173 Evergreen Avenue * Smithtown, NY 11787 * 631-724-6676 * c 631-978-6675

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Francis X. Heacox
Designer/Design Director
Professional Objective
A challenging and responsible position within a progressive organization in whic
h my broad-based professional experience, education, personal skills, and commit
ment to excellence will be fully utilized. Position must allow for continued pro
fessional growth, offering an environment in which salary and advancement are ba
sed on the strength of individual contributions to the realization of organizati
onal goals and objectives.
Summary of Qualifications
Background encompasses extensive experience and major accomplishments in the fol
lowing significant areas:

...Implementation and refinement of design/display department management systems

, administrative policies and operational procedures.
...Troubleshooting actual and potential problem areas, and implementing viable s
olutions to ensure maximum efficiencies and bottom-line profit.
...Knowledge of and experience with all aspects of the commercial art field. Esp
ecially those associated with trade show displays, including new construction, d
esigning and detailing, layout of graphic panels, and estimating the total job w
ith an appropriate profit margin firmly in mind.
...Coordination of diverse and detailed aspects of long range and day-to-day ope
rations.
...Exceptional artistic, interpersonal, communications and liaison/follow throug
h skills, with the special ability to explain and/or illustrate company product/
service line to others.
...Professional background includes the screening, interviewing, hiring, trainin
g, development, motivation, discipline, termination, and supervision of personne
l.
...Excel in the formulation and implementation of policies designed to increase
productivity while reducing corporate costs.
...Interface with professional and semi-professional individuals possessing dive
rsified backgrounds and disciplines.
...proficient in 3D Studio MAX and Adobe Photoshop, Hand Sketching and Rendering
s
Professional Background
1994-2009
Display Presentations, LTD.
Hauppauge, New York
Design Director/Senior Designer
...Report to President and the Vice President of Sales.
...Supervise a staff of six designers, detailers and estimators.
...Produce renderings and models for new and existing global accounts, estimate
and material specs, details and construction drawings.
...Interface with production department in quality control.
...Clients include Computer Associates, Symbol Technology, Pall Corporation, Nik
on, Olympus, Reed and Barton, ICON, Bluestone, Bayside Motion, SMC, New Media, A
rthur Anderson, Korg, BellSouth for the 1996 Olympics, Canon USA, Air Techniques
, Crestron, Companions in Courage,
...Average new client sales estimated at $8 million annually, with a 200% increa
se since 1994.

1988- 1994
Trade Show Fabrications
Hauppauge, New York
Design Director
...Report to the President.
...Supervise a staff of one designer and two detailers.
...Produce new designs and changes to existing exhibits, construction and set-up
drawings, estimating, material ordering, and project management.
...Clients include Bugle Boy, Natures Bounty, Chugai, Fiber Options, Vertex, Sol
gar, Perugina, and Pentab.
...Average new client sales estimated at $4 million.

1982- 1988
Functional Display, INC
Amityville, New York
Design Director
...Report to the President and Vice President of Marketing.
...Supervise a staff of one designer and two detailers, hiring/firing authority
and training, evaluation responsibilities.
...Duties include design, estimating, construct displays, requiring a complete k
nowledge of related fields, including but not limited to printing, photography s
ilk screen, type specifications, electrical work, lighting and trade show requir
ements.
...Interface with upper management clientele, vendors, attend sales calls and tr
ade show set-ups.
...Clients include Texaco, Royal Zenith, H.W. Wilson, Chemco, and Staton-Pickeri
ng.

1979- 1982 Westly Displays

Westbury, New York
Designer
...Report to Design Director.
...Estimated, designed and detailed trade show exhibits
...Supervised setups in NYC and elsewhere.
Education
TYLER SCHOOL OF ART, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Master of Fine Arts Degree-1977
...Technical Assistantship.
C.W. POST SCHOOL OF ART, Long Island University, Greenvale, New York
Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree-1974
...Cum Laude, Cohen Award Tuition Scholarship, Zeckendorf Award Tuition Scholars
hip, Teaching Assistantship; Department of Painting and Drawing

Related Experience
...Freelance Designer for World Displays, N.J. and Gilbert Displays, Medford, N
.Y.
...Technical Assistantship, Art Department, Tyler School of Art, Temple Universi
ty, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Responsible for department facilities and all eq
uipment (1975-1977).
...TV Animator for Folio One Productions, New York related to ABC-TV show Make A
Wish, reporting to producer Al Brodax (1974).
...Designer/Glazer for Gasche' and Benner Stained Glass Studio, New York. Design
ed, layout cut and glazed stained glass windows.
References
Professional References available at a personal interview.