PROFILE

Ed Zilberts founded Zilberts & Associates in 1985 after serving as Director of Media Services for the prestigious House Ear Institute located in Los Angeles, California.

EXPERTISE
We offer a unique combination of conceptual creativity and multimedia expertise. Specializing in health care, medical device manufacturers, pharmaceutical, technology, and corporate communications, we are committed to creating innovative and dynamic visual images that can reach the most technical or consumer related audience. With each unique client relationship, we strive to transform abstract and complex ideas to create communications that focus on results.

RESOURCES
Medical Illustration – Digital and traditional techniques for advertising, editorial, publishing, and corporate communications.

Graphic Design for Marketing. – Design and art direction for completely new or redefined corporate and product communications

Multimedia and Animation, - Creation of training/educational presentations and 2D & 3D animation for video

Courtroom Graphics - Combining design and illustration expertise to create winning legal support graphics

RESUME

QUALIFICATIONS

Over 15 years of experience consulting closely with corporate executive teams to implement/determine the best marketing/education communication strategy to meet corporate objectives and maintain company product or service advantage.

Professional awards of excellence for graphic design for marketing and illustration from the Art Directors Club of Denver, Association of Medical Illustrators, Rx Club (New York), and the Society of Publication Designers (Los Angeles). Works featured in the Best of Medical Advertising and Graphics.

Strong ability in communications planning, scheduling, prioritizing, and project accounting.

Conceptualized and designed results-oriented visual/marketing communications for pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers including print advertising, brochures, annual reports, exhibits, special events, product collateral, direct mail, illustration, and animation.

Strong knowledge of anatomy, medical terminology and life sciences.

MAC based computer skills including Quark, Photoshop, Illustrator, Freehand, Flash and Powerpoint.

Lectured and created presentations for physicians and allied health professionals on various biomedical communications and medical/surgical related topics.

Directed and mentored a creative team including a staff graphic designer, audiovisuals manager, photographer and audiovisual technicians. Managed outside creative consultants and communications professionals.

ACADEMIC HISTORY
MA Biomedical Communications, University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX.

BA Zoology, The University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

ADDITIONAL STUDIES: advertising/marketing, art direction, and graphic design The New School of Visual Concepts, Seattle, WA, The Burnley School of Art, Seattle, WA and Art Center College, Pasadena, CA.