With over 20 years of experience in the visual communications industry, with clients ranging from the financial and automotive industries, to professional and collegiate athletics, museums and publishing, Michael Sofarelli is an award winning, detailed oriented art director, designer, published author and creative specialist with a traditional art and design background. He brings a unique perspective of big agency strategy, small business precision and start-up speed. Michael is concept and idea focused with abilities to traverse print, UI/UX, internet, advertising, motion and video design, web based programming and marketing solutions. He will conceive, organize, create and deliver award-winning communications from start to finish..
Michael’s work has won 19 American In-house Design Awards, 3 Hermes Platinum Awards, 1 Hermes Gold Award, 3 MarCom Platinum Awards, 2 MarCom Gold Awards, 2 American Graphic Design Awards Presented by Adobe, The Excellence in Business Awards for Site Development-Best Web Site to name a few.
His projects and clients include:
Mercedes Benz, NFL Films, NHL, NY Mets, NCAA, Mariano Rivera Foundation, American Express, History Channel, The Friars Club, Wounded Warrior Project, Univ. of Pittsburgh, AT&T, Autotrader.com, Audi, Brunschwig and Fils, George H.W. Bush, CNN, Dell, Everlast, Ford, Harley-Davidson, Harper Collins, Hofstra University, Land Rover, Lucent, Marshall and Swift, Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan, New York Life, Nokia, Nikon, Radio Shack, Smithsonian Institute, Toli International, Toyota, Transamerica, UBM, USMC, VVMF, and The 9-11 Museum.
He has written and published 3 books and has studied at Harvard University, Parsons School of Design, George Mason University and Hofstra University.
516.317.8237
mpsofarelli@gmail.com