BROOKLYN, USA // Hollis King former vice president and creative director at the Verve Music Group, the largest jazz record label in the world. He was responsible for art direction of all CD packaging, logos, advertis ing, point-of-purchase and signage. King worked at several design studios before entering the music industry King has received numerous achievement awards and citations from Communica tion Arts, How, Print, AIGA, Graphis and the Society of Illustrators, as well as five Grammy nomi nations. Worked on Zora Neale Hurston “Their Eyes Were Watching God”, Set Design for “Afropop Series” Public Television, Creative Direction and set Design for August Wilson American Century Cycle at the Greene Space NPR. Recent work includes “Etienne Charles “San Juan Hill” Geffen Hall. New books include “Imprinted Illustrating Race” Norman Rockwell Museum. “Our Open Cas kets to the World” Billie Holiday coffee table book.

Currently, Hollis runs his own creative company, sits on an executive board in New York, Creative Direction at The Billie Holiday Theater and regularly lectures about creative, and photography, at Advertising agencies, the School of Visual Arts, FIT, Pratt Institute, Art Directors Club, Society of Illustrators, Stella Adler Acting Studio.