Lynn Fylak
Lynn is an award-winning Senior Art Director with extensive experience designing marketing collateral, managing designers and handling print production for a luxury brand. Consistently delivers refined, sophisticated, dynamic print, digital and exhibition materials in a schedule-conscious arena.
Employment History
Christie’s Auction House
New York City
Senior Art Director, Associate Vice President: 2006–2015
Art Director: 2000–2006
Graphic Designer, Creative Services: 1997–2000
Developed corporate brand and established templates for marketing collateral, advertisements and invitations.
Established standard catalogue templates for international internal use and principal designer of special collection catalogue. Managed team of three designers and collaborated with photography and production team.
Oversaw the redesign of the corporate font and managed the relationship with the fontographer
Conceived lenticular image and consulted with production vendor for cover of 40 Years of Star Trek:
the Collection
Traveled to Hong Kong to design the Asian Art Sales catalogs and provided art direction of studio photography
Traveled to Paris to oversee the design implementation for Collection Yves Saint Laurent et Pierre Bergé 5-volume boxed set catalog; designed catalog template, invitations, banners, access cards, and gallery guide designed for this sale
Provided on-site Art Direction to a team of photographers at Duke Farms for in situ photography; designed 3-volume slip- cased catalog set, lot tags, embossed invitation and advertising for the Doris Duke Collection
Established relationship with and managed the participation in the Co-op Program with the University of Cincinnati; recruited, selected, and mentored 30+ junior designers from the Department of Art, Architecture and Planning
Earlier design positions
Carla Hall Design Group
New York City
Designer
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Brooklyn, NY
Junior Art Director
Siegel & Gale
New York City
Freelance Designer
PAST FREELANCE WORK
Corporate Identity freelance clients include The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, The Palos Verdes Library District, University of Oklahoma Museum of Art, and Chemlumina LLC. Freelance clients have included The American Federation of Art, Willi Kunz, Nicole Miller, Audubon New York, The New York Public Library, The Jefferson Trust among many others
EDUCATION
BFA/Graphic Design
Philadelphia College of Art and Design, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite, Squarespace, Keynote and Grantwriting
DESIGN AWARDS AND PUBLICATIONS
2015, 2014 Kevin M. Hale Annual Publication Award, The League of Historical Societies of New Jersey
Graphic Design and Religion: A Call for Renewal, Daniel Kantor, 2008
Making and Breaking the Grid, Timothy Samara, 2005
Typography Workbook, Timothy Samara, 2004
Graphic Design USA: 19, 1998
AIGA Certificate of Excellence, 50 Books, 1997
LEADERSHIP POSITIONS
Atlantic Highlands Historical Society
Atlantic Highlands, NJ
2013–present
Current President, Board of Trustees. Responsible for expanding programming to include a travel group, music series and architectural walking tour. Proactive in new Fundraising opportunities and successful grant writing efforts. Updated website design and functionality and redesigned collection exhibitions.
Jersey Coast Heritage Museum
Sea Bright, NJ
2017
Board member. Designed the organization's webite