1. Employment history and responsibilities
November 1994 to present
Senior Art Director, The Orvis Company
• Started as associate art director, promoted to catalog art director in
1996, then to senior art director in 2010.
• Designed, at one time or another, all the outdoor catalog
efforts, plus the launch of Gifts for Men, Travel, Adventures,
Sporting Gifts, The Dog Book, and collateral projects.
• Participated in two Orvis brand reviews and in the culture and
brand documents for the re-imagined Orvis Fishing department.
• Supervised three of the current catalog art directors before their
promotions.
September 1986–October 1994
Art Director, Bread for the World, Washington, DC
• Directed all design and production for national lobbying
organization.
• Created majority of illustrations and graphics for publications.
Supervised work of part-time designer; contracted free-lancers.
September 1982–May 1986 (part-time)
Graphic Designer, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA
• Designed and illustrated annual report cover, department
brochures, college quarterlies, flyers, posters, and promotional
mailings.
April 1981–September 1982
Graphic Designer, Hood, Light and Geise, Inc., Harrisburg, PA
• Worked with clients, staff writers, and account executives to
produce advertising material. Projects included print ads, illustrated
brochures, billboard design, and company identity packages (logos).
• Supervised freelance photographers.
• Retouched both black-and-white and full-color photos (with a real
airbrush!).
Timothy Achor-Hoch
Senior Art Director, The Orvis Company
PO Box 4, West Pawlet, VT 05775
(802) 645-9516 (home)
(802) 287-0300 (cell)
a-htim@comcast.net

2. Education
• B.A. Philosophy/Sociology, Juniata College, 1986 (studies abroad, Hum-
berside College of Higher Education, Kingston upon Hull, Great Britain,
1984–1985)
• A.A. Visual Communication, Art Institute of Pittsburgh, 1981
Awards
• Fall 1997 MCM Gold Award The Sporting Tradition
• Fall 1998 MCM Gold Award The Sporting Tradition
• Fall 1999 MCM Catalog of the Year all categories The Sporting Tradition
• Fall 2001 MCM Gold Award The Sporting Tradition
• Fall 2002 MCM Gold Award The Sporting Tradition
• Spring 2003 MCM Gold Award Fly Fishing
• Fall 2003 MCM Silver Award The Sporting Tradition
• 2006 Charles F. Orvis award of excellence
• Spring 2008 MCM Silver Award Fly Fishing
• Fall 2009 MCM Gold Award The Sporting Tradition
• Fall 2010 MCM Silver Award Sporting Gifts
• 1992 World Hunger Year: Award for Best Hunger Educational
Resource, excellence in graphics
• James River Paper Company: Award for use of paper
in annual report design, 1990