Posts Tagged ‘Sam Mandragona’

ArtWorks At Work: Designs that never made it on air

This is part two in our exclusive interview with Sam Mandragona, the outgoing creative director at NBC (miss part one? Read it here; miss part two? Read it here).

Mandragona has spent the last two decades with NBC working on numerous projects, including designing the graphics for MSNBC’s launch, Decision 2008 and the network’s flagship programs “NBC Nightly News” and “Today” and garnering numerous awards, including multiple Emmys and BDA honors.

Today’s installment provides a look at some designs that didn’t make it on the air election night.

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ArtWorks at Work: Behind the design

This is part two in our exclusive interview with Sam Mandragona, the outgoing creative director at NBC (miss part one? Read it here).

Mandragona has spent the last two decades with NBC working on numerous projects, including designing the graphics for MSNBC’s launch, Decision 2008 and the network’s flagship programs “NBC Nightly News” and “Today” and garnering numerous awards, including multiple Emmys and BDA honors.

Today’s installment focuses on the creative process behind the Decision 2008 graphics.

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ArtWorks at Work: An exclusive look inside NBC ArtWorks

Sam Mandragona, creative director for NBC Universal, will leave the network at the end of 2008.

Mandragona has spent the last two decades with NBC working on numerous projects, including designing the graphics for MSNBC’s launch, Decision 2008 and the network’s flagship programs “NBC Nightly News” and “Today” and garnering numerous awards, including multiple Emmys and BDA honors.

Mandragona will leave an indelible mark on broadcast news graphic design. NBC’s production values have always been stunning and there’s no doubt he played a big role in shaping the standards not only at NBC but throughout TV news.

Fortunately, however, Mandragona isn’t leaving the design business and is actively looking for a new position. We wish him the best of luck and can’t wait to see where end winds up and what work he’ll do there.

As Mandragona begins winding down his 20-year tenure at NBC, he took the time to conduct an e-mail interview with NewscastStudio about his team’s latest accomplishment: the Decision 2008 graphics used on both MSNBC and NBC.

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Artworks creative director departs NBC-Uni

TVNewser: Sam Mandragona, creative director for NBC Artworks has left. He was with the NBC family for over 20 years and headed up the design and development of NBC and MSNBC’s election virtual sets and Decision ‘08 graphics. Before Artworks, he was executive creative director for NBC DesignWorks and served as creative director for MSNBC when the channel launched in 1996.