George Garrastegui Jr

Educator / Designer / Curator / Advocate

Hoboken, NJ, USA
George is an educator, designer, advocate, and curator looking to elevate the creative process by shifting the focus to how we work over what we produce.

Work Experience

NYC College Of Technology

Asst. Professor

August 2015 - Brooklyn, New York, United States

VersusDSN

Freelance Art Director / Creative Consultant

2008 - Present New Jersey, United States

Hearst Mens Group

Group Art Director

Esquire / Car and Driver / Popular Mechanics / Road & Track
August 2007 - August 2015 New York, United States

CUNY - City Tech

Adjunct Professor

January 2009 - December 2010 Brooklyn, New York, United States

Aeropostale

Graphics Manager

September 2003 - August 2007 New York, New York, United States

Urban Latino Magazine

Art Director

Help to establish look and feel of an emerging national Urban Latin magazine
January 2000 - May 2002 New York, New York, United States

Education

Savannah College Of Art And Design (SCAD)

MFA Graphic Design

September 2010 - May 2013 Savannah, Georgia, United States

Fashion Institute Of Technology (FIT)

Bachelors of Fine Arts - Graphic Design

September 1998 - May 2000 New York, New York, United States

Fashion Institute Of Technology (FIT)

AAS - Advertising Design

May 1996 - May 1998 New York, New York, United States

Fashion Institute Of Technology (FIT)

AAS - Illustration

September 1994 - May 1996 New York, New York, United States

Awards

Design Incubation

Scholarship: Creative Work(s) Award

2018

Ad Age

Branded Content Partnership - The Code (Ford + Hearst)

2015

SCAD

Deans Fellowship

2010

Skills

Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Photoshop, Art Direction, Branded Content, Catalyst, Creative Direction, Entreprenuer, Fashion Marketing, Iconography, Marketing Design, Signage Design, Stategist,