JEFFREY EPSTEIN
Jeffrey Epstein has been Director of Chicago Portfolio School since founding the program in 2000. He has been a Creative Director and Copywriter in New York, Chicago and Detroit. Agencies include Leo Burnett, Scali McCabe Sloves and TBWA, New York and Doner, Detroit. Accounts include Anhueser Busch, Nikon, Volvo, McDonalds and Miller Beer. He has won numerous awards for his work including One Show and CA. While working in New York, Jeff taught portfolio classes at the School for Visual Arts.
ALISA WOLFSON
Alisa has worked in Chicago for the past 12 years. She has done work for Crate and Barrel, Columbia College, Archeworks, The Peninsula Hotel, The Joffrey Ballet, Einstein Brother’s Bagels and Coca-Cola. Alisa has also worked for VSA Partners as a Senior Designer and Interface as a Design Director. She studied Art History at Michigan State University and completed post-graduate work at the Yale Summer Program in Switzerland. She has been recognized by the Type Directors Club of America, AIGA, Critique Magazine, Print Magazine and CA. Her work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. She is also the Design Director for Lampo, a nonprofit that presents experimental intermedia events.
CHRIS MONTWILL
Chris Montwill is a Principal/Creative Director at Moniker Creative, a small, Chicago-based agency. There he works on several accounts including Advocate Health Care, Terramar Sports, Walker Methodist, Harley Davidson Motor Clothes.
He has worked at several large agencies in Chicago and abroad including Hoffman York, BBDO, Upshot and AdCom. His past client experience includes Fifth-Third Bank, Weber Grill Restaurants, Aurora Health Care, Fannie-May Candies, Arlington Park, The University of Notre Dame, Disney, Wrigley, Intersport (Europe’s Sports Authority) and Sun-Rich Gourmet Foods.
In his spare time, Chris teaches eager young art directors and designers at Chicago Portfolio School and serves on the junior board of a local music education not for profit, Rock for Kids (rocksforkids.com). His work has appeared in CMYK, Luerzer’s Archive Graphics and his mom’s fridge.
CURTIS ANDERSON
Curtis teaches Photoshop classes throughout the year. He graduated from the Illinois Institute of Art with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Media Arts and Animation. He freelances everywhere.
DAVE DERRICK
Not only does Dave write for The Heckler, a satirical sports newspaper with a circulation of 60,000, but he also finds time to be a copywriter at Leo Burnett and inspire the students in his concept class. He has worked on a variety of brands including Allstate, Altoids, Kellogg’s, Washington Mutual and Tampax -but he doesn’t like to mention the last one very often. Dave’s work has been recognized by The One Show, The Kelly Awards, The Effies among others.
EMILY SANDERS
Emily worked in Austin and New York before moving to Chicago to be a copywriter at Cramer-Krasselt. Her work has been published in Archive and has been recognized by the One Show and The Kelly Awards. She has the kind of portfolio that will make you say outloud, “You did that campaign?? I love that campaign.” One of Emily’s campaigns for Rozerem, single-handedly proves you can do amazing work no matter who the client is.
GARY FOX-ROBERTSON
Not only has Gary won the most coveted awards; several Lions, several Clios, One Show pencils, a D&AD nomination, Addys, Obies and a Brick, but he has an authentic British accent. Gary spends the day at Leo Burnett working on clients such as: McDonald’s, Virgin Atlantic, Altoids, and Cadillac before heading over to teach the Integrated Campaigns class.
JOHN SCHMIDT
John is an accomplished Creative Director with vast experience in consumer advertising and graphic design. He has worked on Kellogg’s, Deebler, Luvs, Pert Shampoo, Hallmark, McDonald’s, Milk Duds, Jolly Rancher Candy, Fisher Price, Aunt Jemima and Kleenex Brand Tissues.
MARIA SCILEPPI
Before joining Chicago Portfolio School as the Associate Director, Maria Scileppi was an Art Director at Y&R in NYC working on Dr. Pepper, Computer Associates, Chevron and the NFL. Her CA spot was short listed at Cannes. One of her Dr. Pepper spots was voted Funniest Commercial of 2005. And she is pretty damn funny in person, too. She received a BFA from the School of the Art Institute and went to portfolio school at Miami Ad School. You can see some of her work at http://www.chicagoportfolio.com/mariascileppi.
TIM JOYCE
Tim Joyce has been working as a performing artist for over 25 years as an actor and stand up comic, and has been published and produced several times as an author and playwright. Recently his play “Diner Tales” was produced by Raven Theatre in Chicago, where it received a Jeff Recommendation from the Joseph Jefferson Committee. Tim has acted in over 20 Shakespeare productions as well as performing stand up comedy from coast to coast. As a comic he has been seen at the LA Improv, Zanies in Chicago, and Comedy On Broadway in New York City. His television comedy credits include ABC, Comedy Central and several Fox Affiliates. He is co-author (along with Carl Kozlowski) of the humor book “Life The Final Frontier”; a spoof of the self help genre that was published by Andrews McMeel, the same publishing house that distributes “Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff.” He has also published several articles and poems with various periodicals and journals. He lives in Chicago with his wife Connie and their Hurricane Daughter Jessica.
WILL MILLER
Will’s enthusiasm for typography is contagious. When he’s not teach basic typography he is an Art Director doing “good design, for good reason” at Firebelly Design. He’s been in the 2009 Illustration Annual, 2007 Archive and the 2006 Print magazine regional design annual. You can check out Will’s type journal at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jwillmiller/sets/72157607828589617/
