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Who
is JCL anyway?
 Justin
Cameron Lamont, that's who (and, yes, that IS my real
name!). With over twelve
years in the marketing communications and graphic design fields, I have
a wealth of experience developing marketing, promotional and
communications materials.
Clients
My
clients have included individuals, financial services firms, interior
designers, life coaches, reiki masters, aromatherapists, massage
therapists, shamanic energy healers, e-tailers, pet sitters and more.
This breadth of experience ensures that whatever size your firm and
whatever market you're targeting, I can help you achieve your goals.
Background
I
was raised in New York City.
My parents started their own marketing communications firm, R. A. Danzig, Inc.,
when I was ten
years old and always encouraged my artistic and creative
growth and
expression, even if through clenched teeth when it got messy
(I'm still not allowed to buy black poster paint!).
I
officially began my career in marketing as a Marketing Associate with Chase
Manhattan Investment Services. From there I was given
the opportunity to become Communications and Media Relations Manager at
Société
Générale's SoGen Funds
division. On the division's sale to First Eagle, I moved to The
Abernathy Group as Corporate Communications Manager,
a biotech and information technology hedge fund. The next step in my
employment experience was as Brand Marketing
Manager
for Merrill
Lynch's Wealth Management Group (client), working for Burson-Marsteller,
one of the world's largest public relations firms.
Perhaps
it is only partially genetic,
coming from a very long line of people
that did not work for any company they did not create, but I've always
known that I had
to work for myself. My various corporate positions have always been chosen with
this in mind. Which leads to my current position: Owner
and Chief Lunatic of JCL
Design, LLC.
Education
To
supplement the training I got at my parents' desks, drafting tables and
in
the woodshed (in Manhattan?!), I have studied graphic design, interior
design, web
design, marketing and color theory at several schools including New
York's School
of Visual Arts and Fashion Institute of
Technology. My higher education began at the Bronx High School of Science
and the University of
Pennsylvania, and ended with my completing two-thirds of
the coursework toward an MBA in Marketing from New York
University's Stern
School of Business.
Whew!
All
this parental and formal education was equaled in value to the lessons
in business, design and life that I learned observing and transcribing
directions for my grandmother, Annette
Feldman, as she designed and created projects for
whichever book she was writing at the time, including Knit,
Purl and Design!, Beginner's Needlecraft,
Handmade Lace and Patterns
and eight more instructional needlecraft books. Her inspirational
spirit
actually prompted her to dedicate The Hat Book
to my "design expertise". Granted, I was very young and she was
over-enthusiastic.
But hunt down a copy, look for the the baseball cap with the buttons
and trim all over it and judge for yourself. :-)
JCL Design & You
Back
to my present interests in graphic design, marketing and
helping
you develop your business identity. Think of me as your
source
for something as simple as an exciting new business card
or as detailed as a thorough review of your current graphic
identity, promotional materials, website
and overall marketing efforts.
Complete
the project survey for a quote on any
marketing or design project you may be considering, or email me today to see how we
might work together to strengthen your professional image and
achieve
your own entrepreneurial goals.
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