professional history

1997 – Present

Principal & Creative Director

TaitDesign®

Communications Design

1991 – 1997

Founder, Creative Director

Kelleher & Tait Design Group, Inc.

Corporate & Institutional
Communications Design

1985 – 2005

Design Director, Consultant

Axiom Group, Inc.

Strategic Management &
Communications Consultants

1984 – 1991

Design Director, Consultant

R.A. Danzig, Inc.

Marketing Communications

1984 – 1991

Design Consultant

Fones & Mann Advertising, Inc.
Manndate, Inc.

Medical Advertising &
Marketing Design

1985, 1986

Design Director (staff)

Shareholder Reports, Inc.

Corporate Annual Reports

1984 – 1985, 1986

Design Director (staff)

Brian O’Neill Design Office

Corporate Identification,
Corporate Annual Reports

1984

Design Director (staff)

Taylor & Ives, Inc.

Corporate Annual Reports

1981 – 1984

Design Director, Consultant

EastWest Consulting Group, Inc.
Bill O'Brien – Consultant

Strategic Communications,
Corporate Identification,
Corporate Annual Reports

1979 – 1981

Art Director (staff)

Dick Lopez, Inc.

Communications Design,
Corporate Annual Reports

Design Disciplines

Visual Problem Solving
Criteria & Concept Development
Visual Audit Analysis
End-to-End Workflow Management
Nomenclature Development
Photo & Illustration Direction
Image Manipulation
Typographic Composition
Page Composition & Production
Print Services & Supervision

Design Awards

American Corporate Identity
Graphic Design: USA
Print Magazine
Strathmore Paper
Graphically Bold
Printing Industries of America
MetLife 'Outstanding Vendor Award'

Memberships

American Institute of Graphic Arts
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
Museum of Modern Art
NY Foundation of the Arts
The Morgan Library & Museum
Whitney Museum of Art
Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association
Central Park Conservancy
22 Club

Curriculum Vitae

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Douglas Tait
Principal & Creative Director

TaitDesign®
Communications Design

Douglas Tait, Inc.
134 East 24th Street
New York, NY 10010
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