scanner Setup and Maintenance, Monitor Calibration and Graphic Art Solutions. (2004-2008)
Visual Lab Desktop Support Specialist: Graduate Assistantship, MFA Illustration Department, School of Visual Arts. (2004-2005)
EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY
Operating Systems
Macintosh & Windows (OSX; Vista, XP)
Design & Video
Adobe Bridge, Photoshop, ImageReady, Illustrator, InDesign, Quark XPress, PhotoStitch, Art Directors Toolkit, Comic Life, Font Book, Extensis Suitcase X1, Color Consultant Pro, iLife 08, DVD Studio Pro, Aperture, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD
Utilities
Activity Monitor, AirPort Utility, Backup, Boot Camp Assistant, Carbon Copy Cloner, Color Sync Utility, Cocktail, Disk Utility, GraphicConverter, Keychain Access, Migration Assistant, Super Duper, System Profiler,, TechTool Pro, iChat, iSync, Toast, Grand Perspective, Omni Disk Sweeper, Time Machine ,Transmit
Office
ABBYY FineReader, AddressBook, Acrobat, iCal, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Keynote, Pages, Numbers, Mail, SilverFast, Stuffit Deluxe, TextEdit
Web Design
Adobe Flash, Dreamweaver, Transmit, xScope, iWeb, Safari, Firefox, Internet Explorer